From 0df318d4bec51cf385bd773bd4a3c14c1fdcf194 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Winship <39765413+stevenwinship@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:20:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added Suport for HTML in JSF UI for file description

---
 .../11397-support-html-in-file-level-description.md             | 2 ++
 src/main/webapp/file.xhtml                                      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/release-notes/11397-support-html-in-file-level-description.md

diff --git a/doc/release-notes/11397-support-html-in-file-level-description.md b/doc/release-notes/11397-support-html-in-file-level-description.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0d6b597ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/11397-support-html-in-file-level-description.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+## Feature Request
+File metadata description will now support html in JSF UI. Is already supported in SPA.
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
index 081923c58dd..30699434b0f 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
                                                         <th scope="row">
                                                             #{bundle['file.metadataTab.fileMetadata.description.label']}
                                                         </th>
-                                                        <td>#{FilePage.fileMetadata.description}</td>
+                                                        <td><h:outputFormat value="#{MarkupChecker:sanitizeAdvancedHTML(FilePage.fileMetadata.description)}" escape="false"></h:outputFormat></td>
                                                     </tr>
                                                 </tbody>
                                             </table>

From 8a2dcc9a3382d1630d05775cef10d52b256d39ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Winship <39765413+stevenwinship@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 11:35:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] change markup Checking from advanced to basic

---
 src/main/webapp/file.xhtml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
index 30699434b0f..50133aefa17 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
                                                         <th scope="row">
                                                             #{bundle['file.metadataTab.fileMetadata.description.label']}
                                                         </th>
-                                                        <td><h:outputFormat value="#{MarkupChecker:sanitizeAdvancedHTML(FilePage.fileMetadata.description)}" escape="false"></h:outputFormat></td>
+                                                        <td><h:outputFormat value="#{MarkupChecker:sanitizeBasicHTML(FilePage.fileMetadata.description)}" escape="false"></h:outputFormat></td>
                                                     </tr>
                                                 </tbody>
                                             </table>

From 35361bea8a529ff3b68ce88e50ef6fd0d8c83c0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Winship <39765413+stevenwinship@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 12:23:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add sanitizeBasicHTML to file-info-fragment

---
 src/main/webapp/file-info-fragment.xhtml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/webapp/file-info-fragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/file-info-fragment.xhtml
index 3eefce7cafa..110020e8b66 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/file-info-fragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/file-info-fragment.xhtml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="fileDescription small" jsf:rendered="#{hasDescription}">
-                <h:outputText id="fileDescNonEmpty" value="#{fileMetadata.description}"/>
+                <h:outputText id="fileDescNonEmpty" value="#{MarkupChecker:sanitizeBasicHTML(fileMetadata.description)}" escape="false"/>
             </div>
             <div class="file-tags-block" jsf:rendered="#{hasCategories or hasTags}">
                 <ui:repeat value="#{fileMetadata.categories}" var="cat">