Why isn't the markdown created table displaying correctly

Question

When I addded this autoconverted table in Edit- it shows correctly but in the final post it is all messed up- how to create mark down table so it works?

Stage	Startup	Pre-action (~1s)	Action	Attacker Communicates move to pet	OpportunityWindow 1	Attacker Pet attacks Defender Opportunity 2
Defen-der (AI)	No move	Can move (but often doesn't)	Can move (moves if Attacker doesn't straight away)	Communication will confuse pet with no action	Can set a move	Can't set a move but can set a direction
Attack-er	No move	No move	Can move (assume he communicates a move) Choose commands and hit enter	Now communcate to pet with specific location directions by mouse for directed attack	Pet is preparing- Communication would confuse it	Pet completes move with resolution can miss

Answer 1

This issue is documented in this bug report on meta.se, I'll reproduce the entire answer below for reference. You will notice in the answer below that the last markdown table renders as text above table |test|test| |----|----| |test|test| when viewing this post, but if you pull up the post preview by clicking "Edit", the preview renderer will replace the unparsed text with a preview of the mardown table.

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If you have text right above or below the table, the preview renders the table markdown as a table. But after you save the post, the table is not rendered and just shows the markdown code.

You can use the code below as an example. If you try to edit my answer, it shows a table in the preview but not in the backend-rendered post view.

Raw Markdown:

text above table
|test|test|
|----|----|
|test|test|

How it looks in Preview

Result after posting

text above table |test|test| |----|----| |test|test|

So either the backend renderer is broken or the preview renderer is broken.

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