[toomuchreading]

I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior when downloading metadata into the comments (book descriptions) field. I've noticed this change when I upgraded somewhere between version 3.40.1 & 3.41.3 (I don't think I downloaded 3.41.0,.1 or .2).

In the metadata download configuration I have 'convert comments to plain text' turned ON.
When the comments are loaded into Calibre from the update metadata screen the comments that are updated are truncated half way thru the comments box (a <br> is shown on the HTMLSource tab). Previous to this time, the comments would go across the whole box, therefore taking up less vertical space. If the book happened to have it's own comments, when adding the book, these extra 'line breaks' don't appear. The difference between the way the two are loaded into the comments fields is most noticeable when using the book details view on the main Calibre screen. For a short description, you now have to start scrolling to see the whole description, where previously you didn't. I hope I'm making sense...
This is the Normal View from a book that I downloaded the metadata from:

Spoiler:

The Juggernaut. A city in space built from the twisted wreck of a thousand
ships, in a decaying orbit around a dying star. The last refuge of the
dispossessed. The place Tila Vasquez now calls home. When a distant colony of
stars lost contact with earth, they descended into the fires of a civil war.
From the ashes rose the the Commonwealth - systems united in their struggle to
survive the aftermath and rebuild civilisation with the remnants of the
technology they once had. The mission to colonise Baru was to be the first
step forward in a hundred years. Three colony ships set out to discover a new
star and build the first hyperspace beacon in three generations. But the
mission failed. Far Horizon vanished through the unstable wormhole. The Rising
Star and New Dawn were destroyed. Tila's parents were among the thousands
lost. Now she has joined the ranks of the dispossessed. So when Tila finds the
impossible - a shuttle from the Far Horizon buried deep within the Juggernaut
\- she sets out with her friends Ellie and Malachi to uncover the truth behind
the colony mission. But some things are buried for a reason, and some secrets
should never be revealed...

This is the HTML Source from the same book (notice the 'br' half way thru sentences...:

Spoiler:

<div><p class="description">The Juggernaut. A city in space built from the twisted wreck of a thousand<br>ships, in a decaying orbit around a dying star. The last refuge of the<br>dispossessed. The place Tila Vasquez now calls home. When a distant colony of<br>stars lost contact with earth, they descended into the fires of a civil war.<br>From the ashes rose the the Commonwealth - systems united in their struggle to<br>survive the aftermath and rebuild civilisation with the remnants of the<br>technology they once had. The mission to colonise Baru was to be the first<br>step forward in a hundred years. Three colony ships set out to discover a new<br>star and build the first hyperspace beacon in three generations. But the<br>mission failed. Far Horizon vanished through the unstable wormhole. The Rising<br>Star and New Dawn were destroyed. Tila's parents were among the thousands<br>lost. Now she has joined the ranks of the dispossessed. So when Tila finds the<br>impossible - a shuttle from the Far Horizon buried deep within the Juggernaut<br>\- she sets out with her friends Ellie and Malachi to uncover the truth behind<br>the colony mission. But some things are buried for a reason, and some secrets<br>should never be revealed...</p> <p class="description">__</p></div>

This is a book that loaded normally with it's own descriptions, the normal view:

Spoiler:

After decades of peace, war is threatening the Kingdom of Avranche. Its old foes are stirring, in a new alliance with darker powers. Black wings bring death and torture in the night.

Owain, former King’s Champion, hears rumors of sorcery. Visiting the grave of his sword brother, he stumbles into a deadly raid, and uncovers coded orders for a larger plot.

The kingdom’s enemies know Owain is now their greatest danger. He must race against time to find and deal with them… before they deal with him!

And it's HTML Source:

Spoiler:

<div>After decades of peace, war is threatening the Kingdom of Avranche. Its old foes are stirring, in a new alliance with darker powers. Black wings
bring death and torture in the night.<br><br>Owain, former King’s
Champion, hears rumors of sorcery. Visiting the grave of his sword
brother, he stumbles into a deadly raid, and uncovers coded orders for a
larger plot.<br><br>The kingdom’s enemies know Owain is now their
greatest danger. He must race against time to find and deal with them…
before they deal with him!</div>

Thanks for the help