Issue Summary

As mentioned in the document Links, Confluence will automatically create the link, and if the URL is for a page in the current site, the page name will be set as the link text.

Paste a URL directly onto your page. Confluence will automatically create the link, and if the URL is for a page in the current site, the page name will be set as the link text.

However, it seems in Confluence 9.x If the Blog Post Titles contain some special characters ([ , . , , < , ] , & , > , *), Confluence fails to auto-convert them when the page URL is added to the page. The links become absolute, and clicking on the link doesn't redirect to the actual blog post URL.

 This issue doesn't occur in Confluence 8.5. 

This issue doesn't occur for normal pages.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new page.
2. Create blog posts where the title contains some special characters like [,],.,<,>,*,& etc.
3. Copy the URL of the Blog post page.
4. Go to the newly created page and click Edit.
5. Paste the Blog Post URL and save the page.
6. Confluence will convert the URL to the Page Title.
7. However, the link becomes invalid as shown below:
   

Expected Results

Blog post links should be automatically converted to the page title correctly, and links should redirect to the blog post.

Actual Results

Blog post links become invalid and don't redirect to the blog post page.

Workaround

Using the Insert Link option converts the links correctly, and they work as expected.