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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-34778

Web Links fail with special characters or spaces in URLs

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      Actual behavior:

      When you have an URL that contains special characters as [ or spaces, JIRA can't create a Web Link. It fails with the following error:

      Invalid 'URL'. Make sure you include the full URL (e.g. http://www.google.com).

      Steps to Reproduce:

      • Open an issue and click on More and then in Link. Choose Web Link.
      • In the URL, paste: 
        https://my.url.com/site/bla/INTERNAL Projects/Default Documentation /[Important] File.doc
      • The error above will be displayed when you try to create the link.

      Expected behavior:

      JIRA should create the Web Link and if necessary, act as the web browser and convert the url from:

      https://my.url.com/site/bla/INTERNAL Projects/Default Documentation /[Important] File.doc

      To:

      https://my.url.com/site/bla/INTERNAL%20Projects/Default%20Documentation%20/%5BImportant%5D%20File.doc

      Workaround:

      Currently, you can paste the URL on your browser and copy the converted version. Then you can paste it in JIRA.

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