Bug 358048 - URLs that end in . or ? aren't parsed correctly
Summary: URLs that end in . or ? aren't parsed correctly
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: telepathy
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: common-internals (show other bugs)
Version: git-latest
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: Future
Assignee: Telepathy Bugs
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Reported: 2016-01-16 02:37 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2021-03-09 07:26 UTC (History)
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Description Unknown 2016-01-16 02:37:31 UTC
The current implementation doesn't play well with URLs that contain a trailing dot:

https://example.com/users/example.

is wrongly parsed as

https://example.com/users/example

and

https://example.com/users/example?

is, too, wrongly parsed as:

https://example.com/users/example

The relevance of the latter case is debatable, since in URLS, "?" commonly only serves as a delimiter in front of the GET arguments. So, not parsing it shouldn't make a difference to the URL pointed to.

The period, on the other hand, makes a drastic difference, since this is a quite common character allowed in usernames for a lot of websites. Since most RESTful websites have URL schemes such as `/users/${username}`, this completely breaks the ability to freely link to your user page (which is how I found this bug).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a KTp conversation.
2. Send a URL to somebody that ends with "." or "?".

Actual Results:  
The characters "." and "?" aren't parsed, although they are valid URLs.

Expected Results:  
The parser should match these characters, too.
Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 07:26:31 UTC
Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.