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Ampersand symbol in titles breaks RSS feed #25

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opened 2025-05-26 09:05:49 +02:00 by wvc · 3 comments
wvc commented 2025-05-26 09:05:49 +02:00
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Today I ran into an issue with one of the blogs using BSSG.
The problem is that if an article title contains an ampersand &, the generated RSS feed doesn't escape the character properly, which breaks the RSS.
The blog in question: https://blog.pipetogrep.org/rss.xml
It has two ampersands in this post title: https://blog.pipetogrep.org/2025/05/14/netbsd-ibooks-python-oh-my/
These two ampersands are even highlighted in blog's source here: https://github.com/llamallama/blog/blob/main/rss.xml
I guess the correct way is to use &amp instead of plain &

Today I ran into an issue with one of the blogs using BSSG. The problem is that if an article title contains an ampersand `&`, the generated RSS feed doesn't escape the character properly, which breaks the RSS. The blog in question: https://blog.pipetogrep.org/rss.xml It has two ampersands in this post title: https://blog.pipetogrep.org/2025/05/14/netbsd-ibooks-python-oh-my/ These two ampersands are even highlighted in blog's source here: https://github.com/llamallama/blog/blob/main/rss.xml I guess the correct way is to use `&amp` instead of plain `&`
stefano commented 2025-05-26 09:50:39 +02:00
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Hi, thank you for your report. I'll fix it ASAP.

Hi, thank you for your report. I'll fix it ASAP.
stefano commented 2025-05-26 09:59:12 +02:00
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Committed a fix in the main repo. Could you please test it?

Committed a fix in the main repo. Could you please test it?
wvc commented 2025-05-26 10:16:18 +02:00
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Confirming that fix is working, thank you for the quick response!

Confirming that fix is working, thank you for the quick response!
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