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May 12, 2026
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Mermaid diagram fails to render < and > angle brackets or HTML tags

  • May 12, 2026
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Mermaid diagrams text has issues with greater than and less than symbols - it either ignores them or results in html tags. This occurs whether the symbol is encased inside double quotes or not. 

Best answer by Ambar D

Hi ​@Michael.Buttery, thank you for posting in the Lucid Community! I apologize for the delay in response here.

Would you mind providing me with a screenshot of the syntax and what results?

Are you receiving an error message that reads “Syntax error. Please check syntax” by chance? 

These items will help me to take a closer look! 

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Ambar D
Ambar DAnswer
Lucid community team
May 15, 2026

Hi ​@Michael.Buttery, thank you for posting in the Lucid Community! I apologize for the delay in response here.

Would you mind providing me with a screenshot of the syntax and what results?

Are you receiving an error message that reads “Syntax error. Please check syntax” by chance? 

These items will help me to take a closer look!