Squiz Matrix version 5.5.3.3
We’ve got a URL - theresite.com/foo/bar/baz/?url_redirect=https://anothersite.com/a/b/c which appears as is when we enter it into the page’s content in Squiz Matrix using the link creation pop widget but when it’s clicked on in the published/previewed page, the 'https://anothersite.com/a/b/c bit becomes URL encoded, producing http%2A%2F%2Fanothersite.com%2Fa%2Fb%2Fc which causes our QA platform to register a broken link (presumably because theresite.com is expecting the URL to not be encoded!)
I suppose I have two questions then - does Squiz normally URL encode links under these circumstances and if so, how can I override/avoid it?
Thanks.