From e26bbbb62fd5a186f35cdcef55c8871833c36869 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil <neil@stably.ai>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:09:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(editor): retain balanced markdown destinations

---
 .../editor/rich-markdown-literal-serialization.ts    | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-literal-serialization.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-literal-serialization.ts
index 01f09842ef3..dbcba3eb5b2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-literal-serialization.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-literal-serialization.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function hasBare(markdown: string, chars: string): boolean {
 }
 
 function destNeedsEscape(dest: string): boolean {
+  let depth = 0
   let oddBackslash = false
   for (let i = 0; i < dest.length; i += 1) {
     const character = dest[i]
@@ -62,11 +63,16 @@ function destNeedsEscape(dest: string): boolean {
     if (!bare) {
       continue
     }
-    if (character === '(' || character === ')') {
-      return true
+    if (character === '(') {
+      depth += 1
+    } else if (character === ')') {
+      if (depth === 0) {
+        return true
+      }
+      depth -= 1
     }
   }
-  return false
+  return depth > 0
 }
 
 function escapeLineLeading(markdown: string): string {