# Markdown links not working without https://?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-not-working-without-https/384591
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** composer
**Created:** [October 3, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-not-working-without-https/384591 "2025-10-03T02:26:49Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-not-working-without-https/384591/4 "2025-10-14T20:26:30Z")

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Are you sure that e.g. `[link](example.com)` ever worked? I know markdown containing relative links, e.g. `[link](/u)` to [link](https://meta.discourse.org/u) to the user list on a site, does work.

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