nowiki tags in comments on JavaScript pages are rendered incorrectly
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	Rummskartoffel
	May 18 2022, 9:32 AM

Description

Steps to reproduce

Navigate to a JS page with content like this (minimal example at w:User:Rummskartoffel/nowiki-comment.js, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/User%3ARummskartoffel%2Fnowiki-comment.js):

// <nowiki>
// foo
// </nowiki>

Expected results

The page should be rendered like this, like it does in the browser:

// <nowiki>
// foo
// </nowiki>

Actual results

The page is rendered like this, different from how it does in the browser:

// // foo //

Environments observed

App version: 2.7.50399-r-2022-04-04
Android OS versions: 9
Device model: Huawei Honor 7x (BND-721)
Device language: German

Related Objects

Mentioned In: T311728: Gracefully handle non-wikitext pages when returning HTML from the page endpoints

Event Timeline

Rummskartoffel created this task.May 18 2022, 9:32 AM

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JTannerWMF moved this task from Needs Triage to Tracking on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.May 19 2022, 4:29 PM

Jgiannelos added a project: Parsoid.May 23 2022, 6:09 PM

Added parsoid since mobileapps output is the same with the parsoid output

Dinoguy1000 renamed this task from nowiki tags in comments on JavaScript pages are are rendered incorrectly to nowiki tags in comments on JavaScript pages are rendered incorrectly.May 24 2022, 11:41 AM

I managed to reproduce this locally. The problem is that parsoid falls back to wikitext for all content models other than javascript.
A quick solution (other than implementing a content handler on parsoid) could be to fallback to MW parser output for the supported content models.

ssastry moved this task from Needs Triage to Bugs & Crashers on the Parsoid board.Jun 14 2022, 9:21 PM

• JMcLeod_WMF removed a project: Product-Infrastructure-Team-Backlog-Deprecated.Jun 23 2022, 2:24 PM

Arlolra mentioned this in T311728: Gracefully handle non-wikitext pages when returning HTML from the page endpoints.Jun 30 2022, 6:24 PM