# QOwnNotes v26.8.6 — Release v26.8.6

- Product: QOwnNotes (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes)
- Vendor: Patrizio Bekerle
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v26.8.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/releases/tag/v26.8.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes/releases/v26.8.6
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **fixed** — Unmatched or malformed Markdown emphasis, underline, and strikeout markers incorrectly applying formatting to following text or lines in the note editor and preview
- **fixed** — Cloud connection combo box in Note folder settings initially showing None instead of the selected cloud connection

##### 26.8.6

- Fixed unmatched or malformed Markdown emphasis, underline, and strikeout markers
  incorrectly applying formatting to following text or lines in the note editor and preview
  (valid formatting containing internal underscores, such as `__foo_bar__`, still works)
  (for [#3702](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3702))
- Fixed the **Cloud connection** combo box in the **Note folder settings** initially
  showing **"None"** instead of the selected cloud connection
  (for [#3699](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3699))

##### Released files

- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package
- QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems