Writing "-->" in a text field, corrupts the content with escaped HTML characters

Products

• CLARITY PPM FOR ITG
• CLARITY PPM FEDERAL
• Clarity PPM SaaS
• Clarity PPM On Premise

Issue/Introduction

Writing "-->" in a text field, corrupts the content with escaped HTML characters

Steps to reproduce: 

1. Login to CA PPM. 
2. Go to Home --> Projects 
3. Create a new project or open an existing project. 
4. Type "Clarity PPM --> CA PPM" and in the next line "ABC --> DEF" in the Objective field. 
5. Click SAVE.

Expected result: After clicking SAVE, the text should be same as typed

Actual result: After clicking SAVE it becomes "Clarity PPM --> CA PPM\r\nABC --> DEF"

Cause

Due to CLRT-81672

Environment

CA PPM 14.4, 15.1

Resolution

This issue can be easily avoided by changing the "-->" sign with "->" sign