[HOLD for payment 2022-12-08] [$1000] Incorrect pasted text on copied HTML snippet reported by @kerupuksambel

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Open staging.new.expensify.com
2. Send this HTML snippet to someone : <a href="takia.html">asd</a>
3. Right click on the message and select the option "Copy to clip board" and paste it to either an external text editor or Expensify textbox

Expected Result:

The pasted text is the same as the copied text

Actual Result:

The pasted text on the external text editor is only asd while the pasted text on the Expensify textbox is [asd](https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/takia.html)

Workaround:

unknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web

Version Number: 1.2.21-4

Reproducible in staging?: y

Reproducible in production?: y

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos:

Wrong.Snippet.mp4

Recording.812.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: @kerupuksambel

Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1666969406840619

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Christinadobrzyn (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

@Christinadobrzyn Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[Christinadobrzyn]

Sorry I was ooo, I can't replicate this. Here's what I tried:

1. Copy/paste <a href="takia.html">asd</a> in a chat in staging
2. Click the Copy to Clipboard icon
3. Open TextEdit and paste

Side note, I can see this message in my notifications

[Christinadobrzyn]

@kavimuru can you try to reproduce this again to see what we are doing differently? Feel free to assign this back to me if you can reproduce again.

[kerupuksambel]

@Christinadobrzyn May I try to elaborate? My step to generate the error is :

1. Type <a href="takia.html">asd</a> in a chat in staging
2. Copy the code with highlighting the code and pressing Ctrl+C / Cmd+C
3. Paste it with Ctrl+V / Cmd + V on your text editor.

The bug is remained the same in my side. I also just realized the difference between copying the code from Copy To Clipboard button and using Ctrl/Cmd + C.

[melvin-bot]

@kavimuru Huh... This is 4 days overdue. Who can take care of this?