[$500] Chat - Console error and email changes to "a%20href=" for multiline email hyperlinks

[lanitochka17]

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Reproducible in production?:
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal team

Action Performed:

1. Log in to New Expensify
2. Navigate to any chat
3. Draft a message with multiline email hyperlink
4. Note a console error
5. Send the message
6. Edit the message and note email address
7. Cancel the edit, copy the message > paste it as plain text

Expected Result:

There shouldn't be any console errors and the email address should remain the same as when drafting the message.
Just the text part of the hyperlink should be pasted when pasting as plain text

Actual Result:

Console error related to react-native-live-markdown-parser is displayed and email address of the link changes to "a%20href=".
Additionally, the URL and the text is pasted when pasting multiline hyperlinks as plain text instead of just text
ERROR MESSAGE
react-native-live-markdown-parser.js:34 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'children')
at react-native-live-markdown-parser.js:32:658
at Array.forEach ()
at react-native-live-markdown-parser.js:32:504
at globalThis.parseExpensiMarkToRanges (react-native-live-markdown-parser.js:32:3552)
at p (parserUtils.js:170:25)
at MarkdownTextInput.web.js:149:24
at MarkdownTextInput.web.js:259:16
at Object.De (react-dom.production.min.js:54:317)
at Le (react-dom.production.min.js:54:471)
at react-dom.production.min.js:55:35

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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Bug6505150_1717773033611.2024-06-07_16-59-04.mp4

logs (2).txt

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @hungvu193

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @dylanexpensify (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.

[lanitochka17]

@dylanexpensify FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors

[lanitochka17]

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

[melvin-bot]

@dylanexpensify Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[BartoszGrajdek]

Hi! I'm Bartosz from SWM one of the maintainers of react-native-live-markdown I'll try to take a look at this issue this week 👀

[melvin-bot]

@dylanexpensify 6 days overdue. This is scarier than being forced to listen to Vogon poetry!

[dylanexpensify]

reproing today!

[dylanexpensify]

Thanks @BartoszGrajdek!