From 320c7a361cf82b76bae6f564fb801e455e030eb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manuel cortez <manuel@manuelcortez.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:44:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix HTML entity decoding when editing Mastodon posts (#893)

---
 doc/changelog.md                    | 2 ++
 src/controller/mastodon/messages.py | 7 ++-----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/changelog.md b/doc/changelog.md
index 508fbc44..72875542 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.md
+++ b/doc/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ TWBlue Changelog
 
 * Core:
     * Expanded the keystroke editor actions list. Now, many previously hidden or unassignable actions are available to be mapped to custom keyboard shortcuts.
+* Mastodon:
+    * Fixed an issue where HTML entities were not decoded when editing a post. ([#893](https://github.com/mcv-software/twblue/issues/893))
 
 ## Changes in version 2026.01.13
 
diff --git a/src/controller/mastodon/messages.py b/src/controller/mastodon/messages.py
index 48b2b678..63c6a7da 100644
--- a/src/controller/mastodon/messages.py
+++ b/src/controller/mastodon/messages.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import languageHandler
 from twitter_text import parse_tweet, config
 from mastodon import MastodonError
 from controller import messages
-from sessions.mastodon import templates
+from sessions.mastodon import templates, utils
 from wxUI.dialogs.mastodon import postDialogs
 from extra.autocompletionUsers import completion
 from . import userList
@@ -282,10 +282,7 @@ class editPost(post):
         # Extract text from post
         if item.reblog != None:
             item = item.reblog
-        text = item.content
-        # Remove HTML tags from content
-        import re
-        text = re.sub('<[^<]+?>', '', text)
+        text = utils.html_filter(item.content)
         # Initialize parent class
         super(editPost, self).__init__(session, title, caption, text=text, *args, **kwargs)
         # Store the post ID for editing