Link containing two #s is not clickable

[gabrc52]

• [x] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates (I could find other link edge cases that are either already fixed, stale or both)
• [x] I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
• [x] This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

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Bug description

Describe here the issue that you are experiencing.

Steps to reproduce

• Send or receive a link containing https://example.com/#/hello or https://example.com/#/hello/#world or otherwise a message with a similar format.

Actual result: Link is not clickable

Expected result: Link is clickable

Screenshots

Device info

Device: iPhone 6s

iOS version: 15.7.8

Signal version: 6.43.0.10

Link to debug log

https://debuglogs.org/ios/6.43.0/fc74a0034212a27cc4d4c24f0a3cd9b4e1d1158c84c3a2a14d1afd78f16a8885.zip

[TheBlckbird]

It doesn’t seem to be a Signal-specific problem. Signal uses a link detector embedded in UIKit/Swift or something:
NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType.link.rawValue: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/blob/2d6fee16cd92cedf20eafaa3908df0be32d4e9b3/Signal/src/util/DisplayableText.swift#L129

(If this is wrong, please correct me)

[Miguel-Signal]

Hi @gabrc52,

Is there a valid URL with two #s that does not linktify? The one provided is just an example domain.

[TheBlckbird]

This URL is valid, but it's uncommon.

[gabrc52]

Yes, links to Matrix rooms have this format: https://matrix.to/#/#matrix:matrix.org

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[TheBlckbird]

Don‘t close

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[gabrc52]

Unstale

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[gabrc52]

Unstale

Best, Gabriel

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[TheBlckbird]

Unstaling this won’t help with fixing it