diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1a19c8acea..9ff154ad12 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 - #3007: Fix links becoming text when a message is edited
 - #3018: Fix MUC icons not functioning.
 
+## 9.1.2 (2022-05-15)
+- Added fixes for Issue #2857. The fix is regarding Converse.js incorrectly applying text styling effects to HTTP URLs that contain special characters(`_`, `\``, `\`\`\``, `~`, `*`). With the fixes applied, the hyperlinks encompass the entire HTTP URL instead of only part of it
+- Added integration test for the fixes above to the following file: `/src/plugins/chatview/tests/chatbox.js/`
+
 ## 9.1.1 (2022-05-05)
 
 - GIFs don't render inside unfurls and cause a TypeError
diff --git a/src/plugins/chatview/tests/chatbox.js b/src/plugins/chatview/tests/chatbox.js
index c1ce92c3bf..69383f95f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chatview/tests/chatbox.js
+++ b/src/plugins/chatview/tests/chatbox.js
@@ -892,6 +892,45 @@ describe("Chatboxes", function () {
                 }));
             });
         });
+
+        describe("Chatbox Message Styling", function() {
+
+            it("is not applied when sending a chat message containing a HTTP URL with styling template characters( _, \`, \`\`\`, ~, *) in the middle of it",
+                mock.initConverse(['chatBoxesFetched'], {}, async function (_converse) {
+
+                await mock.waitForRoster(_converse, 'current');
+                await mock.openControlBox(_converse);
+                const contact_jid = mock.cur_names[0].replace(/ /g,'.').toLowerCase() + '@montague.lit';
+    
+                spyOn(_converse.api, "trigger").and.callThrough();
+                await mock.openChatBoxFor(_converse, contact_jid);
+                const view = _converse.chatboxviews.get(contact_jid);
+                let message = 'https://nitter.kavin.rocks/_MG_/~/*/1506109152665382920';
+                await mock.sendMessage(view, message);
+    
+                expect(view.model.messages.length === 1).toBeTruthy();
+                const stored_messages = await view.model.messages.browserStorage.findAll();
+                expect(view.model.messages.models[0].attributes.message).toEqual(message);
+                expect(view.model.messages.length).toBe(1);
+
+                // try second URL 
+                let message2 = 'https://nitter.george.rocks/_G*_/\`/\`\`\`/665382920';
+                await mock.sendMessage(view, message2);
+    
+                expect(view.model.messages.length === 2).toBeTruthy();
+                expect(view.model.messages.models[1].attributes.message).toEqual(message2);
+                expect(view.model.messages.length).toBe(2);
+
+                // try third URL 
+                let message3 = 'https://nitter.frank.rocks/_OP_/_NP_/\`\`\`/*/~/_qweq_665382920';
+                await mock.sendMessage(view, message3);
+    
+                expect(view.model.messages.length === 3).toBeTruthy();
+                expect(view.model.messages.models[2].attributes.message).toEqual(message3);
+                expect(view.model.messages.length).toBe(3);
+            }));
+
+        });;
     });
 
     describe("Special Messages", function () {
@@ -1052,5 +1091,7 @@ describe("Chatboxes", function () {
             await mock.openChatBoxFor(_converse, sender_jid);
             expect(select_msgs_indicator().textContent).toBe('1');
         }));
+
+ 
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/shared/rich-text.js b/src/shared/rich-text.js
index c9c77a9981..aec6e250b7 100644
--- a/src/shared/rich-text.js
+++ b/src/shared/rich-text.js
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export class RichText extends String {
         const full_offset = local_offset + this.offset;
         const urls_meta = this.media_urls || getMediaURLsMetadata(text, local_offset).media_urls || [];
         const media_urls = getMediaURLs(urls_meta, text, full_offset);
+        
 
         media_urls.filter(o => !o.is_encrypted).forEach(url_obj => {
             const url_text = url_obj.url;
@@ -209,22 +210,112 @@ export class RichText extends String {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Look for XEP-0393 styling directives and add templates for rendering them.
+
+     * Check for whether a number is within multiple ranges of begin/end references. 
+     * For example: given @param { Array } references array of [{ begin: 23, end: 30, ... }, { begin: 80, end: 100, ... }], function will return false if @param { Integer } search_range = `50`. If @param { Integer } search_range = `90`, function will return true
+     * @param { Array } references - An array containing reference objects({begin: 1, end: 2, template: {...} }) with ranges of numbers representing begin and end portions of outgoing Chat messages
+     * @param { Integer } search_range - This value will be compared to all the ranges contained in @param { Array } references in order to determine whether it lying inside any of those ranges
      */
-    addStyling () {
-        if (!containsDirectives(this, this.mentions)) {
-            return;
+    checkNumInRange(references, search_range){
+        let v = [];
+
+        let map = new Map();
+
+        for(var i = 0; i < references.length; i++){
+            v.push(references[i].start);
+            map.set(references[i].start, 1);
+            v.push(references[i].end);
+            map.set(references[i].end, 2);
         }
 
