MySQL Bugs: #119036: Data export to utf8mb4 is impossible from Workbench UI – default-character-set utf8 hardcoded in Python files

Bug #119036	Data export to utf8mb4 is impossible from Workbench UI – default-character-set utf8 hardcoded in Python files
Submitted:	18 Sep 14:49
Reporter:	Stefanie Chapman	Email Updates:
Status:	Open	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	8.0	OS:	Windows
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	export data

Description:
Product: MySQL Workbench
Version: 8.0.x
Component: Data Export / Migration
Platform: All (Windows, macOS, Linux)

When attempting to export data with utf8mb4 encoding through the Workbench UI, the operation fails to preserve full Unicode characters (e.g., emoji). The root cause is that the Workbench Python script wb_admin_export.py explicitly sets default-character-set to utf8, ignoring user configuration and preventing the use of utf8mb4.

Manual fix by editing the python itself:  
  - Open \MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE\modules\wb_admin_export.py
  - Find all occurrences of default-character-set and replace utf8 (or whatever value they has) to utf8mb4

How to repeat:
every time under server / data export

Suggested fix:
make it editable in the export advanced options