[HOLD for payment 2022-06-08] [$1000] Support markdown in hyperlink

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Action Performed:

1. Navigate to any chat
2. Send few links with markdown - Strikethrough/bold/italic

Expected Result:

Markdown formatting should work on links

Actual Result:

Markdown formatting doesn't work on links

Workaround:

unknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web
• iOS
• Android
• Desktop App
• Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.1.49-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

A markdown - [~Hi~ **Hello** _Expensify_](expensify.com) is expected to render as

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @cead22
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1648572567876889

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @MonilBhavsar (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[cead22]

For context, it looks like this works the same on slack, so maybe this warrants a convo in #product

[MelvinBot]

@MonilBhavsar Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[MonilBhavsar]

Yes, Slack doesn't support this, but Github does.
I feel like we should do it. Can post in #product after your thoughts

[cead22]

Can post in #product after your thoughts

Go for it

[MonilBhavsar]

Posted here in slack

[MonilBhavsar]

As per the discussion, we want to support all possible markdown in hyperlinks. Updated issue title and body.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @adelekennedy (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.

[adelekennedy]

external
internal

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @parasharrajat (Exported)

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @NikkiWines (Exported), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.

[NikkiWines]

Yep, agreed - this looks good. @adelekennedy can you hire @mdneyazahmad for this job please?

[NikkiWines]

@adelekennedy friendly bump here

[adelekennedy]

Ah jeez - somehow totally missed these bumps! @mdneyazahmad can you apply to the job here?

[mdneyazahmad]

@adelekennedy applied

[adelekennedy]

@mdneyazahmad hired!

[melvin-bot]

📣 @mdneyazahmad You have been assigned to this job by @adelekennedy!
Please apply to this job in Upwork and leave a comment on the Github issue letting us know when we can expect a PR to be ready for review 🧑‍💻
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[mdneyazahmad]

@parasharrajat PR is ready for review Expensify/expensify-common#446 and #9022

[NikkiWines]

Not overdue, second PR is in review

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.1.70-1 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [Feat] Add markdown format to link text #9022

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2022-06-08. 🎊

[adelekennedy]

Payday! I had to reopen the job here @mdneyazahmad do you mind applying there? I'll handle payment as soon as you do

[mdneyazahmad]

@adelekennedy applied.

[adelekennedy]

paid!