Questions for Confluence: Topic with special character on its description (e.g. "&") causes malfunction of topic management

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      Issue Summary

      If a Topic has an special character like "&" in its description, an error message like below will be triggered upon trying to change the topic and Save:

      Invalid topic
      Topic not found

      In browser console:

      "messageKey": "questions.error.topic.not.found"{}

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Have a Topic that includes a description with "&" character.
      2. Try to make a change to this existing topic, like making it Featured or not Featured anymore.
      3. Hit Save.

      Expected Results

      It should work just fine and save the changes.

      Actual Results

      The below exception is thrown:

      Invalid topic
      Topic not found

      In browser console:

      "messageKey": "questions.error.topic.not.found" 

      Workaround

      Change the topic description and remove the special character (e.g. "&"), and Save.

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              Reporter:
              Ivan [Atlassian Support]
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