# Broken link: the closing parenthesis excluded from URL (causes 404)

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/broken-link-the-closing-parenthesis-excluded-from-url-causes-404/5038>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [April 11, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/broken-link-the-closing-parenthesis-excluded-from-url-causes-404/5038 "2026-04-11T14:06:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/broken-link-the-closing-parenthesis-excluded-from-url-causes-404/5038/3 "2026-04-11T15:48:29Z")

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Please include the name of the platform, because the autolinker is different on each platform. Related:

> [@Add link tab in chat Apps & Media](https://support.delta.chat/t/add-link-tab-in-chat-apps-media/4989/2):
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> It’s even trickier than that, because Delta Chat clients can also linkify text other than that beginning with http: and https:. Notably, they usually linkify a URL having the scheme stripped, substituting http for it. As linkification is not implemented by Delta Chat itself so far, rather left for the respective platform libraries, I think this feature will be more costly to implement properly than you would think if you wanted it to work consistently across platforms. Related: Duplicate of…

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