span classes are dropped around bare links (with and without <>):
My vault:
Sandbox vault:
When angle brackets are used:
When the link is truly bare:
Note the final span is missing style elements. Some variation of this is true in all cases.
Raw markdown I was using to test:
4. Bare links (bracketed): <https://www.ebullient.dev>
1. ~~<https://www.ebullient.dev>~~
2. **<https://www.ebullient.dev>**
3. *<https://www.ebullient.dev>*
4. ***<https://www.ebullient.dev>***
5. Bare links (raw): https://www.ebullient.dev
1. ~~https://www.ebullient.dev~~
2. **https://www.ebullient.dev**
3. *https://www.ebullient.dev*
4. ***https://www.ebullient.dev***