[HOLD for payment 2023-04-28] [$1000] App displays phone number in result for brief moment even for invalid numbers (Bad UX)

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Action Performed:

1. Open the app
2. Open search
3. Search for long invalid number eg: 11111111111111 (observe result while writing the 14th digit)

Expected Result:

App should display invalid phone number error and shouldn't display phone number in result

Actual Result:

App displays invalid phone number error but also displays phone number in result for 1-2 seconds before removing it

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: v1.2.97-2
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
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

glitch.invalid.phone.number.search.mp4

Recording.176.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @dhanashree-sawant
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1680968836716639

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• Upwork Job ID: 1645455781589475328
• Last Price Increase: 2023-04-17

[MelvinBot]

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

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[MitchExpensify]

Whats odd is that there is an account tied to an "invalid" number that exists ("+11111111111111"), so I guess the question is if we should show the "Please enter a valid phone number.." message at all when an account that matches the search exists. Also, what valid phone number is 14 digits long? Seems weird to me

[MitchExpensify]

Either way, it seems we've defined anything over 14 digits as "invalid" and this behaviour is weird so should be fixed

[MelvinBot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01bee86ec37b82125e

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

[MelvinBot]

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