fix: Ignore mention-like text inside Markdown links (#34127)

.changeset/six-snails-study.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@rocket.chat/meteor": patch
+---
+
+Fixes a behavior of the mentions parser that identified mentions inside markdown links text. Now, these components will be removed from the text before trying to parse mentions.

apps/meteor/app/mentions/lib/MentionsParser.ts

@@ -119,11 +119,17 @@ export class MentionsParser {
 			return this.roomTemplate({ prefix, reference, channel, mention });
 		});
 
-	getUserMentions(str: string) {
+	getUserMentions(msg: string) {
+		// First remove the text inside md links
+		const str = msg.replace(/\[[^\]]*\]\([^)]+\)/g, '');
+		// Then do the match
 		return (str.match(this.userMentionRegex) || []).map((match) => match.trim());
 	}
 
-	getChannelMentions(str: string) {
+	getChannelMentions(msg: string) {
+		// First remove the text inside md links
+		const str = msg.replace(/\[[^\]]*\]\([^)]+\)/g, '');
+		// Then do the match
 		return (str.match(this.channelMentionRegex) || []).map((match) => match.trim());
 	}
 

apps/meteor/tests/unit/app/mentions/server.tests.js

@@ -224,4 +224,64 @@ describe('Mention Server', () => {
 			expect(result).to.be.deep.equal(expected);
 		});
 	});
+
+	describe('getUserMentions', () => {
+		describe('for message with only an md link', () => {
+			const result = [];
+			[
+				'[@rocket.cat](https://rocket.chat)',
+				'[@rocket.cat](https://rocket.chat) hello',
+				'[@rocket.cat](https://rocket.chat) hello how are you?',
+				'[test](https://rocket.chat)',
+			].forEach((text) => {
+				it(`should return "${JSON.stringify(result)}" from "${text}"`, () => {
+					expect(result).to.be.deep.equal(mention.getUserMentions(text));
+				});
+			});
+		});
+
+		describe('for message with md link and text', () => {
+			const result = ['@sauron'];
+			[
+				'@sauron please work on [user@password](https://rocket.chat)',
+				'@sauron hello [user@password](https://rocket.chat) hello',
+				'[user@password](https://rocket.chat) hello @sauron',
+				'@sauron please work on [user@password](https://rocket.chat) hello',
+			].forEach((text) => {
+				it(`should return "${JSON.stringify(result)}" from "${text}"`, () => {
+					expect(result).to.be.deep.equal(mention.getUserMentions(text));
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('getChannelMentions', () => {
+		describe('for message with md link', () => {
+			const result = [];
+			[
+				'[#general](https://rocket.chat)',
+				'[#general](https://rocket.chat) hello',
+				'[#general](https://rocket.chat) hello how are you?',
+				'[test #general #other](https://rocket.chat)',
+			].forEach((text) => {
+				it(`should return "${JSON.stringify(result)}" from "${text}"`, () => {
+					expect(result).to.be.deep.equal(mention.getChannelMentions(text));
+				});
+			});
+		});
+
+		describe('for message with md link and text', () => {
+			const result = ['#somechannel'];
+			[
+				'#somechannel please [user#password](https://rocket.chat)',
+				'#somechannel hello [user#password](https://rocket.chat) hello',
+				'[user#password](https://rocket.chat) hello #somechannel',
+				'#somechannel join [#general on #other](https://rocket.chat)',
+			].forEach((text) => {
+				it(`should return "${JSON.stringify(result)}" from "${text}"`, () => {
+					expect(result).to.be.deep.equal(mention.getChannelMentions(text));
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	});
 });