Assign task - Different description preview format in task report and edit description modal

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Issue found when executing PR #19377

Action Performed:

1. Go to https://staging.new.expensify.com/
2. Click + > Assign task.
3. Enter a long paragraph.
4. Click Next.
5. Click on Description.
6. Add multiple lines.
7. After saving the task, navigate to the created task.

Expected Result:

The description preview format in task report and edit description page should match.

Actual Result:

The description preview format in task report and edit description page does not match. In task report, the paragraph is truncated and is not shown in multiple lines, unlike edit description page.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.28.3

Reproducible in staging?: yes

Reproducible in production?: no

If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

bandicam.2023-06-15.19-58-21-212.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Slack conversation:

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @srikarparsi (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[sobitneupane]

It's a known issue. We are restructuring Task Page. So, we allowed description to have multiline input but didn't change the preview. It is not a deploy blocker.

Related PR: #19377

cc: @thienlnam

[srikarparsi]

Thanks @sobitneupane, yes, this seems like expected behavior. Closing out the issue for now but please reopen if necessary.