# URL auto-linking doesn't hyperlink if open paren precedes the protocol
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** markdown-it-review
**Created:** [9월 23, 2015, 9:06오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630 "2015-09-23T09:06:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [9월 23, 2015, 9:06오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630/1 "2015-09-23T09:06:02Z")
Input:
`The Discourse forum (http://discourse.org) rocks.`
Expected output:
The Discourse forum ([http://discourse.org](http://discourse.org)) rocks.
Actual output:
The Discourse forum ([http://discourse.org](http://discourse.org)) rocks.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [9월 23, 2015, 11:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630/2 "2015-09-23T11:11:26Z")
Bug? LOL, nope.
[http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/?normalize=1&text=What+(http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com)+Happens%3F](http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/?normalize=1&text=What+(http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com)+Happens%3F)
Depends if you believe [the Minority Report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report).
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [9월 23, 2015, 11:51오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630/3 "2015-09-23T11:51:42Z")
Markdown it linkify handles this fine: [https://markdown-it.github.io/](https://markdown-it.github.io/)
We will be moving to it
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [9월 23, 2015, 10:20오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630/4 "2015-09-23T22:20:40Z")
StackOverflow’s markdown parser does hyperlink ([http://example.com](http://example.com)).
FWIW, I looked into the best libraries for the job in Feb '14:
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [9월 23, 2015, 10:25오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630/5 "2015-09-23T22:25:53Z")
Im telling the regex there is hellish, we are just gonna have to wait on the Markdown move it solves this.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/autolink\_dialect.js#L6](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/autolink_dialect.js#L6)
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2017, 8:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630/6 "2017-06-26T20:07:04Z")
And … ([GitHub - markdown-it/markdown-it: Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed · GitHub](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it)) really does rock 🥁
Working now!
> [@CommonMark testing started here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/commonmark-testing-started-here/65121):
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> Per our [migration plans](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-commonmark-migration-plans-confetti-ball-balloon), I just enabled [markdown.it](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it) at Meta. It is an excellent [CommonMark](http://commonmark.org/) compliant engine. I expect quite a few edges to be found during this period of testing. Do not open bugs about the new Engine, just reply here. I/we will be updating the top post here with the list of issues and striking out stuff as it is fixed. Current known issues (to be fixed)white_check_mark Onebox vanishes after you start typing and works not-super consistently white_check_mark pending…
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2017, 8:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-auto-linking-doesnt-hyperlink-if-open-paren-precedes-the-protocol/33630/7 "2017-06-26T20:07:07Z")