Inline link with nested parentheses does not work

Troubleshooting
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Summary

Posting an inline link with nested parentheses in the URL does not work.

Steps to reproduce

Mattermost 5.6, any client.
Post this message:

how about: [hmm](https://somewhere?param=(currentUser()))?

Expected behavior

Expect inline link with title hmm and URL https://somewhere?param=(currentUser())

Observed behavior

No inline link. The original markdown syntax appears directly. However, part of the URL (https://somewhere?param=) is then detected as an auto link and becomes clickable.

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For reference purposes, this is how it looks like on Mattermost 5.7 on my end:
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Came across this which could be related - URLs are not URL-encoded breaking the markdown rendering in Mattermost.

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Opened a ticket here: https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/MM-14040.

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@gubbins can we ask where you are getting such links with nested parentheses?

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JIRA uses them, e.g. https://jira/browse/ABC-123?jql=assignee%20in%20(currentUser()). We’ve also seen this with some TeamCity locators I think.