[Due for payment 2025-06-23] [Better Expense Report View] [$250] Chat bubble is always green in the expense preview when hold messages are read

[nlemma]

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Version Number: 9.1.49-5
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Unable to check - New feature testing (Chat bubble is not on prod yet)
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Exp
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+x34@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: iPhone 15 Pro Max / iOS 18.4
App Component: Search

Action Performed:

1. Launch Expensify app.
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Submit an expense to the workspace chat.
4. Long press on the expense preview > Hold.
5. Enter reason and save it.
6. Tap on the expense preview to mark the hold messages as read.
7. Go to Reports.
8. Tap bookmark button.
9. Tap Expense Reports.
10. Tap on the report.
11. Tap app back button.

Expected Result:

Chat bubble will turn grey because the hold messages are already read in Step 6.

Actual Result:

Chat bubble is always green when the hold messages are already read in Step 6.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6839160_1747916098197.ScreenRecording_05-22-2025_20-07-42_1.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @lydiabarclay

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @lydiabarclay (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @youssef-lr (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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[nlemma]

@lydiabarclay FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[arosiclair]

Any progress on this @youssef-lr? I think this might be caused by #62286