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can't use apostrophe in Purchase History notes

I apologize for the duplication, but I apparently posted this issue on the wrong board originally.

 

In my Purchase History, I constantly use the "note" feature to leave myself little reminders for various items.  For the last two weeks, every time I try to include an apostrophe (aka single quote), it gets replaced by a space the next time I load the page.  The immediate display of the note after save matches what I entered, but when I go back later all apostrophes are replaced with spaces.  This is only happening with Purchase History notes (not with notes on items saved in Watch List, Wish List, or any user-created list) and only with notes I've added/edited since June 15 or 16; anything older still has the proper punctuation.  I've tried clearing cache and cookies, using a different browser, and even using a different computer, all with the same result.

 

In case it helps, here is an illustrated example.

 

Before:

ph-note-1.png

During:

ph-note-2.png

Saved:

ph-note-3.png

After reload:

ph-note-4.png

 

I realize that this is a very minor issue in the grand scheme of things, but it is extremely frustrating to have a feature that has worked well for years suddenly break, and I know all too well (from professional experience) that this sort of thing can be a symptom of a much more severe problem.  Thank you kindly for any attention you can give to this bug!

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can't use apostrophe in Purchase History notes

It turns out that the double-quote and both the left and right angle-brackets (aka less-than and greater-than signs) are also replaced with spaces.  Unfortunately, I don't recall having used those in Purchase History notes before, so I can't say if this is new behavior or not.

 

I imagine this change was intended to block code injection, but TMTOWTDI without hindering usability.

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@microshnik

 

Good report. Good image documentation.

 

This board may not receive the attention of the eBay associates that the other boards do.

 

Send an email from your registered email address to turbodata@ebay.com. Include your userid and the link to this message (so you do not have to recreate these images).

 

Link to this thread - https://community.ebay.com/t5/Technical-Issues/can-t-use-apostrophe-in-Purchase-History-notes/td-p/2...

 

That will place the issue in the hands of the AdvancedApps team. They may forward it to the team responsible for the change.

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Done.  Thank you very much, @dollybeauty, both for the praise and for helping me move this along!

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