# Bug OP-18878 - External links in notification emails not captured

Project: OpenProject
Status: closed
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/OP-18878

## Open points

_No work packages_

## Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Date |  |
| Priority | Medium |
| Module | Modules and project features / Email notifications |
| Target versions | 17.1.1 |
| Observed in versions | 17.1.0 |
| Sprint | 17.1.1 |
| Backlog bucket |  |
| Bug found in version (deprecated) | 17.1.x |
| Found in mobile app version |  |
| Follow-up feedback e-mail |  |
| Requires doc change | No |
| Accessibility | No |
| Pull preview |  |
| List |  |
| Labels |  |

## People

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Assignee |  |
| Accountable |  |
| Product manager |  |
| Developers | Oliver Günther |
| Designer |  |
| Ordered by |  |
| Signed off by |  |
| Interest by |  |

## Planning

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Relevance |  |

## Costs

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Votes |  |
| Work |  |
| Labor costs |  |

## Description

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### Steps to reproduce

1.  Enable "Capture external links" in system settings
    
2.  Create a work package
    
3.  Add a comment including an external link (e.g. https://openproject.org), @mentioning someone
    
4.  Look at the resulting email
    

### What is the buggy behavior?

*   the link (href=https://openproject.org) is included verbatim in the email
    

### What is the expected behavior?

1.  the link should be captured by OpenProject, it should look something like https://my.openproject.com/external\_redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenproject.org%2F
    

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### Environment information

**OpenProject version**

_v17.1.0_