[Due for payment 2025-12-16] [$250] Reports-Grouping options are highlighted although grouping isn't supported feature for chat messages

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: V9.2.59-4
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: https://test-management.browserstack.com/projects/2219752/folder/13176922/test-cases/51891740
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): Slottwo1 l@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Redminote 10s android 13 phone
App Component: User Settings

Action Performed:

1. Go to https://staging.new.expensify.com/home
2. Navigate to the Reports tab and select Expenses
3. In the search input, type group-by:from , group-by:card , or group-by:withdrawal-id
4. Verify that from, card and withdrawal-id are highlighted because they are valid grouping options
5. Navigate to the Reports tab and select Chats
   In the search input
6. Type group-by:from , group-by:card , or group-by:withdrawal-id
7. Verify that from, card or withdrawal-id are highlighted although grouping is not a supported feature for chat messages

Expected Result:

Grouping option ( from, card or withdrawal-id ) shouldn't be highlighted because grouping is not a supported feature for chat messages.

Actual Result:

Grouping options ( from, card or withdrawal-id ) are highlighted although grouping is not a supported feature for chat messages.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7006932_1763474163885.Screenrecorder-2025-11-18-19-24-29-222.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @heyjennahay (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.

[lorretheboy]

Proposal

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

Grouping options ( from, card or withdrawal-id ) are highlighted although grouping is not a supported feature for chat messages.

What is the root cause of that problem?

We hight-light values for all cases

App/src/libs/SearchAutocompleteUtils.ts

Lines 183 to 184 in 90b6816

	case CONST.SEARCH.SYNTAX_ROOT_KEYS.GROUP_BY:
	return groupByList.includes(range.value);

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

Add currentType param in filterOutRangesWithCorrectValue

     currentType: string

App/src/libs/SearchAutocompleteUtils.ts

Line 125 in 90b6816

function filterOutRangesWithCorrectValue(

We should early return if it is not expense or invoice types,... (We can extend to other types if needed)

            if (currentType !== CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.EXPENSE && currentType !== CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.INVOICE) {
                return false;
            }

App/src/libs/SearchAutocompleteUtils.ts

Lines 183 to 184 in 90b6816

	case CONST.SEARCH.SYNTAX_ROOT_KEYS.GROUP_BY:
	return groupByList.includes(range.value);

In parseForLiveMarkdown, we should extract the current search type from the ranges, defaulting to 'expense' then pass to filterOutRangesWithCorrectValue

    const typeRange = ranges.find((range) => range.key === CONST.SEARCH.SYNTAX_ROOT_KEYS.TYPE);
    const currentType = typeRange?.value ?? CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.EXPENSE;

    return ranges
        .filter((range) => filterOutRangesWithCorrectValue(range, map, userLogins, currencyList, categoryList, tagList, currentType))

App/src/libs/SearchAutocompleteUtils.ts

Lines 234 to 235 in 90b6816

	return ranges
	.filter((range) => filterOutRangesWithCorrectValue(range, map, userLogins, currencyList, categoryList, tagList))

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @bernhardoj (External)