The fact is, Google has never explicitly stated what the meta description length should be, even when they’ve made sweeping changes to search pages. In fact, Google’s public liaison of search, Danny Sullivan, advised against rewriting descriptions.

As Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John

Mueller pointed out on Twitter, search is in a constant state of flux – and SEOs are along for the ride:

May’s drop back of meta description character limit to 160 prompted a flood of frustration on Twitter from people who just want clear guidelines from