css hex colors turned into tags

[thingalon]

Quick summary

Related ticket: 8924019-zd-a8c

Any css hex color codes in the post_content get treated as potential hashtags, and become tags on the post.

e.g.: if your post body includes this

<span style="color:#ffffff">text</span>

Then the resultant post will get a tag ffffff which cannot be removed, as it is reapplied every time the post is edited.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new Post, use the code editor.
2. Enter an HTML tag with a css hex color code in its style. e.g.: <span style="color:#ffffff">
3. Save the post
4. Observe that the post now has a tag ffffff.
5. Try removing the tag - either in the "Edit Post" screen or via "Quick Edit"
6. The tag is re-added immediately upon removal.

What you expected to happen

Text that begins with a # inside an HTML attribute should be ignored when generating hashtags for a post.

What actually happened

CSS color codes from the post content are turned into tags.

Impact

One

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

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