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[kbecciv]

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Version Number: 1.4.17-1
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
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:

Pre-requisite: the user must be logged in.

1. Go to any chat.
2. Tap on the "+" button.
3. Tap on "Add attachment".
4. Tap on "Choose document".
5. Select any PDF.
6. Tap on "Send".
7. Wait for it to upload.

Expected Result:

PDF preview should be displayed in chat after the uploading.

Actual Result:

PDF preview is not displayed in chat after the uploading.

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

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Bug6326434_1703625657812.Chox1648_1_.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @parasharrajat

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[melvin-bot]

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

[kbecciv]

Issue is not reproduced on production

RPReplay_Final1703624381.MP4

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

[mountiny]

I think this might be related to the expo image pr #30905 and seems like a true blocker as PDF files cannot be used/ sent in native devices cc @WojtekBoman