[Due for payment 2025-04-14] iOS - Task - Task report header does not show task title when double quote block is used

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: 9.1.11-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: Yes, reproducible on both
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Exp #54165
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+ps309@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: iPhone 15 Pro Max / iOS 18.3
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Launch ND or hybrid app.
2. Go to any chat.
3. Tap + > Assign task.
4. Tap Title.
5. Enter text with double quote block (>> hello) and save it.
6. Create the task.
7. Tap on the task preview.

Expected Result:

Task report header will show task title without issue.

Actual Result:

Task report header does not show task title when double quote block is used.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6766871_1741658899124.ScreenRecording_03-11-2025_10-04-52_1.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

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Triggered auto assignment to @greg-schroeder (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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[mkzie2]

🚨 Edited by proposal-police: This proposal was edited at 2025-03-11 03:14:01 UTC.

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Task report header does not show task title when double quote block is used.

What is the root cause of that problem?

The parsed text from html for double quote contains a leading new line character.

App/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts

Lines 4463 to 4464 in ef00a61

	if (isTaskReport(report)) {
	return Parser.htmlToText(report?.reportName ?? '');

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Use replace(/(\n+|\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, ' ') like we did here:

App/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts

Line 4470 in f05bbd1

}).replace(/(\n+|\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, ' ');

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

Update the tests/unit/ReportUtilsTest.ts for Task report here to cover the case of double quote > trimmed content.

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

1. Using trim() to remove the leading and trailing white space and line terminator characters from a string.

2. The same issue happens in LHN's last message, a redundant space before the text title:

We can apply the same above logic here.