From c4bbb5c4463b224958e5a151268ae3a137fda8eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Middleton <david.middleton@esynergy.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 15:19:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] TGC-842: Fix multilineTextField render issue

---
 src/server/plugins/engine/components/helpers/components.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/server/plugins/engine/components/helpers/components.ts b/src/server/plugins/engine/components/helpers/components.ts
index 82fd6d210..8fa55556d 100644
--- a/src/server/plugins/engine/components/helpers/components.ts
+++ b/src/server/plugins/engine/components/helpers/components.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export function getAnswerMarkdown(
   } else if (field instanceof Components.MultilineTextField) {
     // Preserve Multiline text new lines
     answerEscaped = answer
-      .split(/\r?\n/)
+      .split(/(?:\r?\n)+/)
       .map(escapeMarkdown)
       .join('\n')
       .concat('\n')

From f89f88c64a51d1391a316f3e1b1c75a33c165fce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Middleton <david.middleton@esynergy.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 15:27:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add test for multiple newlines

---
 .../engine/components/MultilineTextField.test.ts      | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/server/plugins/engine/components/MultilineTextField.test.ts b/src/server/plugins/engine/components/MultilineTextField.test.ts
index f76358fc5..d903e404d 100644
--- a/src/server/plugins/engine/components/MultilineTextField.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/plugins/engine/components/MultilineTextField.test.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,17 @@ describe('MultilineTextField', () => {
         expect(answer2).toBe('')
       })
 
+      it('returns multiline text from state, collapsing multiple newlines into one', () => {
+        const state1 = getFormState('Line 1\r\nLine 2\r\nLine 3')
+        const state2 = getFormState('Line 1\r\n\r\nLine 2\r\n\r\n\r\nLine 3')
+
+        const answer1 = getAnswer(field, state1)
+        const answer2 = getAnswer(field, state2)
+
+        expect(answer1).toBe('Line 1<br>Line 2<br>Line 3<br>')
+        expect(answer2).toBe('Line 1<br>Line 2<br>Line 3<br>')
+      })
+
       it('returns payload from state', () => {
         const state1 = getFormState('Textarea')
         const state2 = getFormState(null)