fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID by johnBgood · Pull Request #6804 · camunda/connectors

johnBgood · 2026-03-26T13:41:30Z

Description

This pull request introduces a small but important improvement to the way plain text messages are sent via Slack. Specifically, it ensures that user and channel mentions in plain text messages are automatically linked, enhancing the user experience.

When sending plain text messages, the linkNames property is now set to true in the Slack API request, so user and channel mentions will be properly linked.

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Tests/Integration tests for the changes have been added if applicable.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the Slack outbound connector’s chat.postMessage request building so that plain-text messages enable Slack’s name-linking behavior, allowing @user / #channel mentions to be automatically linked without requiring explicit IDs.

Changes:

Set linkNames=true on ChatPostMessageRequest when messageType is plainText.

johnBgood · 2026-03-26T13:46:48Z

@copilot open a new pull request to apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Copilot · 2026-03-26T13:46:56Z

@johnBgood I've opened a new pull request, #6805, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

johnBgood · 2026-03-26T14:00:26Z

 camunda.endpoints.cors.mappings=/inbound-instances/**
 camunda.client.prefer-rest-over-grpc=false
-camunda.client.rest-address=http://localhost:8088
+camunda.client.rest-address=http://localhost:8080


this was changed by mistake I guess

Yes, thanks for fixing. Did change this everytime locally

#6805) Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/camunda/connectors/sessions/c0d9223d-df3d-4c96-b6df-b3b580126cf6 Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com>

mathias-vandaele

Thanks @johnBgood !

team-connectors-int-automation · 2026-03-26T15:06:13Z

Backport failed for stable/8.7, because it was unable to cherry-pick the commit(s).

Please cherry-pick the changes locally and resolve any conflicts.

git fetch origin stable/8.7
git worktree add -d .worktree/backport-6804-to-stable/8.7 origin/stable/8.7
cd .worktree/backport-6804-to-stable/8.7
git switch --create backport-6804-to-stable/8.7
git cherry-pick -x 09fec0176b7d68c6755ebfa30e54251efe1b8c4f

team-connectors-int-automation · 2026-03-26T15:06:15Z

Backport failed for stable/8.8, because it was unable to cherry-pick the commit(s).

Please cherry-pick the changes locally and resolve any conflicts.

git fetch origin stable/8.8
git worktree add -d .worktree/backport-6804-to-stable/8.8 origin/stable/8.8
cd .worktree/backport-6804-to-stable/8.8
git switch --create backport-6804-to-stable/8.8
git cherry-pick -x 09fec0176b7d68c6755ebfa30e54251efe1b8c4f

team-connectors-int-automation · 2026-03-26T15:06:17Z

Backport failed for stable/8.6, because it was unable to cherry-pick the commit(s).

Please cherry-pick the changes locally and resolve any conflicts.

git fetch origin stable/8.6
git worktree add -d .worktree/backport-6804-to-stable/8.6 origin/stable/8.6
cd .worktree/backport-6804-to-stable/8.6
git switch --create backport-6804-to-stable/8.6
git cherry-pick -x 09fec0176b7d68c6755ebfa30e54251efe1b8c4f

…6804) * fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID * test: add assertions for linkNames behavior in ChatPostMessageDataTest (#6805) Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/camunda/connectors/sessions/c0d9223d-df3d-4c96-b6df-b3b580126cf6 Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit 09fec01)

team-connectors-int-automation · 2026-03-26T15:06:21Z

Successfully created backport PR for stable/8.9:

[Backport stable/8.9] fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID #6809

…6804) * fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID * test: add assertions for linkNames behavior in ChatPostMessageDataTest (#6805) Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/camunda/connectors/sessions/c0d9223d-df3d-4c96-b6df-b3b580126cf6 Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit 09fec01)

…6804) (#6809) * fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID * test: add assertions for linkNames behavior in ChatPostMessageDataTest (#6805) Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/camunda/connectors/sessions/c0d9223d-df3d-4c96-b6df-b3b580126cf6 --------- (cherry picked from commit 09fec01) Co-authored-by: Jonathan Roques <jonathan.roques@camunda.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com>

…6804) (#6810) * fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID * test: add assertions for linkNames behavior in ChatPostMessageDataTest (#6805) Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/camunda/connectors/sessions/c0d9223d-df3d-4c96-b6df-b3b580126cf6 --------- (cherry picked from commit 09fec01) Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com>

…6804) (#6811) * fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID * test: add assertions for linkNames behavior in ChatPostMessageDataTest (#6805) Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/camunda/connectors/sessions/c0d9223d-df3d-4c96-b6df-b3b580126cf6 --------- (cherry picked from commit 09fec01) Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: johnBgood <1797846+johnBgood@users.noreply.github.com>

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Comment thread ...ctors/slack/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/slack/outbound/model/ChatPostMessageData.java

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Copilot AI mentioned this pull request Mar 26, 2026

test: assert linkNames=true for plainText and null for messageBlock in ChatPostMessageData #6805

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maxdanilov mentioned this pull request Mar 26, 2026

Release: Update BPMN Slack notification texts to use message block camunda/camunda#49389

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fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID

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johnBgood force-pushed the fix-slack-connector-text-links branch from 9d9f8b4 to aa37d1b Compare March 26, 2026 14:00

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[Backport stable/8.9] fix: slack connector user can now use mentions without using an ID #6809

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