diff --git a/ext/qrf/qrf.c b/ext/qrf/qrf.c
index 140200f2a3..11acce6852 100644
--- a/ext/qrf/qrf.c
+++ b/ext/qrf/qrf.c
@@ -2939,6 +2939,7 @@ qrf_reinit:
       p->spec.zColumnSep = ",";
       p->spec.zRowSep = "\r\n";
       p->spec.zNull = "";
+      if( p->spec.eEsc==QRF_Auto ) p->spec.eEsc = QRF_ESC_Off;
       break;
     }
     case QRF_STYLE_Quote: {
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 4a6c741936..1a839d3108 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sa\ssmall\spotential\sbuffer\soverwrite\sin\sthe\sJS\simpl\sof\skvvfs\sto\sresolve\s[bugs:8d4fe4cc4c|bug\sreport\s2026-09-23T10:50:46Z].\sRemove\ssome\sadjacent\sdead\scode.
-D 2026-09-23T14:00:07.598
+C The\s--escape\smode\sfor\sCSV\sshould\sdefault\sto\s"off".\n[bugs:/info/2026-09-23T16:25:07Z|Bug\s2026-09-23T16:25:07Z]
+D 2026-09-23T21:04:57.204
 F .fossil-settings/binary-glob 61195414528fb3ea9693577e1980230d78a1f8b0a54c78cf1b9b24d0a409ed6a x
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ F ext/misc/zipfile.c 54bd61f1d80a170dde6c15e6eee790ff89a0acbe3bf57e9d63eba6e3414
 F ext/misc/zorder.c bddff2e1b9661a90c95c2a9a9c7ecd8908afab5763256294dd12d609d4664eee
 F ext/qrf/README.md c5c47a8b82ee870557ec9c6734bf93c296ae4821d33cf60253b36f2fcee09601
 F ext/qrf/dev-notes.md e68a6d91ce4c7eb296ef2daadc2bb79c95c317ad15b9fafe40850c67b29c2430
-F ext/qrf/qrf.c b2d8da584b443896c4a5e82a89942e8d3236370c178541d0fe1ecad9c2f31e85
+F ext/qrf/qrf.c 423e690289e2474a9790f628dd042f8195f603f8f488554bd712e2138a2b1680
 F ext/qrf/qrf.h b04e50048695aa4a5a41577fb4a56c1feed0bef816354995713116780a4bdacb
 F ext/rbu/rbu.c 801450b24eaf14440d8fd20385aacc751d5c9d6123398df41b1b5aa804bf4ce8
 F ext/rbu/rbu1.test 25870dd7db7eb5597e2b4d6e29e7a7e095abf332660f67d89959552ce8f8f255
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ F src/random.c 606b00941a1d7dd09c381d3279a058d771f406c5213c9932bbd93d5587be4b9c
 F src/resolve.c 0e0990f60c93db38c735d85e5d1741130e72dd0670aec204b5a39118b53c8044
 F src/rowset.c 8432130e6c344b3401a8874c3cb49fefe6873fec593294de077afea2dce5ec97
 F src/select.c 5859a4a19581d91fb2c3a818c18ad45de6906434aeaf0c4b74ca5f58295cb432
-F src/shell.c.in 3439c6458c72c04d99c3219c4325e6d69e280b13a2c17d504cfa47a10472acce
+F src/shell.c.in 172f6076f4a49acf07c0cab0ec727ec80fb75d816eb5cb6ce45c68460065ae56
 F src/sqlite.h.in 5941ea0c99996ecc54ff02835e89d12fd6195fa92b285f73b55a55fdcd90efe9
 F src/sqlite3.rc 015537e6ac1eec6c7050e17b616c2ffe6f70fca241835a84a4f0d5937383c479
 F src/sqlite3ext.h 5e113c4c0442f2f1b3345d44cbe4b82fad45f2fc0c35f0ed4eef27fb8f1cb394
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ F test/mmap4.test 2e2b4e32555b58da15176e6fe750f17c9dcf7f93
 F test/mmapcorrupt.test 470fb44fe92e99c1d23701d156f8c17865f5b027063c9119dcfdb842791f4465
 F test/mmapfault.test d4c9eff9cd8c2dc14bc43e71e042f175b0a26fe3
 F test/mmapwarm.test 2272005969cd17a910077bd5082f70bc1fefad9a875afec7fc9af483898ecaf3
-F test/modeA.sql 36e2a4f52ede5aca1c5fcb4b8cedd5f40d6692b86a059d533f13973723921f59
+F test/modeA.sql ea6afde444836867794c18c59e22ae3cb61b25d396b86991b4ae78da8d7ce45e
 F test/multiplex.test d74c034e52805f6de8cc5432cef8c9eb774bb64ec29b83a22effc8ca4dac1f08
 F test/multiplex2.test 580ca5817c7edbe4cc68fa150609c9473393003a
 F test/multiplex3.test fac575e0b1b852025575a6a8357701d80933e98b5d2fe6d35ddaa68f92f6a1f7
@@ -2221,8 +2221,8 @@ F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee
 F tool/warnings.sh a554d13f6e5cf3760f041b87939e3d616ec6961859c3245e8ef701d1eafc2ca2
