Tables from a Confluence 8.9.3 page lose formatting when copied and pasted into an external platform like a Google email or Outlook

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Low
    • None
    • Affects Version/s: 8.9.3, 8.9.4, 9.2.1, 9.3.1
    • Component/s: Content - Page
    • 5
    • Severity 3 - Minor
    • 2

      Tables from a Confluence 8.9.3 view page lose formatting when copied and pasted into an external platform like a Google email.(Edit= This also happens in 9.2.1 and 9.3.1)
      Table's borders and cell colors are lost.

      Regression test

      • Confluence version 8.9.3, table loses formatting
      • Confluence version 8.5.11, table keeps formatting

      How To Replicate

      1. In Confluence 8.9.3/9.2.1/9.3.1 version create a page
      2. On this page create a table 4x4 with text content in it
      3. Save the page
      4. From the page view mode highlight the table and copy it
      5. Open an external platform like a Google email
      6. Paste the copied table into the email thread

      The table will lose its formatting like the border lines. The same steps taken but from a Confluence 8.5.11 results in the table showing correctly in the email thread as the screenshots below


      Edit: Please note that this happen with webapps such as Gmail, and also in standalone applications as Outlook, Thunderbird, Office, Libreoffice, etc. 

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            Assignee:
            Judy Lim
            Reporter:
            Guido
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