After adding {|, |}, [|, and |] at release 1.205, ligatures {|} and [|] render incorrectly as per the following screenshot.

yeah... where do those come from, though? What language?
I think LaTeX can have {|} in some cases, but the main issue here鈥擨 believe鈥攊s that this is not the way people expect it to look.
This also affects some regex patterns. For example, splitting a string by commas or pipes /[,|\|]/

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This also affects some regex patterns. For example, splitting a string by commas or pipes
/[,|\|]/