[HOLD PR #42892][$250] Text pasted from Slack won't send or disappears in NewDot.

[m-natarajan]

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Version Number: 1.4.61-5
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @mallenexpensify
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1712695994757859

Action Performed:

Scenario 1:

1. Copy text from from Slack
2. Paste text in compose box
3. Tap return

Scenario 2:

1. Copy text from from Slack
2. Type > in compose box
3. Paste text after > (and a space after)
4. Tap return

Expected Result:

Message is sent

Actual Result:

Scenario 1: Message stays in compose box and won't send. Cursor stays at the beginning of the message
Scenario 2: Only the > part of the message sends.

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

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Triggered auto assignment to @slafortune (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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

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[mountiny]

@roryabraham been discussing here with @thienlnam that this is specific for Slack it seems so we should not have to hold deploy for this bug

[brkdavis]

@m-natarajan can you pls paste the unformatted content of the slack message? initial suspicion is > symbol is treated with a special character when you copy to clipboard.

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