Unexpected Markdown Behavior in Custom Status: Bold Formatting Not Working as Expected

[CyberStranger]

Description:

When setting a Custom Status in RocketChat, I am experiencing unexpected behavior with markdown formatting for bold text. Traditionally, in message fields, wrapping a word in asterisks (*) makes it bold, and wrapping it in underscores (_) makes it italic. However, this expected behavior is not consistent when applying the same formats in Custom Status.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to 'Profile' and select 'Custom Status'.
2. In the Custom Status field, try to format a word as bold by wrapping it in single asterisks (*) - expecting the word to appear bold.
3. For italic text, wrap a word in underscores (_) and observe the formatting.

Expected behavior:

• Text wrapped in asterisks (*) should appear bold.
• Text wrapped in underscores (_) should appear italic.

Actual behavior:

• Text wrapped in single asterisks (*) unexpectedly appears as italic instead of bold.
• Text wrapped in underscores (_) correctly appears as italic.
• Strikethrough formatting works as expected when text is wrapped in tildes (~).
• Text only becomes bold when wrapped in double underscores (__).

Server Setup Information:

• Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 6.6.3, 6.5.2
• Operating System: Linux
• Deployment Method: Docker
• Number of Running Instances: 20
• DB Replicaset Oplog: Yes
• NodeJS Version: v14.21.3
• MongoDB Version: 5.0.15 / wiredTiger

Client Setup Information

• Desktop App or Browser Version: RocketChat Electron 3.9.9, RocketChat Electron 3.9.14, Google Chrome 122, Mozilla Firefox 115.8.0ESR
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10, Debian 12 Bookworm

Additional context

Relevant logs:

[reetp]

Still seems to occur on open.rocket.chat.

I will ask someone to take a look.