From b1567818e4791ac1e11f98cf7da20f666aa1b9c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quill <292788791+QuillTheCreature@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 21:10:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Removed RemoveMarkupOrThrow in ChatSystem to prevent invalid
 markdown from not sending the message.

---
 Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
index 31c3db0c242..e0456c0ad49 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
@@ -758,8 +758,10 @@ private void SendEntitySpeak(
             return;
 
         // The Original Message [-] Einstein Engines - Language
-        var message = FormattedMessage.RemoveMarkupOrThrow(originalMessage);  // Remove markup before transforming.
-        message = FormattedMessage.EscapeText(message); // Escape after removing markup
+        // Omu - RemoveMarkupOrThrow() ... throws an error when it's a invalid message, resulting in the message not appearing in chat.
+        // This could happen when for example someone sends a `[` or other things.
+        //var message = FormattedMessage.RemoveMarkupOrThrow(originalMessage);  // Remove markup before transforming. Omu - Line commented out
+        var message = FormattedMessage.EscapeText(originalMessage); // Escape after removing markup. Omu - variable changed
         message = TransformSpeech(source, message, language);
 
         if (message.Length == 0)