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# Forum bug: "Reply" on nested citations leads to corruption of nested `> ` marks.
_Off-topic · started by dreieck on Thu, May 28, 2026 9:55 PM_
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## Original post
**dreieck** · Thu, May 28, 2026 9:55 PM
Ahoj,
I think I discovered an issue with (the web based version at least) the forum:
When I hit "Reply" on a post which already has citations, the second-level `>` get replaced by `>`, and third level `>` get replaced by `>` -- and `>` definitely will be mis-rendered.
See for example in [this thread](/forum/general/anyone-running-an-rf-only-reticulum-mesh-with-20-rnodes) the message from @dreieck from 2026-05-28, which was generated by hitting the "Reply" button on the message above and filling my content there.
Precisely:
Message I want to cite:
```markdown
**welo** wrote:
> **Rob** wrote:
> > I was excited about the routing ability, but the more i dig into it, the more difficult it is
> May you expand on exactly what the difficulty is?
so I have a lab setup of nodeA and nodeB and "T" transport node. both A&B are connected to RNS and can communicate with each other. when I introduce T and the links are not symmetrical eg. A->T->B and the return path is B->A messages stall. If the return path is the same as the forward path it works. I read the logic where Mark mentions the announce as a indicator of the best path and load balancing, but It seems something is not working for me. so if A and B are totally isolated and T is in the middle everything works.
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When I hit the reply on that message, I get:
```markdown
**Rob** wrote:
> **welo** wrote:
> > **Rob** wrote:
> > > I was excited about the routing ability, but the more i dig into it, the more difficult it is
> >
> > May you expand on exactly what the difficulty is?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> so I have a lab setup of nodeA and nodeB and "T" transport node. both A&B are connected to RNS and can communicate with each other. when I introduce T and the links are not symmetrical eg. A->T->B and the return path is B->A messages stall. If the return path is the same as the forward path it works. I read the logic where Mark mentions the announce as a indicator of the best path and load balancing, but It seems something is not working for me. so if A and B are totally isolated and T is in the middle everything works.
>
```
Regards!
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