3.7.22 update breaks rss feeds

xm, i see the character ‘?’ here, but what i actually see in broken feed is this :
<title>Site Title &laquo; Site Title</title>

see https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Fun_Character_Entities for an explaination of what ‘?’ is

This hasn’t changed, it ‘s been that way for a long time.

i can understand entities, but nothing has changed in the blogs network either (last change was wp -> 4.1 upgrade).
and other themes/blogs dont have this issue with character entities.. only blogs using atahualpa and after latest theme upgrade..
anyone else facing same issue?

maybe this helps?
$ diff 3.7.22/functions/bfa_meta_tags.php 3.7.20/functions/bfa_meta_tags.php
66,71c66
< if ( is_front_page() ) {
< return get_bloginfo(‘name’);
< } else {
< return trim( $title ) . ” « ” . get_bloginfo(‘name’);
< }
<
—
> return $title . $sep . get_bloginfo(‘name’);
75,76c70
< #if ( is_home() ) {
< if ( is_front_page() ) {
—
> if ( is_home() ) {

The developer did make some changes in this area due to a new WP Theme requirements but I just tested it on a site and the feeds are linking fine in Safari

did you try feedvalidator.org?

I stand corrected, the site I tested did not have 3.7.22 it was styill at 3.7.18 and when I upgraded the feed stops working. I’ll send the developer a note about this. You might want to revert back to 3.7.18 if this is a show stopper.

thx for the feedback/help.. will probably revert, untill its fixed..

A fix for this has been developed and will be in the next release. There is a patch available in https://forum.bytesforall.com for gold members if you need it right away.

so glad to know I’m not the only one this happened to! You honestly cannot believe the relief I feel. Now to figure out how to revert! ??

just updated to 3.7.23 and rss feeds look ok. thx ??