Emojis in issue title are not rendered in issues list 😢 😢
See this issue.
It was fine in 8.8.5.
Current Status
As of April 2026, @MatthewOscar confirmed a remaining instance of this issue on an up-to-date GDK:
- Emoji shortcodes (e.g.
:thinking:) typed in work item titles do not render in the work items list when "Open items in side panel" is disabled. - Copy-pasted emojis in titles always render correctly regardless of the side panel setting (though with a slight font size difference).
- When the side panel is enabled, both shortcode and copy-pasted emojis render correctly.
| Open items in side panel enabled | Open items in side panel disabled |
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Note to dev
This was implemented for the detail view via !184070 (merged). Brett provides guidance here and info on a security bug here.
Since the merge of !224839 (merged), the correct fix is to use the issue's titleHtml to display it in the list instead of title, which will have emojis already rendered. The remaining issue appears to be specific to the non-side-panel list view not using titleHtml.
Edited by Matthew Macfarlane

