Jira unable to locate Confluence page if URL has special characters

Problem

Jira can't locate Confluence page that contains ":"

Environment

• Confluence 7.2.1
• Jira 8.1.0

Steps to Reproduce

In Confluence

1. Create a page that has ":" in the title
   
2. Copy the Page URL
   • http://puvenm.com/confluence/display/721/PM-1%3ATest+Page

In Jira

1. Create a Story
2. At the Story, click on More > Link
3. Click on Confluence Page and add the Confluence page URL
   
4. Click on *Link
   

Expected Results

CSP-272805_2.webm

Actual Results

CSP-272805_1.webm

Workaround

Nginx

location /<context-path> {

    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; 
 
if ($request_uri ~* "/<context-path>(/.*)") { 
	proxy_pass http://<base-url>/<context-path>$1; break; 
}

proxy_pass http://<base-url>/<context-path>;
} 

Apache

ProxyPass /confluence http://localhost:8090/confluence nocanon 

Notes