@@ -84,13 +84,24 @@ jobs:
8484 if (itemMatch) {
8585 let originalContent = itemMatch[1];
8686
87- // remove zero-width space character
87+ // This is a two-step process to prevent `release-please` from
88+ // creating mangled, doubly-nested links for PRs.
89+
90+ // STEP 1: CLEAN THE INPUT.
91+ // The source changelog contains a zero-width space as an HTML entity (`​`).
92+ // This breaks the regex in the next step, so we must remove it first.
93+ // E.g., "[#​1770](...)" becomes "[#1770](...)"
8894 originalContent = originalContent.replace(/​/g, '');
8995
90- // Change issue links from #1234 to genai-toolbox#1234
96+ // STEP 2: PROTECT THE OUTPUT.
97+ // `release-please` aggressively tries to auto-link any text that looks like `#1234`.
98+ // To prevent this, we insert an invisible Unicode zero-width space (`\u200B`)
99+ // between the '#' and the number in the link text. This breaks the parser's
100+ // pattern matching without changing the visual appearance of the link.
101+ // E.g., "[#1770](...)" becomes "[genai-toolbox#1770](...)"
91102 originalContent = originalContent.replace(/\[#(\d+)\](\([^)]+\))/g, '[genai-toolbox#\u200B$1]$2');
103+
92104 const lineAsLowerCase = originalContent.toLowerCase();
93-
94105 const hasPrefix = prefixesToFilter.some(prefix => lineAsLowerCase.includes(prefix));
95106
96107 // Check if the line includes ANY of the required keywords
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