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Explanation of Change

Extend the reportAttributes OnyxDerived config to expose oneTransactionThreadReportID, moving its computation out of LHN's renderItem and into the Onyx-derived layer. This replaces the per-render getOneTransactionThreadReportID() call with a reactive, pre-computed value, so LHN always reads an up-to-date result without re-computing it on every render.

Additionally, replace two separate sort-based lookups in renderItem (one getSortedReportActionsForDisplay call for lastReportAction and one getSortedReportActions + filter pass for lastAction) with a single-pass findLastReportActions() function that finds both values simultaneously, significantly reducing per-item computation overhead.

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Scenario 1 — one-transaction thread report in LHN:

  1. Find an expense report (IOU report) that has exactly one expense transaction
  2. Verify the LHN row displays the correct merchant name and expense amount

Scenario 2 — invite/remove action as last action in LHN :

  1. Find or create a group chat or room where the most recent action is an invitation or removal of a member
  2. Verify the LHN row shows the correct message (e.g. "added Bartłomiej Obudziński")
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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…etrieval logic. Introduce new utility functions for finding last report actions and caching one-transaction thread report IDs.
…fety and code clarity. Updated function signatures to use optional parameters and refined comments for better understanding.
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+1 to Adam's suggestion, other than that code looks good!

Comment on lines +301 to +312
// Pre-compute the first visible IOU money request action (newest, since sorted descending)
const iouMoneyAction = sortedReportActions.find(
(reportAction) =>
shouldReportActionBeVisible(reportAction, reportAction.reportActionID, isWriteActionAllowed) &&
reportAction.pendingAction !== CONST.RED_BRICK_ROAD_PENDING_ACTION.DELETE &&
isMoneyRequestAction(reportAction),
);
if (iouMoneyAction) {
lastVisibleIOUMoneyActions[reportID] = iouMoneyAction;
} else {
delete lastVisibleIOUMoneyActions[reportID];
}
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any loops in the callback fn should be avoided

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Agreed, merged the .filter() and .find() into a single for loop with an early break — one pass instead of two.

…on thread report ID. Remove cached function and improve report action visibility logic in OptionsListUtils. Add isNewerReportAction utility for comparing report actions based on timestamps.
…nused lastVisibleIOUMoneyActions and streamline the process for determining the first visible report action for display.
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src/components/LHNOptionsList/LHNOptionsList.tsx 86.66% <ø> (-0.68%) ⬇️
src/libs/OptionsListUtils/index.ts 80.94% <ø> (ø)
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BartekObudzinski and others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 09:51
…e reportAttributes config"

This reverts commit 934de48.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@BartekObudzinski BartekObudzinski changed the title Refactor LHNOptionsList to use cached report IDs and improve action r… Perf: reduce LHN renderItem overhead with single-pass action lookup Feb 20, 2026
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Performance Optimization Review - Correctness Concerns

After analyzing the full diff across all 6 commits, I found 3 potential correctness issues that should be addressed before merging:


1. Missing transformations in findLastReportActions (src/libs/ReportActionsUtils.ts)

The original lastReportAction was computed via getSortedReportActionsForDisplay, which applies replaceBaseURLInPolicyChangeLogAction and withDEWRoutedActionsArray to every action before sorting. The new findLastReportActions single-pass function skips both transformations.

While these transformations may not affect which action is selected as newest, the returned action object itself will differ -- lastReportAction will now be the raw action without base URL replacement or DEW routing applied. Downstream code that reads properties from lastReportAction could behave differently.

Action: Please verify this is intentional or apply the same transformations.


2. isOffline not passed in reportAttributes config (src/libs/actions/OnyxDerived/configs/reportAttributes.ts:210)

The original LHN code called getOneTransactionThreadReportID(item, chatReport, itemReportActions, isOffline), passing the actual offline state. In generateReportAttributes, isOffline is not passed, so getOneTransactionThreadReportAction receives undefined as the default.

The isOffline parameter is used to decide whether to count pending-delete actions when determining if there is exactly one transaction. When isOffline is undefined vs true, the filtering logic can differ -- offline mode includes actions that are pending deletion.

Commit 5/6 attempted to fix this by wiring in ONYXKEYS.NETWORK but was reverted in commit 6/6. Was the revert intentional? If so, what ensures correctness when the user is offline?


3. No tests for findLastReportActions (tests/unit/ReportActionsUtilsTest.ts)

The tests cover isNewerReportAction well, but findLastReportActions is the main new function consumed by LHN and has no test coverage. Consider adding tests that verify:

  1. It returns the same lastVisibleAction as getSortedReportActionsForDisplay(...).at(0) for various action sets
  2. It returns the same lastActionForDisplay as the old sorted+filtered approach
  3. Edge cases: empty actions, all-deleted actions, single CREATED action

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Type check is failing:

tests/unit/ReportActionsUtilsTest.ts(3608,35): error TS2322: Type '""' is not assignable to type 'never'.
Error: tests/unit/ReportActionsUtilsTest.ts(3608,47): error TS2322: Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'never'.

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mitarachim commented Feb 24, 2026

@BartekObudzinski Scenario 1 in this PR is failing because of a regression issue #83269

The issue is reproducible in: Web

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🚀 Deployed to staging by https://github.com/JS00001 in version: 9.3.25-0 🚀

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🤖 android 🤖 failure ❌
🍎 iOS 🍎 cancelled 🔪

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@BartekObudzinski Could you please confirm if it's expected that we see You: invated/removed 1 member in the LHN if invite/remove a member via group or room chat header?

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🚀 Deployed to production by https://github.com/puneetlath in version: 9.3.25-13 🚀

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