# Punctuation marks causing Markdown bold display to fail

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown/407071>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [July 8, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown/407071 "2026-07-08T12:58:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sk-or-v1-contents](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sk-or-v1-contents/32/547175_2.png) [@sk-or-v1-contents](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sk-or-v1-contents)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown/407071/9 "2026-07-13T02:36:41Z")

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> [@renato](#):
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> if you used the UI to build this situation (\*\*text.\*\*text), it displayed correctly on the rich editor, but cooked as plain-text

Can still reproduce this bug, the punctuation is only moved out after I switch to Markdown editor or post.

Test with rich editor: **text**.text

the punctuation is still initially bolded

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