The leak would be an internal vacuum leak. That solenoid runs from the vapor recovery canister up to the intake. It's job is to pull fuel vapor out of the canister in controlled amounts at specific times. When the EVAP system operates normally it captures the fuel vapors and stores them, then that solenoid is operated under computer control to allow the engine to burn off those extra vapors. The EVAP system runs tests on itself and in this case has discovered a leak. However the leak isn't something you can see. What happens in the test is that a valve on the fuel system closes off the vent system, then the computer counts how long it takes for the system to build a vacuum in the system, once it hits the correct level the vents are opened and it times how long it take for the vacuum to drop. If any of the valves fail to close and it cannot pull a vacuum, it sets the P0440 code or if it stops the test and the vacuum drops suddenly, it sets the same code. In this case with a leak and incorrect purge flow I would look at the pieces of the purge system that could cause a "leak" but not set other EVAP codes.
I would fix the EVAP first, then go from there, it's cheaper and if the converter is bad, you are not going to make it worse. However putting a new converter on while having an internal EVAP issue could reduce it's lifespan rapidly.
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 AT 3:01 PM