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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-25123

When migrating from wiki markup to storage format, links containing ^ character are rendered as plain text

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      Steps to reproduce

      1. Start up an instance of Confluence that uses wiki markup (e.g. version 3.5)
      2. Add a link containing the ^ character to a page, e.g. http://example.com&version=v^1.0 - you'll need to insert this link through the link macro or via wiki markup (cannot simply paste the link in the rich text view)
      3. Upgrade the instance of Confluence to a version using storage format (i.e. 4.0+)

      You'll find that the link you added is now rendered as plain text (and not recognised to be a link)

      Considerations

      It's unclear whether this is actually a bug. As noted by pcurren, the old RFC explicitly disallows the ^ symbol, and the updated RFC doesn't include the character in either the reserved or unreserved sets of characters.
      However, we should consider the impact of this behaviour for customers who are upgrading large instances that contain many links of this kind

            [CONFSERVER-25123] When migrating from wiki markup to storage format, links containing ^ character are rendered as plain text

            Minh Tran added a comment -
            Atlassian update

            Thank you for taking the time to raise, comment or vote on this Bug. Currently this bug indicates that it only impacts a version of Confluence which is no longer in support, therefore we are closing this issue as Timed Out.
            If this issue is still impacting you on a recent version please feel free to comment with the affected version. Any further details you may be able to provide regarding reproduction or impact of this issue may help us better address this issue.
            Thanks again.
            Regards,
            Confluence Development

            Minh Tran added a comment - Atlassian update Thank you for taking the time to raise, comment or vote on this Bug. Currently this bug indicates that it only impacts a version of Confluence which is no longer in support, therefore we are closing this issue as Timed Out. If this issue is still impacting you on a recent version please feel free to comment with the affected version. Any further details you may be able to provide regarding reproduction or impact of this issue may help us better address this issue. Thanks again. Regards, Confluence Development

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