[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64944: Generated Excerpts - Missing white space when stripping <br>s generated in paragraph block, verse block, etc.

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#64944: Generated Excerpts - Missing white space when stripping <br>s generated in
paragraph block, verse block, etc.
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 Reporter:  addiestavlo                          |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  7.1
Component:  Formatting                           |     Version:  5.0
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-      |     Focuses:
  testing                                        |
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Comment (by yashyadav247):

 == Reproduction Report and Patch Testing
 === Description
 This report validates whether the issue related to missing white space
 when stripping <br>s generated in paragraph block, verse block, etc.
 can be reproduced.

 === Environment
 - WordPress: 7.1-alpha-62161-src
 - PHP: 8.2.28
 - Server: nginx/1.29.0
 - Database: mysqli (Server: 8.4.5 / Client: mysqlnd 8.2.28)
 - Browser: Chrome 145.0.0.0
 - OS: Windows 10/11
 - Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.4
 - MU Plugins: None activated
 - Plugins:
   * Test Reports 1.2.1

 === Actual Results

 Created a new post using Verse block, and published the post. Ran
 get_the_excerpt for the post.
 No spaces between the last words of one line and first words of the next.
 ✅

 === Supplemental Artifacts

 **BEFORE**

 Created verse block

 [[Image(https://i.postimg.cc/fb3zr2w9/image.png)]]


 Calling get_the_excerpt for the post shows no spaces in between.

 [[Image(https://i.postimg.cc/XJCvp2mv/bug-reproduction.png)]]

 **AFTER Patch**:

 Spaces visible between the last words of one line and first words of the
 next ✅

 [[Image(https://i.postimg.cc/ZY36Bjz1/image.png)]]

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