From 8b70ee9dbc31e74c2bca039b1e8b5c9ed635a16c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Webb <phil.webb@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:13:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Escape format characters when writing changelog

---
 .../boot/configurationmetadata/changelog/ChangelogWriter.java   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-metadata-changelog-generator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationmetadata/changelog/ChangelogWriter.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-metadata-changelog-generator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationmetadata/changelog/ChangelogWriter.java
index 3f56347a253..b1b5e04b6c1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-metadata-changelog-generator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationmetadata/changelog/ChangelogWriter.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-metadata-changelog-generator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationmetadata/changelog/ChangelogWriter.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class ChangelogWriter implements AutoCloseable {
 	}
 
 	private String escapeForTableCell(String content) {
-		return content.replace("|", "\\|");
+		return content.replace("|", "\\|").replace("%", "%%");
 	}
 
 	private void write(String format, Object... args) {