[Due for payment 2025-11-03] [$250] Scan - Group chat in recent search shown 0.00 split amount

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Version Number: V9.2.30-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: https://test-management.browserstack.com/projects/2219752/test-runs/TR-1269/folder/13176944/41237734/950567792
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): Slottwo1 fgg55@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Redminote 10s android 13
App Component: Search

Action Performed:

1. Launch app
2. Open group chat
3. Create a scan split expense using camera image
4. Open split expense and enter the amount and complete the flow
5. Tap search icon and not group chat

Expected Result:

Group chat in recent search must show correct split amount.

Actual Result:

Group chat in recent search shown 0.00 split amount.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @trjExpensify

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Triggered auto assignment to @trjExpensify (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.

[bernhardoj]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

The group chat last message shows 0 amount in search list.

What is the root cause of that problem?

In search list, we simply uses the last message text.

App/src/libs/OptionsListUtils/index.ts

Lines 834 to 839 in 276a46a

	// Set lastMessageText - use archived message if report is archived, otherwise use report's lastMessageText
	if (result.private_isArchived) {
	result.lastMessageText = translateLocal('reportArchiveReasons.default');
	} else {
	result.lastMessageText = report.lastMessageText ?? '';
	}

App/src/libs/OptionsListUtils/index.ts

Line 462 in 276a46a

const formattedLastMessageText = formatReportLastMessageText(Parser.htmlToText(option.lastMessageText ?? '')) || getLastMessageTextForReport({report, lastActorDetails});

If we look at this PR, we previously get the last message text from getLastMessageTextForReport, the same way we did in SidebarUtils. Not sure though, why that PR replaces it with a simpler logic that only gets it from report.lastMessageText.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should replace the code back to get the last message from getLastMessageTextForReport.

const lastActorDetails = personalDetails?.[report?.lastActorAccountID ?? String(CONST.DEFAULT_NUMBER_ID)] ?? {};
const lastAction = lastVisibleReportActions[report.reportID];
const lastActorDisplayName = getLastActorDisplayName(lastActorDetails);
const lastMessageTextFromReport = getLastMessageTextForReport({report, lastActorDetails, isReportArchived: !!result.private_isArchived});
let lastMessageText = lastMessageTextFromReport;

const shouldDisplayLastActorName =
    !isArchivedNonExpenseReport(report, !!reportNameValuePairs?.private_isArchived) &&
    shouldShowLastActorDisplayName(report, lastActorDetails, lastAction);

if (shouldDisplayLastActorName && lastActorDisplayName && lastMessageTextFromReport) {
    lastMessageText = `${lastActorDisplayName}: ${lastMessageTextFromReport}`;
}

result.lastMessageText = lastMessageText;

[dmkt9]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Group chat in recent search shown 0.00 split amount.

What is the root cause of that problem?

1. The alternativeText of the search item is taken directly from report.lastMessageText. This change comes from PR #67073, which helps reduce memory consumption.
   

   App/src/libs/OptionsListUtils/index.ts

   Lines 835 to 839 in 0fb8f13

   	if (result.private_isArchived) {
   	result.lastMessageText = translateLocal('reportArchiveReasons.default');
   	} else {
   	result.lastMessageText = report.lastMessageText ?? '';
   	}

2. In the startSplitBill function, we set lastMessageText for the report.
   

   App/src/libs/actions/IOU.ts

   Lines 7290 to 7291 in 0fb8f13

   	splitChatReport.lastMessageText = getReportActionText(splitIOUReportAction);
   	splitChatReport.lastMessageHtml = getReportActionHtml(splitIOUReportAction);

   
   However, when editing the amount, we use completeSplitBill, and this function does not update lastMessageText.
   

   App/src/libs/actions/IOU.ts

   Line 7593 in 0fb8f13

   function completeSplitBill(

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should also include lastMessageText updating in the optimisticData of completeSplitBill, just like we do in startSplitBill.

Note: We also need to update the backend to return the correct lastMessageText when opening a report.

[trjExpensify]

@mountiny @ikevin127 @sosek108 putting this on your radar from the linked PR for the RCA.

[melvin-bot]

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @suneox (External)