[HOLD for payment 2023-05-02] [$1000] Screen flashes back to the previously opened chat when a user opens a new chat immediately after a UI is displayed upon refreshing a webpage

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Open an existing chat
2. Open dev tools in the browser, open the Network tab and apply “Slow 3G” throttling
3. Refresh the page
4. Open a different chat immediately after UI is displayed
5. Observe that a new chat is opened

Expected Result:

The chat which is opened after page refresh should remain open

Actual Result:

System closes the newly opened chat and reopens the chat that was opened before the page was refreshed

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.2.89-0
Reproducible in staging?: Need reproduction
Reproducible in production?: Need reproduction
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Screen.flashes.back.to.previously.opened.chat.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @Natnael-Guchima
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1679775133710959

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @kevinksullivan (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

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[kevinksullivan]

Unable to reproduce this on staging. Bringing back to the slack thread.

[MelvinBot]

@kevinksullivan Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

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[MelvinBot]

Current assignee @kevinksullivan is eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.