Chat - New chat isn't showing in the LHN nor in the search

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Version Number: 1.4.52-1
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:

1. Log in with a new Gmail account
2. Log in with the same account on a secondary device
3. On a secondary device, start a chat with an existing member
4. On the main device, navigate to the LHN and open the search

Expected Result:

The chat should be available.

Actual Result:

New chat started from a secondary device isn't showing in the LHN nor in the search. It only appears if you reinstall 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

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Bug6414186_1710451178589.az_recorder_20240314_220835.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

[github-actions]

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @robertjchen (Engineering), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[Beamanator]

@robertjchen just checking, why was this NAB? Was it not reproducible in latest staging?