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  2. CONFSERVER-95936

PDF space export changes the page title when special characters like <>& are present in the page title

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      Issue Summary

      PDF space export changes/encodes the page title/heading when special characters/symbols(like <>&) are present in the page title. The special characters in the title are altered into their XML-encoded form.

      This is reproducible on Data Center: yes

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Setup Confluence (used 8.9.2 & 8.5.10 for testing)
      2. Create a test page with title containing special characters like <>&
      3. Go to Space tools > Export > PDF > Custom Export(Check only the page with special characters in the title) > Export > Download PDF
      4. Go back to the test page and observe the title/heading

      Expected Results

      The page title should remain the same as it was prior to the PDF space export. Please find below the screenshot of the original page.

       

      Actual Results

      The page title gets changed and shows encoded version of the special characters. Please find below the screenshot of altered page posy PDF space export.

      Workaround

      Manually rename the affected page after PDF space export

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            [CONFSERVER-95936] PDF space export changes the page title when special characters like <>& are present in the page title

            betto added a comment -

            Hello. I found that this is not reproducible/fixed in Confluence 8.9.4 and 8.5.12

            betto added a comment - Hello. I found that this is not reproducible/fixed in Confluence 8.9.4 and 8.5.12

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              71e254add3b5 Juwin Zam
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