Setting the view mode as excerpt on Blog Posts macro does not work

Summary

When you add an Excerpt macro on a blog post with a hyperlink in the excerpt and try to display it on a Blog post macro, the excerpt is not rendered with a hyperlink and with additional text that is not part of the excerpt definition on the page.

Environment

Confluence 1000.1602.1

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add an Excerpt macro to a blog post with hyperlink in the excerpt
2. Add the Blog Post Macro to another page using the "excerpt" setting

Expected Results

• The Excerpt excerpt should be rendered correctly with hyperlink and without additional text.

Actual Results

• The Excerpt is rendered without the hyperlink with additional text that is not part of the excerpt definition on the page.