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Markdown parsing might have some infinite loop for some malformed long pattern

Try copy paste following line or two to any markdown enable box

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Preview UI hang in my browser (firefox, chrome, opera) became CPU usage 99% and

When I disable preview javascript and send POST request to server, server also does not response the request for long time, and sometimes got gateway timeout error and sometimes, my account logoff automatically :D)

May be not a serious issue, but may be worth a look.

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    Reproing this on my machine was a bad idea...
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Mar 4, 2011 at 19:52
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    If it loops the server it may be a very serious issue since it can allow ddos attacks
    – Andreas Bonini
    Mar 4, 2011 at 19:54
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    deleting for now since this is a DDOS repro
    – Jeff Atwood
    Mar 4, 2011 at 20:00

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OK, great catch -- now fixed. Was an error in the spoiler block post-processor

OMG spoilers!

> ! OMG spoilers!
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    FYI: the live preview while editing currently does not work (not with >!, nor with > !).
    – Arjan
    Mar 4, 2011 at 22:54
  • @arjan you sure about that? :)
    – Jeff Atwood
    Mar 5, 2011 at 1:16
  • I take the smiley means you've fixed it? Good! (I noticed as I wondered if the syntax had changed from >! into > ! with a space. While testing, none worked, until I indeed saved. Then both worked. Never knew about that space!)
    – Arjan
    Mar 5, 2011 at 9:16

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