diff --git a/lib/shared/mention-utils.js b/lib/shared/mention-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/mention-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/mention-utils.js
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
   'g',
 );
 
-const chatMentionRegexString = `^(?<!\\\\)(@\\[\\[(${idSchemaRegex}):(.{1,${chatNameMaxLength}}?)(?<!\\\\)\\]\\])`;
-const chatMentionRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(chatMentionRegexString);
+const chatMentionRegexString = `(?<!\\\\)(@\\[\\[(${idSchemaRegex}):(.{1,${chatNameMaxLength}}?)(?<!\\\\)\\]\\])`;
+const chatMentionRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(`^${chatMentionRegexString}`);
+const globalChatMentionRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(chatMentionRegexString, 'g');
 
 function encodeChatMentionText(text: string): string {
   return text.replace(/]/g, '\\]');
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@
   return `@[[${threadInfo.id}:${encodeChatMentionText(threadInfo.uiName)}]]`;
 }
 
+function renderChatMentionsWithAltText(text: string): string {
+  return text.replace(
+    globalChatMentionRegex,
+    (...match) => `@${decodeChatMentionText(match[3])}`,
+  );
+}
+
 function extractUserMentionsFromText(text: string): string[] {
   const iterator = text.matchAll(userMentionsExtractionRegex);
   return [...iterator].map(matches => matches[2]);
@@ -181,4 +189,5 @@
   encodeChatMentionText,
   decodeChatMentionText,
   getRawChatMention,
+  renderChatMentionsWithAltText,
 };