Usage of tilde (~) in user prompt at the beginning and at the end of the input

[francescoopiccoli]

Problem

When sending a user typed prompt (not a code attachment) which starts and ends with multiple tildes symbols (~), the message is formatted in the wrong way, being either cut completely or partly.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Send a message with at least 3 tildes at start and end of the input, then send the message/prompt.

Example input:

~~~~~~~~~~ njkvnsdfoensfneisofiewnfoewonfoe ~~~~~~~~~~

Current output:

Expected output:

Expected behavior

The message should be formatted as a code block but it should not cut any of the non tilde symbols inputted, all the symbols/characters/text that are not initial or ending tildes should be shown.

System details

Behaviour is visible in both VSCode and JetBrains and on the web example app.

• OS:
• Tested enviroment:
  • Web (Demo app)
  • VSCode Amazon Q Chat
  • JetBrains IntelliJ Amazon Q Chat
• Enviroment extension version (if applicable):
• Enviroment is remote

GitHub issue clone

[Jurredr]

Turns out after some research; this is actually expected behavior with proper markdown parsing. E.g. GitHub will have the exact same behavior (you can try in the comments here).