makeplane / makeplane/plane

GFM tables flattened to sequential `<p>` blocks on sync

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Description

Affected: Plane Cloud, official GitHub integration. See also: meta-issue on destructive overwrite (issue 01).

Symptom

GitHub-Flavoured Markdown tables in an issue or comment body are flattened during sync round-trip. Row/column relationships and the header distinction are lost; each cell becomes its own <p> block.

Input (GH markdown):

| col_a | col_b |
|---|---|
| 1 | foo |
| 2 | bar |

Pushed back to GH markdown:

col_a

col_b

1

foo

2

bar

Impact

GFM tables are widely used and clearly documented. Losing them loses row/column relationships and the header row entirely, leaving the reader to guess which cells were paired.

Ask

Preserve markdown table syntax through the round-trip.

Reproduction

  1. Connect a GitHub repo to a Plane workspace via the official GitHub integration. Set sync to bidirectional.
  2. Create a GitHub issue whose body contains a GFM table. Apply the Plane label.
  3. To exercise the destructive Plane→GH push, follow the trigger recipe in meta-issue 01. Compare the resulting body against the original via userContentEdits.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the bidirectional official GitHub integration flow with a labeled issue containing a GFM table, then compare the original and pushed body via userContentEdits. Trace the markdown conversion path used by the integration; done means the round trip retains table syntax, row/column relationships, and the header distinction.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github, markdown
Domain
api, backend, content
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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