[Awaiting Checklist] [Due for payment 2025-09-30] [$250] Group chat - "No results found" after entering non-existing email when inviting member

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Version Number: 9.2.15-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #66964
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): dsjionsjosdijdso@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.5 / Chrome
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to group chat.
3. Click on the report header.
4. Click Members.
5. Click Invite member.
6. Enter email that does not have Expensify account.

Expected Result:

User will show up.

Actual Result:

It shows "No results found".

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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

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[Eskalifer1]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Group chat - "No results found" after entering non-existing email when inviting member

What is the root cause of that problem?

Coming from here:
#66964

Here we pass includeUserToInvite, but we forgot to pas it for this case: CONST.SEARCH_SELECTOR.SEARCH_CONTEXT_MEMBER_INVITE:

App/src/hooks/useSearchSelector.base.ts

Lines 166 to 175 in 99fc28d

	case CONST.SEARCH_SELECTOR.SEARCH_CONTEXT_MEMBER_INVITE:
	return getValidOptions(optionsWithContacts, {
	betas: betas ?? [],
	includeP2P: true,
	includeSelectedOptions: false,
	excludeLogins,
	includeRecentReports,
	maxElements: maxResults,
	searchString: computedSearchTerm,
	});

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should add one more parament here:
includeUserToInvite

                return getValidOptions(optionsWithContacts, {
                    betas: betas ?? [],
                    includeP2P: true,
                    includeSelectedOptions: false,
                    excludeLogins,
                    includeRecentReports,
                    maxElements: maxResults,
                    searchString: computedSearchTerm,
                    includeUserToInvite,
                });Ï

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

N/A

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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[Eskalifer1]

Hi, since this is marked as DeployBlocker i can make a fast PR to fix this issue

[sosek108]

@Eskalifer1 findings is right. should I or him create an PR with this fix?

@garrettmknight @MonilBhavsar