[$500] Chat - Chat is not scrolled to the new message on a newly created WS chat after whisper message

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 1.4.56-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Create a new workspace as account A and invite account B
2. As account B open the workspace chat of the newly created WS on step 1
3. Note the whisper message and send a message after the whisper message

Expected Result:

The chat should scroll down to the new sent message

Actual Result:

Chat page does not scroll to the bottom to the new message sent after the whisper message

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Bug6423703_1711139703006.Screen_Recording_20240322_232619_Chrome.mp4

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Triggered auto assignment to @robertjchen (Engineering), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[lanitochka17]

@robertjchen FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors

[gijoe0295]

I think same RCA as #38848.

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