"Edit as new" loses HTML formatting
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- JavaScript
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Description
- Set account to plain text mode
- Compose a new email
- Set editing mode to rich/HTML
- Send the email
- Go to the sent mailbox
- Click Edit as new on the sent message
Expected behavior
Editor is set to rich/html despite the account preference
Actual behavior
Formatting is lost
Mail app
Mail app version: v1.9
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Reproduce the six-step flow in Mail v1.9 and trace the Edit as new editor state; done means a sent HTML message reopens in rich/HTML mode despite the plain-text account preference, with its formatting preserved.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100