Harden issue/work_item URL regex (!1327) · Merge requests · GitLab.org / Developer Relations / Contributor Success / contributors-gitlab-com

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What does this MR do and why?

This MR hardens the regular expression used to match issue and work item URLs.

This change improves correctness and security by ensuring only valid GitLab issue/work item links from trusted namespaces are matched.

Harden issue/work_item URL regex

Edited Sep 25, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