Markdown not working in release notes

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How come when i create a release with octopus using Octo.exe and using markdown in the release notes they get stripped when i go and view the release notes in the Octopus Deploy Web application?

Build Number:      $(Get-BuildNumber)
Branch Name:       $BranchName
Last Commit Hash:  [$GitCommitHash](https://github.com/XXX/XX/commit/$GitCommitHash)
Build Overview:    [View](http://XXXXX.com/viewLog.html?buildTypeId=XXXX&buildId=$TeamCityBuildId&tab=buildResultsDiv)
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Hi,

Thanks for reaching out. Could you share us a screenshot or copy/paste of the full command + the output from Octo.exe?

Regards,
Dalmiro

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Exec { & $OctoExe create-release --project “XXXX” --packageversion $PackageVersion --releaseNumber $(Get-BuildNumber) --releaseNotes $(Get-OctopusReleaseNotes) --server $OctopusServerUrl --apiKey $OctopusApiKey --enableServiceMessages }

Function Get-OctopusReleaseNotes
{
return @"

Build Number:      $(Get-BuildNumber)
Branch Name:       $BranchName
Last Commit Hash:  [$GitCommitHash](https://github.com/XX/XX/commit/$GitCommitHash)
Build Overview:    [View](http://XX.com/viewLog.html?buildTypeId=XXX&buildId=$TeamCityBuildId&tab=buildResultsDiv)

"@

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Hi,

That code snippet seems to be working fine on my end (Octopus 3.2.21). Could you tell me which version of the Octopus server and of Octo.exe are you running? Also please send a screenshot of what you see on the Release release notes after running your command.

Dalmiro