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bracket pair colorization incorrectly renders `>` in C# markdown code fence

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#279,576 opened on Nov 26, 2025

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bracket-pair-colorizationbughelp wanted

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Description

> cannot be paired so it displayed red Turning off Bracket Pair Colorization fixes it. Alternatively removing > from editor.language.colorizedBracketPairs also fixes it.

It only affects code fence in markdown. The colorization works fine in .cs files

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The token says it is an operator, but somehow the bracket pair colorization still treats it as brackets.

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Examine how the bracket pair colorization extension handles angle brackets and why it treats `>` in markdown code fenced C# as a bracket. Look at the token information for `>` inside the code fence and trace the bracket pair matching logic.
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