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[BUG] Gmail connector rewrites URLs and bare domains in message bodies into google.com/url redirect links

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Description

## Summary
When creating or updating a draft via the claude.ai Gmail connector (create_draft / update_draft), every URL and bare domain name in the body is saved as a Google redirect link, e.g.

`https://www.example.com/page/` → `https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.example.com/page/&source=gmail&ust=1789465765136000&sa=E`

The rewritten link is what gets stored and sent, so recipients receive google.com/url links instead of the original URLs.

## Steps to reproduce
1. Call `create_draft` with plain `body`:
```
A1 https://www.example.com/page/
A2 example.com
A3
```
2. Fetch the draft with `get_draft` (messageFormat: RAW) and decode the MIME.

## Actual
- text/plain part: all three lines contain `https://www.google.com/url?q=...&source=gmail&ust=...&sa=E`
- text/html part: same, rendered as plain text
- Passing `htmlBody` with an explicit `` also gets its href rewritten; a bare domain inside `` is wrapped in a redirect ``.
- Email addresses are not affected (they become mailto links).
- `update_draft` on a reply draft also drops the thread association (new threadId) and the quoted original.
- Messages previously sent through the connector (send_message) show the same rewritten URLs in the Sent copy's RAW MIME. In one case the plain-text part contains an unescaped `=17` (`ust...`), i.e. the rewrite is inserted without proper quoted-printable encoding.

## Expected
The body is stored exactly as provided; URLs are not wrapped in google.com/url redirects.

## Impact
Any email containing a link (signature website, product page) is sent with Google redirect URLs. We have had to block the connector's write tools with a PreToolUse hook and compose via the Gmail web UI instead.

## Environment
- Claude Code desktop app (Code tab), Windows 11
- claude.ai Gmail connector (tools: create_draft, update_draft, send_message)
- Observed 2026-09-04 and reproduced 2026-09-14

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the behavior through create_draft and update_draft, then fetch the result with get_draft using messageFormat RAW; compare the decoded MIME with the supplied body and htmlBody. Check send_message as well, including reply drafts. Done means URLs remain unchanged, MIME encoding is valid, and update_draft preserves the thread association and quoted original.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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