[Due for payment 2026-01-21] [$250] Web - Chat - Self DM title only shows [Name] without (You)

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Version Number: 9.2.90-0
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-2595/folder/13176682/41236558/1101372284?q=self+dm&issue_type=jira
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sjndoijsndoijdniojosj2@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Regression TC Execution
Device used: Mac 26.1 / Chrome
App Component: Chat Report View

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to self DM.
3. Send a message,

Expected Result:

Self DM title will show [Name] (You).

Actual Result:

Self DM title only shows [Name] without (You).

It shows [Name] (You) in search list.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @bfitzexpensify

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Triggered auto assignment to @bfitzexpensify (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.

[samranahm]

Proposal

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

When a user accesses their self Direct Message (DM), the chat title displays only the user's name (e.g., "[Name]") without the "(You)" label that should distinguish it as the user's own DM. This is inconsistent with how self DMs appear in the search list, where they correctly display "[Name] (You)".

What is the root cause of that problem?

The DisplayNames component has two display modes:

• Full Title Mode shouldUseFullTitle = true

Uses the pre-computed fullTitle string from getReportName()
For self-DM, this includes "(you)" postfix added.

• Participant List Mode shouldUseFullTitle = false

It dynamically builds display from displayNamesWithTooltips array and shows "Name1, Name2, Name3..." with individual tooltips.

Therefore it does not add "(you)" postfix because tooltips are just participant names

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

We should pass !!optionItem.isSelfDM in OptionRowLHN here

App/src/components/LHNOptionsList/OptionRowLHN.tsx

Lines 283 to 293 in ae4cd7c

	shouldUseFullTitle={
	!!optionItem.isChatRoom ||
	!!optionItem.isPolicyExpenseChat ||
	!!optionItem.isTaskReport ||
	!!optionItem.isThread ||
	!!optionItem.isMoneyRequestReport ||
	!!optionItem.isInvoiceReport ||
	!!optionItem.private_isArchived ||
	isGroupChat(report) ||
	isSystemChat(report)
	}

and isSelfDM in HeaderView here

App/src/pages/home/HeaderView.tsx

Line 317 in ae4cd7c

shouldUseFullTitle={isChatRoom || isPolicyExpenseChat || isChatThread || isTaskReport || shouldUseGroupTitle || isReportArchived}

This will ensure when we are in selfDM report or selfDM is in LHN we always get (You) postfix because it will only have one member (current user)

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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[samranahm]

PROPOSAL UPDATED

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[nyomanjyotisa]

🚨 Edited by proposal-police: This proposal was edited at 2026-01-01 10:42:46 UTC.

Proposal

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

Web - Chat - Self DM title only shows [Name] without (You)

What is the root cause of that problem?

When calling getDisplayNamesWithTooltips for Self DM, isSelfDM is passed as the 5th parameter, but the function signature uses the 5th parameter for shouldFallbackToHidden and the 6th parameter for shouldAddCurrentUserPostfix

App/src/pages/home/HeaderView.tsx

Line 140 in 66de3d6

const displayNamesWithTooltips = getDisplayNamesWithTooltips(participantPersonalDetails, isMultipleParticipant, localeCompare, formatPhoneNumber, isSelfDM);

App/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts

Lines 3884 to 3891 in 66de3d6

	function getDisplayNamesWithTooltips(
	personalDetailsList: PersonalDetails[] | PersonalDetailsList | OptionData[],
	shouldUseShortForm: boolean,
	localeCompare: LocaleContextProps['localeCompare'],
	formatPhoneNumber: LocaleContextProps['formatPhoneNumber'],
	shouldFallbackToHidden = true,
	shouldAddCurrentUserPostfix = false,
	): DisplayNameWithTooltips {

So isSelfDM is used as shouldFallbackToHidden instead of shouldAddCurrentUserPostfix

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

We need to pass isSelfDM as the 6th parameter instead of the 5th parameter

    const displayNamesWithTooltips = getDisplayNamesWithTooltips(participantPersonalDetails, isMultipleParticipant, localeCompare, formatPhoneNumber, true, isSelfDM);

App/src/pages/home/HeaderView.tsx

Line 140 in 66de3d6

const displayNamesWithTooltips = getDisplayNamesWithTooltips(participantPersonalDetails, isMultipleParticipant, localeCompare, formatPhoneNumber, isSelfDM);

We could pass isSelfDM in the LHN as well if needed

    // We only create tooltips for the first 10 users or so since some reports have hundreds of users, causing performance to degrade.
    const displayNamesWithTooltips = getDisplayNamesWithTooltips(
        (participantPersonalDetailList || []).slice(0, 10),
        hasMultipleParticipants,
        localeCompare,
        formatPhoneNumberPhoneUtils,
        true,
        isSelfDM(report),
    );

App/src/libs/SidebarUtils.ts

Lines 768 to 774 in 66de3d6

	const displayNamesWithTooltips = getDisplayNamesWithTooltips(
	(participantPersonalDetailList || []).slice(0, 10),
	hasMultipleParticipants,
	localeCompare,
	formatPhoneNumberPhoneUtils,
	isSelfDM(report),
	);

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

None