diff --git a/src/types/onyx/ReportAction.ts b/src/types/onyx/ReportAction.ts
index 1b420c7dda54..3ec98fd43178 100644
--- a/src/types/onyx/ReportAction.ts
+++ b/src/types/onyx/ReportAction.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {Receipt} from './Transaction';
 
 type Message = {
     /** The type of the action item fragment. Used to render a corresponding component */
-    type?: string;
+    type: string;
 
     /** The text content of the fragment. */
     text: string;
diff --git a/tests/unit/isReportMessageAttachmentTest.ts b/tests/unit/isReportMessageAttachmentTest.ts
index 3014111d5c2c..a20f0646b5dd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/isReportMessageAttachmentTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/isReportMessageAttachmentTest.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ describe('isReportMessageAttachment', () => {
         const message: Message = {
             text: '[Attachment]',
             html: '<img src="https://www.expensify.com/chat-attachments/1260926113061804740/w_66791ca35b3c34c2a0eda4d065d97c9907cadd61.jpg.1024.jpg" data-expensify-source="https://www.expensify.com/chat-attachments/1260926113061804740/w_66791ca35b3c34c2a0eda4d065d97c9907cadd61.jpg" data-name="rn_image_picker_lib_temp_636b71a8-18fd-41a1-9725-6587ffb207a7.jpg" data-expensify-width="4000" data-expensify-height="3000" />',
+            type: '',
         };
         expect(isReportMessageAttachment(message)).toBe(true);
     });
 
     it('returns false if a report action is not attachment', () => {
-        let message: Message = {text: '[Attachment]', html: '<em>[Attachment]</em>'};
+        let message: Message = {text: '[Attachment]', html: '<em>[Attachment]</em>', type: ''};
         expect(isReportMessageAttachment(message)).toBe(false);
 
-        message = {text: '[Attachment]', html: '<a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[Attachment]</a>'};
+        message = {text: '[Attachment]', html: '<a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[Attachment]</a>', type: ''};
         expect(isReportMessageAttachment(message)).toBe(false);
 
-        message = {text: '[Attachment]', html: '<a href="https://www.google.com/?data-expensify-source=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[Attachment]</a>'};
+        message = {text: '[Attachment]', html: '<a href="https://www.google.com/?data-expensify-source=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[Attachment]</a>', type: ''};
         expect(isReportMessageAttachment(message)).toBe(false);
     });
 });