Task – Hidden appears as task assignee for user B when user A create a task without assignee

[kavimuru]

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Version Number: v1.4.84-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: Applause internal team
Slack conversation:

Action Performed:

1. Go to https://staging.new.expensify.com/

2. Log in as user A

3. Open group chat with user B

4. Click on + and create a task without assignee

5. Log in as user B (relogin if you are login already)

6. Open group chat from step 3 and find the task from step 4

Expected Result:

Task without assignee is present in group chat after relogin

Actual Result:

Hidden appears as task assignee for user B in group chat after relogin when user A create a task without assignee. When open task details assignee is not selected. The same for task in room.

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

Bug6515731_1718623405106.task_hidden.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @c3024

[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @garrettmknight (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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[kavimuru]

@garrettmknight 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.

[kavimuru]

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