[HOLD for payment 2024-04-15] Mark down - App crashes when entering an emoji inside three backticks code block

[kbecciv]

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Version Number: 1.4.58-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to any chat.
3. Enter three backticks code block.
4. Enter an emoji inside the code block.

Expected Result:

App does not crash.

Actual Result:

App crashes.

Workaround:

n/a

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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bandicam.2024-03-29.11-04-10-247.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

[github-actions]

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3. Fix the issue yourself.

[kbecciv]

We think that this bug might be related to #vip-vsb

[flodnv]

@Skalakid @thienlnam I suspect this is caused by #38152, can you take a look?

Discussion here: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1711714839163149