Status that contains "&" in the name will break the link in Sprint Health Gadget

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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Summary

      When there is "&" in issue status the link generated by Sprint Health Gadget will lead to a page with broken JQL.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Create a Scrum board with sample data.
      2. Navigate to the sample project created in the previous step and modify the workflow by changing the name of "TO DO" status to "TO & DO".
      3. Add a Sprint Health Gadget to a dashboard and select the newly created board.
      4. Click the link to view the To Do issue list as shown below:

      Expected Results

      Jira opens the Issue navigator with the JQL status in ("Backlog","TO & DO","Selected for Development") AND Sprint = 119

      Actual Results

      Jira opens the Issue navigator with the JQL status in ("Backlog","TO and the following error is displayed:

      Notes

      To avoid this error, the URL generated by the gadget should have the "&" encoded as %26.

      Workaround

      1. Right-click the link and copy the URL.
      2. Paste on a new browser tab.
      3. Replace all the "&" with %26.
      4. Hit the enter.

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          Eduardo Santos
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          Eduardo Santos

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            Eduardo Santos (Inactive)
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