element-hq / element-hq/element-android

Markdown doesn't work in threaded replies

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A-Markdown A-Timeline O-Occasional S-Major T-Defect
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. See a threaded message with formatting, e.g. "**message**"
2. Reply to it

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
> **message**

#### What happened instead?
> \*\*message\*\*

### Your phone model

_No response_

### Operating system version

_No response_

### Application version and app store

1.4.34

### Homeserver

matrix.org

### Will you send logs?

No

### Are you willing to provide a PR?

No

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Reproduce the issue by opening a formatted threaded message in Element Android and replying to it, then trace the threaded-message rendering and reply handling to identify where the Markdown formatting is lost; done means the reply preserves the expected formatting.

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Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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