Assertions are incorrectly applying markdown and adding asterisks

[JamShady]

Current behavior

Given the current basic code:

        cy.get('input')
            .should('have.value', initial)

            .clear()
            .type(update)
            .then(() => {
                expect(field.value()).to.equal(update)
            })

The following output is generated:

As you can see, the required value is displayed with asterisks, which I assume is a formatting error and it's actually supposed to make the value bold.

Desired behavior

Presumably the required value should show up as bold, rather than surrounded by asterisks.

Test code to reproduce

expect('foo').to.equal('bar')

should generate

Cypress Version

11.2

Node version

19

Operating System

Win 11

Debug Logs

No response

Other

No response

[jennifer-shehane]

Current behavior

Assertions are incorrectly applying markdown and adding asterisks.

Desired behavior

Shouldn't show asterisks, instead it should bold the text.

Test code to reproduce

it("test", () => {
    expect("smooth").to.eq("smooth")
});

Cypress Version

13.6.0

[jennifer-shehane]

There was a comment in the other thread that this may be a regression from #22537

[cypress-bot]

Released in 13.6.3.

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