From 35ec807808c91e759cfb2819b2e545f85b203506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kendell R <KTibow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:24:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] fix(formatters): don't escape * in links

---
 packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts b/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
index bceaf484f1d9..63d093a2142f 100644
--- a/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
+++ b/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export function escapeInlineCode(text: string): string {
  */
 export function escapeItalic(text: string): string {
 	let idx = 0;
-	const newText = text.replaceAll(/(?<=^|[^*])\*([^*]|\*\*|$)/g, (_, match) => {
+	const newText = text.replaceAll(/(?<=^|[^*])(?<!https?:\/\/\S+)\*([^*]|\*\*|$)/g, (_, match) => {
 		if (match === '**') return ++idx % 2 ? `\\*${match}` : `${match}\\*`;
 		return `\\*${match}`;
 	});

From 30ef6f6383a117333cb9a46050faccadd19e1edd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KTibow <KTibow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:36:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] add test for * -> * in url

---
 packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts b/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts
index 280dc4d1a392..5fef0fb61ab1 100644
--- a/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const testURLs = [
 	'https://example.com/name_with_underscores',
 	'https://example.com/name__with__underscores',
 	'https://example.com/name_with_underscores_and__double__underscores',
+	'https://*.example.com/globbed/*',
 ];
 
 describe('Markdown escapers', () => {

From 92c8e72a6ac833e339c4819420c55bb3f90763ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KTibow <KTibow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:45:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] `\S+` -> `\S*` (tested locally)

---
 packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts b/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
index 63d093a2142f..8c9e1a836559 100644
--- a/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
+++ b/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export function escapeInlineCode(text: string): string {
  */
 export function escapeItalic(text: string): string {
 	let idx = 0;
-	const newText = text.replaceAll(/(?<=^|[^*])(?<!https?:\/\/\S+)\*([^*]|\*\*|$)/g, (_, match) => {
+	const newText = text.replaceAll(/(?<=^|[^*])(?<!https?:\/\/\S*)\*([^*]|\*\*|$)/g, (_, match) => {
 		if (match === '**') return ++idx % 2 ? `\\*${match}` : `${match}\\*`;
 		return `\\*${match}`;
 	});

From 1a1eb111146317c32f6e400cf1b6f38b5c500c6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KTibow <KTibow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:17:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] @Qjuh: handle italics both inside+outside <url>s

---
 .../formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts     | 11 ++++++++++
 packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts           | 22 ++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts b/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts
index 5fef0fb61ab1..a5d69763ced3 100644
--- a/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/formatters/__tests__/escapers.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const testURLs = [
 	'https://example.com/name__with__underscores',
 	'https://example.com/name_with_underscores_and__double__underscores',
 	'https://*.example.com/globbed/*',
+	'https://example.com/*before*/>/*after*',
 ];
 
 describe('Markdown escapers', () => {
@@ -88,6 +89,16 @@ describe('Markdown escapers', () => {
 		test('url', () => {
 			for (const url of testURLs) expect(escapeItalic(url)).toBe(url);
 		});
+
+		test('after-url', () => {
+			const url = '<https://example.com>';
+			for (const [input, output] of [
+				['*hi*', '\\*hi\\*'],
+				['_hi_', '\\_hi\\_'],
+			]) {
+				expect(escapeItalic(url + input)).toBe(url + output);
+			}
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('escapeUnderline', () => {
diff --git a/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts b/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
index 8c9e1a836559..b1f0b028a226 100644
--- a/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
+++ b/packages/formatters/src/escapers.ts
@@ -212,15 +212,21 @@ export function escapeInlineCode(text: string): string {
  */
 export function escapeItalic(text: string): string {
 	let idx = 0;
-	const newText = text.replaceAll(/(?<=^|[^*])(?<!https?:\/\/\S*)\*([^*]|\*\*|$)/g, (_, match) => {
-		if (match === '**') return ++idx % 2 ? `\\*${match}` : `${match}\\*`;
-		return `\\*${match}`;
-	});
+	const newText = text.replaceAll(
+		/(?<=^|[^*])(?<!(?<!<)https?:\/\/\S*|<https?:\/\/[^\s>]*)\*([^*]|\*\*|$)/g,
+		(_, match) => {
+			if (match === '**') return ++idx % 2 ? `\\*${match}` : `${match}\\*`;
+			return `\\*${match}`;
+		},
+	);
 	idx = 0;
-	return newText.replaceAll(/(?<=^|[^_])(?<!<a?:.+|https?:\/\/\S+)_(?!:\d+>)([^_]|__|$)/g, (_, match) => {
-		if (match === '__') return ++idx % 2 ? `\\_${match}` : `${match}\\_`;
-		return `\\_${match}`;
-	});
+	return newText.replaceAll(
+		/(?<=^|[^_])(?<!<a?:.+|(?<!<)https?:\/\/\S*|<https?:\/\/[^\s>]*)_(?!:\d+>)([^_]|__|$)/g,
+		(_, match) => {
+			if (match === '__') return ++idx % 2 ? `\\_${match}` : `${match}\\_`;
+			return `\\_${match}`;
+		},
+	);
 }
 
 /**