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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-39056

Can not create long or urlencoded web link

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      NOTE: This bug report is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding bug report.

      Summary

      URLs with apostrophes/quotes do not create valid links when added via Insert Link

      Environment

      Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Click Insert Link
      2. Select Web link
      3. Add address https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+will+not+start+up+because+the+build+number+in+the+home+directory+doesn't+match+the+build+number+in+the+database%2C+after+upgrade
      4. Add link any text
      5. Click Insert
      6. Save the page

      Expected Results

      Text becomes a hyperlink

      Actual Results

      The link doesn't work and the storage format HTML appears as

      <p><a>this is a link</a></p>

      Workaround

      1. Copy a correct URL encoded version of the URL from the page, or via a link to the page
      2. Edit the page and replace the original URL with the encoded URL
      3. Save the page

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            [CONFSERVER-39056] Can not create long or urlencoded web link

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