Lexxy editor inserts <p><br></p> into params even when editor is empty

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I'm using Lexxy in a Ruby on Rails project, and I found that the editor sends unwanted HTML even when no content is entered.

Environment

• Ruby: 3.4.7
• Rails: 8.1.1
• Lexxy: 0.1.20.beta

Setup

Post model has body in ActionText format.

has_rich_text :body

Problem

When I submit the form without typing anything in the Lexxy editor, the params already contain <p><br></p> instead of an empty string.
Here’s the captured params:

#<ActionController::Parameters {
  "authenticity_token" => "TOKEN",
  "post" => {"title" => "", "body" => "<p><br></p>"},
  "lexxy-code-language" => "plain",
  "commit" => "Create Post",
  "controller" => "posts",
  "action" => "create"
} permitted: false>

Expected behavior

If the editor is empty, I expect params[:post][:body] to be an empty string (""), not <p><br></p>.

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