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
 F tool/winmain.c 00c8fb88e365c9017db14c73d3c78af62194d9644feaf60e220ab0f411f3604c
-P 4a66e328a080b7719e5f76283ae0502f0aaed1b4fa35339c0160b91c3189de5b
-R d3278b6e54a3d7ad0714e6d7485ddebe
-U stephan
-Z ab1728d593f02a37b39c6f9b593999e6
+P c43287d8855b3f9a4621545793ecb2a89ef456d563d8377f2b243812e6acb2b3
+R 7029d61507018935013d9bd86b4fbd55
+U drh
+Z 7edf157e70295c8c0c640953dad8dfc5
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 53735dace4..624be2989d 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c43287d8855b3f9a4621545793ecb2a89ef456d563d8377f2b243812e6acb2b3
+c356641fadf591bcf312ae9657ddc84e483a06aa068eb2d3021467435cbad0c1
diff --git a/src/shell.c.in b/src/shell.c.in
index ad35e1f039..4bf62d5f69 100644
--- a/src/shell.c.in
+++ b/src/shell.c.in
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static const ModeInfo aModeInfo[] = {
   { "c",        4,     1,    10,   5,    5,    4,   1,   12,    0,  0 },
   { "column",   0,     0,    9,    1,    1,    0,   3,   2,     2,  0 },
   { "count",    0,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,   0,   3,     0,  0 },
-  { "csv",      4,     5,    9,    3,    3,    0,   1,   12,    0,  0 },
+  { "csv",      4,     5,    9,    3,    3,    0,   1,   4,     0,  0 },
   { "html",     0,     0,    9,    4,    4,    0,   3,   7,     0,  0 },
   { "insert",   0,     0,    10,   2,    2,    0,   1,   8,     0,  0 },
   { "jatom",    4,     1,    11,   6,    6,    0,   1,   12,    0,  0 },
@@ -8709,8 +8709,8 @@ static int modeTitleDsply(ShellState *p, int bAll){
 **                            truncated. Zero means "no limit".
 **   --colsep STRING          Use STRING as the column separator
 **   --escape ESC             Enable/disable escaping of control characters
-**                            found in the output. ESC can be "off", "ascii",
-**                            or "symbol".
+**                            found in the output. ESC can be "auto", "off",
+**                            "ascii", or "symbol".  Default is "auto"
 **   --fpfmt STRING           String is a printf-style format string used to
 **                            render floating-point values.
 **   --ifmt STRING            String is a printf-style format string used to
@@ -8878,14 +8878,14 @@ static int dotCmdMode(ShellState *p){
       if( (++i)>=nArg ){
         dotCmdError(p, i-1, "missing argument", 0);
         return 1;
-      }                       /*  0     1       2  <-- One less than QRF_ESC_ */
-      k = pickStr(azArg[i],&zErr,"off","ascii","symbol","");
+      }                       /* 0        1     2       3 */
+      k = pickStr(azArg[i],&zErr,"auto", "off","ascii","symbol","");
       if( k<0 ){
         dotCmdError(p, i, "unknown escape type", "%s", zErr);
         sqlite3_free(zErr);
         return 1;
       }
-      p->mode.spec.eEsc = k+1;
+      p->mode.spec.eEsc = k;
       chng = 1;
     }else if( optionMatch(z,"limits") ){
       if( (++i)>=nArg ){
diff --git a/test/modeA.sql b/test/modeA.sql
index 727eaf5f1b..fb92ed76fe 100644
--- a/test/modeA.sql
+++ b/test/modeA.sql
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,2,3);
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 .check --glob a,b,c*
 
+.testcase 601
+SELECT 'abc',char(0x05,0x18,0x33),'xyz';
+.check --glob abc,"??3",xyz
+
 .testcase 610
 .mode csv -reset
 SELECT * FROM t1;