# Post with CDATA block produces invalid RSS feed?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-with-cdata-block-produces-invalid-rss-feed/53362>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 25, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-with-cdata-block-produces-invalid-rss-feed/53362 "2016-11-25T12:32:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-with-cdata-block-produces-invalid-rss-feed/53362/8 "2016-11-27T07:24:37Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> The validator / parser doesn’t do nested CDATA well.

Is nested CDATA valid? Perhaps it’s a validator bug.

> [@iamntz](#):
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> Alright, but what can I do about this?

I can think of a few things:

1. Don’t use nested CDATA.

2. Determine whether nested CDATA is valid, and if it is, report it as a problem to the validator.

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