Paragraph tags display when editing comment in My Workflow Tasks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.X, 7.1.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP60, 7.0.0 DXP SP9, 7.0.X, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: Comments, Workflow > My Workflow Tasks, ~ [Archived] Collaboration
• Labels:
  • QA-AUTOMATION
  • fw_test_poshi
  • liferay-dxp-70-sp9
  • liferay-fixpack-de-60-7010
  • smashing_nov16
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/44738

Reproduced on:
Tomcat 8.0.32 + MySQL 5.6.29. Portal master GIT ID: da84268de77d1108724207b42ab607ac868b9c7f.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Go to Liferay > Configuration > Workflow Configuration
2. Set Comment workflow to "Single Approver"
3. Go to Welcome page
4. Add Page Comments portlet
5. Add new comment
6. Go to My Workflow Tasks
7. Go to comment details view
8. Assign to Me
9. Click edit icon
10. View editable comment

Expected Result:
Comment displays with text content only.

Actual Result:
Comment displays with paragraph tag.

*Note removing the tags during edit does not seem to have any affect on the publication.