New editor cannot handle hyperlinks that contain line breaks

Hi everyone,

I run into strange difficulties with the new editor. It creates single links for each <br> inside a hyperlink. For example, this line: 

<p>

 <a href="https://www.example.com">This<br>is<br>a<br>hyperlink.</a>

</p>

…will be converted to: 

<p>

 <a href="https://www.example.com">This</a><br>

 <a href="https://www.example.com">is</a><br>

 <a href="https://www.example.com">a</a><br>

 <a href="https://www.example.com">hyperlink.</a>

</p>

…which is a different thing, particularly when links have a padding or a similar styling. For us, this is a serious issue, as it breaks the layout of many existing links.

Does anyone else have this problem?