Pattern Debugger UI sanitizes variables before displaying to user. - Known Error

Pattern Debugger UI sanitizes variables before displaying to user. Description Pattern Debugger UI sanitizes variables before displaying to user.

Steps to Reproduce

As an example, on any pattern set a variable to contain characters such as %2f3. Example string with variable name of exampleURL: https://blah:443/owa/auth/logon.aspx?replaceCurrent=1&url=https%3a %2f%2f blah.service-now.com %2 fowa Debug the pattern and review the value saved to exampleURL is not the above, but instead is: https://blah:443/owa/auth/logon.aspx?replaceCurrent=1&url=https%3a // blah.service-now.com / owa Workaround This is working as expected. The pattern debugger sanitizes strings which could lead to an unintended script execution in the browser.

Note: This does not happen during pattern execution.

This behavior is controlled by system property sa.processors.sanitize_input which has a default value of true. To stop the Pattern Designer from sanitizing the output in the UI set sa.processors.sanitize_input to false.