After switching to 8.3 I discovered that `org-return' no longer follows links in headings, even if `org-return-follows-link' is non-nil. Instead it started inserting newlines in the middle of link. This change of behavior was introduced by a7e62499f2fe5c313567212ee90ff743c5e734a8

In the attached patch I just shuffled parts of `org-return' around. Maybe it is better to move tag-preserving newline code to some helper function, but I'm not sure how to do it properly.

Best,

Alexey