Spaces are not displayed after sending the message

[isagoico]

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Action Performed:

1. Log in to e.cash and navigate to a conversation
2. Send the following text

0 space
 1 spaces
  2 spaces
   3 spaces
    4 spaces

Expected Result:

Spaces should be displayed in the message after it's sent

Actual Result:

No spaces are displayed in the conversation after sending the message

Workaround:

N/A

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

Web ✔️
iOS
Android
Desktop App
Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.0.75-5

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

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From @mallenexpensify https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1625162491337400

Issue: Spaces at the beginning of lines are removed when sending a message

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @sophiepintoraetz (AutoAssignerTriage), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4749 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @thienlnam (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @MitchExpensify (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.

[rdjuric]

I think this might also need a fix on the BE? Looks like we're doing a .trim() on the frontend and on the backend.
Sending reportComment: " hey you" to our API we receive html: "hey you" text: "hey you"