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# MCP Jira Confluence v0.2.1 - Formatting Fix Summary
## Issue Resolved ✅
**Problem:** Confluence page creation was failing with 400 Bad Request errors when using heavy markdown formatting, while simple content worked fine.
**Root Cause:** The markdown-to-Confluence converter was generating malformed or overly complex XHTML that Confluence's REST API rejected.
## Solutions Implemented
### 1. **Intelligent Complexity Detection**
- Added regex-based markdown complexity analysis
- Automatically switches between detailed and simplified conversion strategies
- Detects patterns: headers, bold/italic, code, lists, links, images
### 2. **Robust Formatter Architecture**
```python
# Two-tier conversion approach:
- _detailed_markdown_to_confluence() # For simple content
- _simple_markdown_to_confluence() # For complex content
```
### 3. **Improved Error Handling**
- Added try-catch blocks around conversion logic
- Fallback to simple HTML paragraph wrapping on conversion failures
- Comprehensive logging for debugging
### 4. **Better List Processing**
- Line-by-line processing instead of regex-heavy approach
- Proper list grouping (`<ul>` wrapping multiple `<li>` elements)
- Correct list closure handling
### 5. **Enhanced Inline Formatting**
- Improved bold/italic regex to avoid conflicts
- Protected inline code from other conversions
- Better link and image handling
## Test Results ✅
**Simple Content:** ✅ Perfect formatting with full feature support
**Complex Content:** ✅ Graceful degradation with clean HTML output
**Error Handling:** ✅ Fallback mechanisms prevent failures
**HTML Passthrough:** ✅ Existing HTML preserved correctly
## Key Improvements
| Feature | Before | After |
|---------|--------|-------|
| Complex Markdown | ❌ 400 Error | ✅ Clean HTML |
| List Formatting | ⚠️ Malformed | ✅ Proper nesting |
| Error Recovery | ❌ Total failure | ✅ Graceful fallback |
| Code Blocks | ⚠️ Complex macros | ✅ Simple `<pre>` tags |
| Detection Logic | ⚠️ Basic string matching | ✅ Regex pattern analysis |
## Version History
- **v0.1.9:** Initial release with basic functionality
- **v0.2.0:** Major formatting improvements and error handling
- **v0.2.1:** Enhanced robustness and fallback mechanisms
## Usage Recommendation
The formatter now automatically handles complexity:
- **Simple markdown** → Full featured conversion with Confluence macros
- **Complex markdown** → Simplified but reliable HTML conversion
- **HTML content** → Unchanged passthrough
- **Plain text** → Wrapped in paragraph tags
Users no longer need to worry about formatting complexity causing 400 errors!
## Testing
Run the test suite to verify all improvements:
```bash
python test_v0_2_0.py
```
## Published to PyPI ✅
Version 0.2.1 is now available:
```bash
pip install mcp-jira-confluence==0.2.1
```