From 902fa0767a1290973971923726d765b82133bfb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Bleecher Snyder <josharian@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:55:33 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] shelley/ui/src/utils: exclude * in auto-linkify

Fixes boldsoftware/shelley#12
---
 ui/src/utils/linkify.test.ts | 9 +++++++++
 ui/src/utils/linkify.tsx     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/src/utils/linkify.test.ts b/ui/src/utils/linkify.test.ts
index 0c88381cc1d12b117c1959ec6dde2fa4f19f8d7f..cfe9559da356f2fc550dee5364cef73e13dd6710 100644
--- a/ui/src/utils/linkify.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/utils/linkify.test.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ const testCases: TestCase[] = [
       { type: "text", content: "> for more" },
     ],
   },
+  {
+    name: "URL in markdown bold - should not include asterisks",
+    input: "Download here: **https://example.com/file.vsix**",
+    expected: [
+      { type: "text", content: "Download here: **" },
+      { type: "link", content: "https://example.com/file.vsix", href: "https://example.com/file.vsix" },
+      { type: "text", content: "**" },
+    ],
+  },
 ];
 
 function deepEqual(a: unknown, b: unknown): boolean {
diff --git a/ui/src/utils/linkify.tsx b/ui/src/utils/linkify.tsx
index e320f75192554f6a47e8ed82fe0a79c9ce1e13a0..5ea73f0baf0932660b9aed748e9f5b9435970ac9 100644
--- a/ui/src/utils/linkify.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/utils/linkify.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React from "react";
 // Regex for matching URLs. Only matches http:// and https:// URLs.
 // Avoids matching trailing punctuation that's likely not part of the URL.
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
-const URL_REGEX = /https?:\/\/[^\s<>"'`\]\)]+[^\s<>"'`\]\).,:;!?]/g;
+const URL_REGEX = /https?:\/\/[^\s<>"'`\]\)*]+[^\s<>"'`\]\).,:;!?*]/g;
 
 export interface LinkifyResult {
   type: "text" | "link";