Jetpack Social Preview does not render & properly

[devNigel]

Quick summary

The Jetpack Social Preview does not render & symbol properly in Simple sites. It works fine on Atomic Sites.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a simple site and create a new post or page.
2. Add & symbol in the title.
3. Check Jetpack Social Preview

What you expected to happen

Social Preview should render & symbol correctly.

What actually happened

Social Preview rendered & symbol as &

Context

User report: 24756386-hc

Platform (Simple, Atomic, or both?)

Simple

Theme-specific issue?

No

Browser, operating system and other notes

No response

Reproducibility

Consistent

Severity

All

Available workarounds?

No but the platform is still usable

Workaround details

No response

[cuemarie]

📌 SCRUBBING : RESULT

• Tested on Simple: Replicated

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO

• Replicated issue as described.
• Before publishing the post, when I checked Jetpack Social Preview, the & rendered in the title, but not in the content of the post.
• After publishing the post, the & was not rendered in either place.

Example: Before Publishing

Example: After Publishing

📌 ACTIONS

• Marked as Triaged for Quality Squad review

[coder-karen]

Pinging @Automattic/jetpack-reach for this one.