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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-6325

Entering an ampersand (&) in a workflow transition description breaks the workflow

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      If an '&' is entered into a workflow transition description, JIRA breaks with an error:

      com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowException: com.opensymphony.workflow.InvalidWorkflowDescriptorException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference.

com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowException: com.opensymphony.workflow.InvalidWorkflowDescriptorException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference.
	at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager.createWorkflow(OSWorkflowManager.java:264)
	at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager.saveWorkflow(OSWorkflowManager.java:270)
	at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.ConfigurableJiraWorkflow.store(ConfigurableJiraWorkflow.java:69)
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.workflow.AddWorkflowTransition.doExecute(AddWorkflowTransition.java:107)
	at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:153)
	at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:58)
	at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:185)
...

      (stacktrace from 3.6.2).

      However, the description is stored in the workflow, and isn't properly escaped (&). This means that when the workflow XML is requested, it is invalid. Firefox and IE will complain if asked to render it:

      XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://localhost:8080/secure/admin/workflows/ViewWorkflowXml.jspa?workflowName=Copy+of+jira
Line Number 287, Column 46:          <meta name="jira.description">foo & bar</meta>
---------------------------------------------^

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-5553 Transition names can't contain apostrophes

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
          • Closed
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-5091 Cannot specify ampersands for workflow names, transition names or step names.

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-8902 Support lack of step change for a transition in the workflow

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
          • Closed

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              keith@atlassian.com Keith Brophy
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