fix: handle plain text descriptions in intake API

[Danielllira]

Description

This PR fixes how plain text descriptions are handled when creating intake issues through the API.

Previously, when issue.description was provided as a plain string, it could be stored directly in description_json, while description_html remained as the default empty paragraph (<p></p>). As a result, the description was saved but not rendered correctly in the Plane UI.

This change keeps description_json for structured descriptions and converts plain string descriptions into escaped HTML when description_html is not explicitly provided.

Type of Change

• [ x ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• Feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Improvement (change that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Code refactoring
• Performance improvements
• Documentation update

Screenshots and Media (if applicable)

Test Scenarios

Tested intake issue creation through the API using only name, description, and priority.

Example payload:

{
  "issue": {
    "name": "Test via API",
    "description": "Request created through the API",
    "priority": "medium"
  }
}

### References
https://github.com/makeplane/plane/issues/9180

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Bug Fixes**
  * Plain-text issue descriptions are now safely escaped and wrapped as sanitized HTML.
  * Description fields follow clear precedence: structured JSON is used when present; otherwise plain-text is converted appropriately.
  * Empty or missing HTML descriptions default to a safe empty paragraph to prevent accidental rendering issues.
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The intake view now imports HTML-escape and explicitly computes description_json (only from provided JSON or dict/list) and description_html (defaults to <p></p> or an escaped <p>{text}</p> when needed) before calling Issue.objects.create().

Changes

Intake Description HTML Escaping

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Intake description escaping and HTML generation apps/api/plane/api/views/intake.py	Adds escape import and rewrites creation logic so description_json is taken only from explicit description_json (or from description when it's a dict/list), and description_html defaults to <p></p> or is generated by escaping and wrapping plain-text description when description_html is not provided.

Estimated code review effort

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Possibly related issues

• #9180: Addresses the case where plain-text description strings were being stored into description_json and lacked HTML escaping.

Poem

🐰 I hop through payloads neat and bright,
Escaping text to keep HTML right,
JSON stays JSON, HTML is wrapped,
No raw strings accidentally trapped,
Intake earns a tidy bite of light.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: fixing how plain text descriptions are handled in the intake API.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes a detailed explanation of the bug, the solution, the type of change, and test scenarios with an example payload. Screenshots and references sections are present.
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Inline comments:
In `@apps/api/plane/api/views/intake.py`:
- Around line 190-192: The code currently uses description_json =
issue_data.get("description_json") or {} which will replace explicit falsy
values (e.g., [] or "") with {}, losing client input; change this to explicitly
check for the presence of the key: if "description_json" in issue_data:
description_json = issue_data["description_json"] else: description_json = {} so
explicit falsy values are preserved, and keep the subsequent conditional that
assigns description_json = description only when "description_json" is not in
issue_data and description is a dict or list; refer to the description_json
variable, the issue_data dict access, and the description variable to locate the
logic to update.

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