+        v.sort(function(a, b){ return a - b; });
+        let index = this.lowerBound(v, search_range);
+
+        if(index >= 0 && v[index] == search_range){
+            return true;
+        }else{
+            if(index >= 0 && map.get(v[index]) == 2){
+                return true;
+            }else{
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+    /**
+     * Used to obtain the nearest lower bound value for a given @param { Integer } value
+     * For example: given @param { Array } array contaiing [23, 30, 80, 100], a @param { Integer } value = 90 would return 80
+     * @param { Array } array - An array containing a series a integers which are derived from @param { Array } references in `checkNumInRange(references, search_range)`
+     * @param { Integer } value - This is the search term from which a lower bound value nearest to it will be returned by the function
+     */
+    lowerBound(array, value){
+        let low = 0;
+        let high = array.length;
+        while(low < high){
+            let mid = Math.floor((low + high) / 2);
+            if(value <= array[mid]){
+                high = mid;
+            }else{
+                low = mid + 1;
+            }
+        }
+        return low;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Look for XEP-0393 styling directives and add templates for rendering
+     * them.
+     */
+    addStyling () {
+        this.addAnnotations(this.addHyperlinks);
+
         const references = [];
-        const mention_ranges = this.mentions.map(m =>
-            Array.from({ 'length': Number(m.end) }, (_, i) => Number(m.begin) + i)
-        );
-        let i = 0;
-        while (i < this.length) {
-            if (mention_ranges.filter(r => r.includes(i)).length) { // eslint-disable-line no-loop-func
-                // Don't treat potential directives if they fall within a
-                // declared XEP-0372 reference
+        var filtered_refs = [];
+        var urls_coords = [];
+
+        for(var i = 0; i < this.references.length; i++){
+            var ending_string = this.references[i].template.strings.length;
+            if(this.references[i].template.strings[ending_string - 1] == "</a>"){
+                var new_coords = { 
+                    start: this.references[i].begin,
+                    end: this.references[i].end
+                };
+                urls_coords.push(new_coords);
+            } 
+        }
+        if (containsDirectives(this, this.mentions)) {
+            const mention_ranges = this.mentions.map(m =>
+                Array.from({ 'length': Number(m.end) }, (v, i) => Number(m.begin) + i)
+            );
+            let i = 0;
+            while (i < this.length) {
+                if (mention_ranges.filter(r => r.includes(i)).length) { // eslint-disable-line no-loop-func
+                    // Don't treat potential directives if they fall within a
+                    // declared XEP-0372 reference
+                    i++;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const { d, length } = getDirectiveAndLength(this, i);
+                if (d && length) {
+                    const is_quote = isQuoteDirective(d);
+                    const end = i + length;
+                    const slice_end = is_quote ? end : end - d.length;
+                    let slice_begin = d === '```' ? i + d.length + 1 : i + d.length;
+                    if (is_quote && this[slice_begin] === ' ') {
+                        // Trim leading space inside codeblock
+                        slice_begin += 1;
+                    }
+                    const offset = slice_begin;
+                    const text = this.slice(slice_begin, slice_end);
+                    references.push({
+                        'begin': i,
+                        'template': getDirectiveTemplate(d, text, offset, this.options),
+                        end
+                    });
+                    i = end;
+                }
+
                 i++;
                 continue;
             }
@@ -247,11 +338,27 @@ export class RichText extends String {
                 });
                 i = end;
             }
-            i++;
+
+            if(urls_coords.length > 0){
+                for(var k = 0; k < references.length; k++){
+                    var start_range = this.checkNumInRange(urls_coords, references[k].begin);
+                    var end_range = this.checkNumInRange(urls_coords, references[k].end);
+
+                    if(!start_range && !end_range){
+                        filtered_refs.push(references[k]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }else{
+                filtered_refs = references;
+            }
+            const begin_end_coords = filtered_refs.map(ref => ref.begin);
+            filtered_refs = filtered_refs.filter(({begin}, index) => !begin_end_coords.includes(begin, index + 1));
+
         }
-        references.forEach(ref => this.addTemplateResult(ref.begin, ref.end, ref.template));
+        filtered_refs.forEach(ref => this.addTemplateResult(ref.begin, ref.end, ref.template));
     }
 
+    
     trimMeMessage () {
         if (this.offset === 0) {
             // Subtract `/me ` from 3rd person messages
@@ -301,6 +408,7 @@ export class RichText extends String {
          */
         await api.trigger('beforeMessageBodyTransformed', this, { 'Synchronous': true });
 
+
         this.render_styling && this.addStyling();
         this.addAnnotations(this.addMentions);
         this.addAnnotations(this.addHyperlinks);