# Rich text editor erases HTML tags from post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-erases-html-tags-from-post/393758
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** composer
**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-erases-html-tags-from-post/393758 "2026-01-19T01:36:54Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-erases-html-tags-from-post/393758/8 "2026-01-20T11:32:55Z")

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I much prefer to fix it, I really dislike the hack of disabling the composer, totally get how it happened that we introduced it in the past, but I do not think we need to reach to it here

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