[HOLD for payment 2023-10-25] [HOLD for payment 2023-10-24] Login - User is not automatically logged in with magic link in different tab

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 1.3.85-0

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: No

If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

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

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Slack conversation:

Action Performed:

1. Go to https://staging.new.expensify.com./
2. Enter any email you have access to
3. Go to email inbox and look for the magic link
4. Go to different tab, change the link to staging and go to it
5. Abracadabra page should be displayed
6. Go to original tab

Expected Result:

User should be automatically logged in and able to use the app on the original tab

Actual Result:

User must refresh the page to appear logged in and use the app

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: Native

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

Bug6240754_1697559597054.bandicam_2023-10-16_23-47-40-706.mp4

MacOS: Desktop

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[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @thienlnam (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[francoisl]

This pull request just made it to staging and modified some sign-in logic. Not sure yet if it's the culprit but sounds like a possibility.
cc @NikkiWines @MonilBhavsar if you're around and have an idea.