[HOLD for payment 2023-06-28] [$1000] Inconsistent behavior when copying mentions with different methods

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Action Performed:

1. Post a comment with text and a mention
2. Select the posted comment and press CTRL + C to copy it
3. Paste the copied content elsewhere
4. Hover over the posted comment on step 1 and click on copy to clipboard icon
5. Paste the content elsewhere
6. Post a mention comment only and select the posted comment and use ctrl + c to copy the content
7. Compare the contents copied with the above different copy methods

Expected Result:

All copy methods should result in the same copied content

Actual Result:

When copying a posted comment which has a text and a mention using selection and ctrl + c copy method the content being copied is different from the other methods. The copied content appends this ""

Workaround:

Can the user still use Expensify without this being fixed? Have you informed them of the workaround?

Platforms:

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

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.28-3
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

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Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @Nathan-Mulugeta
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1686818464264869

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

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[melvin-bot]

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