[$250] Focus mode - A chat that was not on the chat list is displayed when changing to focus mode

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 1.4.59-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): [email protected]
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Go to Settings
2. Click on Preference
3. Click on Priority mode
4. Select Focus
5. Return to chat list

Expected Result:

There shouldn't be a new chat in the chat list that hasn't been there

Actual Result:

New chat is displayed on chat list. The chat has (you) at the end

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

Screenshots/Videos

Add any screenshot/video evidence

Bug6435559_1712062102420.2024-04-02_15_39_18.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

[lanitochka17]

@adelekennedy 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

[adelekennedy]

I think this is VIP-VSB as it's the self DM - @thienlnam am I making it up that you were working on this?

[thienlnam]

Ah yes that's correct

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0162b87158542554a9

[melvin-bot]

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

[adelekennedy]

made external

[tienifr]

This is dupe of #38368, we should reopen the original issue

cc @s77rt @CortneyOfstad

[adelekennedy]

@tienifr ah agreed - I think the only difference here is it seems to be specifically the self dm that's popping up @s77rt
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