iTunes Connect App Metadata stripping newlines

Originator:quranmemorizer
Number:rdar://14522003 Date Originated:7/23/2013
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iTunes Connect Product Version:
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
iTunes Connect app metadata no longer allows newlines, making app description and "What's New" sections contain one very long block of text

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Edit version info for an app.  In my case I'm using Qur'an Memorizer (Apple ID ********) which is in "Waiting for Review".  (It also exhibited this behavior when in "Waiting for binary" mode).  
2) Edit the description to contain 2 lines, "Line1\nLine2"
3) Click outside the description field to cause it to lose focus


Expected Results:
The description field will continue to contain two lines: 
Line1
Line2

Actual Results:
The description contains one line: "Line1 Line2"

Regression:
I am too scared to try this out on other live versions of apps and risk messing up the currently correct app descriptions.  Unfortunately this is affecting my flagship app (currently waiting for review) and my fear is that when it's released the description will be one large wall of text. 

Notes:
I tried inserting HTML <br> tags and disabling Javascript, but neither helped.

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