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Meta description width

meta_description.over_985_pixels
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What we look for

These meta descriptions (the summary search engines may show under the title) are wider than 985 pixels in Raptor's estimate of how Google draws them. Only pages search engines may list are counted.

Why it matters

Search results cut off a summary that is too wide for its space, so the end of it may not be seen.

How to fix

Shorten each description in the CMS or page template and put the most useful words first.

What it cannot know

Width is Raptor's estimate in the font Google uses on desktop. The real cut-off varies with the device and the letters used.

Where you’ll see it

The id is stable, and every surface uses it, so it’s the thing to search for or hand to an agent.

Terminal
When it is one of the five findings under Fix first, raptor crawl prints the id under it.
Check: meta_description.over_985_pixels
crawl.json and the CSV
The crawl JSON names the finding by this id, and so do the CSV and raptor_query.
"check_id": "meta_description.over_985_pixels"
The HTML report
This link opens the finding in the report, and each finding shows its id.
crawl.html#finding=meta_description.over_985_pixels
MCP
raptor_findings with this check_id returns the finding in full, with a fix brief ready to paste into a task. If it didn’t fire, it says why.
raptor_findings {
  "job_id": "...",
  "check_id": "meta_description.over_985_pixels"
}