3 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/core/Tracker/TableLogAction.php b/core/Tracker/TableLogAction.php
index fea4cac171..331239f3d9 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/TableLogAction.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/TableLogAction.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TableLogAction
 
         $actionIds = self::queryIdsAction($actionsNameAndType);
 
-        list($queriedIds, $fieldNamesToInsert) = self::processIdsToInsert($actionsNameAndType, $actionIds);
+        [$queriedIds, $fieldNamesToInsert] = self::processIdsToInsert($actionsNameAndType, $actionIds);
 
         $insertedIds = self::insertNewIdsAction($actionsNameAndType, $fieldNamesToInsert);
         $queriedIds  = $queriedIds + $insertedIds;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class TableLogAction
         $inserted = array();
 
         foreach ($fieldNamesToInsert as $fieldName) {
-            list($name, $type, $urlPrefix) = $actionsNameAndType[$fieldName];
+            [$name, $type, $urlPrefix] = $actionsNameAndType[$fieldName];
 
             $actionId = self::getModel()->createNewIdAction($name, $type, $urlPrefix);
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class TableLogAction
     {
         $toQuery = array();
         foreach ($actionsNameAndType as &$actionNameType) {
-            list($name, $type, $urlPrefix) = $actionNameType;
+            [$name, $type, $urlPrefix] = $actionNameType;
             $toQuery[] = array('name' => $name, 'type' => $type);
         }
 
@@ -184,14 +184,20 @@ class TableLogAction
                 $valueToMatch = preg_replace('@^http[s]?://(www\.)?@i', '', $valueToMatch);
             }
 
+            $unsanitizedValue = $valueToMatch;
             $valueToMatch = self::normaliseActionString($actionType, $valueToMatch);
             if ($matchType == SegmentExpression::MATCH_EQUAL
                 || $matchType == SegmentExpression::MATCH_NOT_EQUAL
             ) {
                 $idAction = self::getModel()->getIdActionMatchingNameAndType($valueToMatch, $actionType);
-                // Action is not found (eg. &segment=pageTitle==Větrnásssssss)
+                // If action can't be found normalized try search for it with original value
+                // This can eg happen for outlinks that contain a & see https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/issues/11806
                 if (empty($idAction)) {
-                    $idAction = null;
+                    $idAction = self::getModel()->getIdActionMatchingNameAndType($unsanitizedValue, $actionType);
+                    // Action is not found (eg. &segment=pageTitle==Větrnásssssss)
+                    if (empty($idAction)) {
+                        $idAction = null;
+                    }
                 }
                 return $idAction;
             }
diff --git a/tests/UI/expected-screenshots/UIIntegrationTest_actions_outlinks_vlog.png b/tests/UI/expected-screenshots/UIIntegrationTest_actions_outlinks_vlog.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a5c3382fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UI/expected-screenshots/UIIntegrationTest_actions_outlinks_vlog.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c4b68a2792ba76873fa4572caa396347b3f9c04ec5259165d610aa5374fa9b80
+size 79583
diff --git a/tests/UI/specs/UIIntegration_spec.js b/tests/UI/specs/UIIntegration_spec.js
index 2530ffcc5c..c2bde5f9dc 100644
--- a/tests/UI/specs/UIIntegration_spec.js
+++ b/tests/UI/specs/UIIntegration_spec.js
@@ -398,6 +398,23 @@ describe("UIIntegrationTest", function () { // TODO: Rename to Piwik?
             expect(await pageWrap.screenshot()).to.matchImage('actions_outlinks');
         });
 
+        it('should load the segmented vlog correctly for outlink containing a &', async function () {
+            await (await page.jQuery('#widgetActionsgetOutlinks .value:contains("outlinks.org")')).click();
+            await page.waitForNetworkIdle();
+
+            const row = 'tr:contains("&pk") ';
+            const first = await page.jQuery(row + 'td.column:first');
+            await first.hover();
+            const second = await page.jQuery(row + 'td.label .actionSegmentVisitorLog');
+            await second.hover();
+            await second.click();
+            await page.waitForNetworkIdle();
+            await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+
+            pageWrap = await page.$('.ui-dialog');
+            expect(await pageWrap.screenshot()).to.matchImage('actions_outlinks_vlog');
+        });
+
         it('should load the actions > downloads page correctly', async function () {
             await page.goto("?" + urlBase + "#?" + generalParams + "&category=General_Actions&subcategory=General_Downloads");
             await page.waitForNetworkIdle();