[HOLD for payment 2023-08-08][$1000] Dev: Web - Thread report header displays no data & composer is hidden when clicking 'Reply in thread' icon while in offline mode

[kbecciv]

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Action Performed:

1. Open an existing chat
2. Send message
3. Open dev tools & apply 'offline' network mode
4. Hover over the sent message & click on 'Reply in thread' icon

Expected Result:

Thread header should display the threaded message & 'from' link, and composer should be visible

Actual Result:

Thread header doesn't display the threaded message & 'from' link, and composer is not visible

Workaround:

Unknown

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: Dev 1.3.45-8
Reproducible in staging?: no
Reproducible in production?: no
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: @Natnael-Guchima
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1690375363052749
https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1690461910613649 (Similar bug)
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[melvin-bot]

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

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[StevenKKC]

Proposal

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

Thread report header displays no data & composer is hidden when clicking 'Reply in thread' icon while in offline mode.

What is the root cause of that problem?

When reply in thread while in offline mode, ReportUtils.buildOptimisticChatReport is called.

App/src/libs/actions/Report.js

Lines 581 to 593 in d68806f

	const newChat = ReportUtils.buildOptimisticChatReport(
	participantAccountIDs,
	lodashGet(parentReportAction, ['message', 0, 'text']),
	lodashGet(parentReport, 'chatType', ''),
	lodashGet(parentReport, 'policyID', CONST.POLICY.OWNER_EMAIL_FAKE),
	CONST.POLICY.OWNER_ACCOUNT_ID_FAKE,
	false,
	'',
	undefined,
	CONST.REPORT.NOTIFICATION_PREFERENCE.ALWAYS,
	parentReportAction.reportActionID,
	parentReportID,
	);

We pass CONST.REPORT.NOTIFICATION_PREFERENCE.ALWAYS to ReportUtils.buildOptimisticChatReport writeCapability parameter.
So report.writeCapability is set to always, but this value should be one of all, admins.

App/src/pages/reportPropTypes.js

Line 78 in d68806f

writeCapability: PropTypes.oneOf(_.values(CONST.REPORT.WRITE_CAPABILITIES)),

Therefore, the error is occured, and report is not fully displayed.

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

We should pass proper value to ReportUtils.buildOptimisticChatReport as below.

    const newChat = ReportUtils.buildOptimisticChatReport(
        participantAccountIDs,
        lodashGet(parentReportAction, ['message', 0, 'text']),
        lodashGet(parentReport, 'chatType', ''),
        lodashGet(parentReport, 'policyID', CONST.POLICY.OWNER_EMAIL_FAKE),
        CONST.POLICY.OWNER_ACCOUNT_ID_FAKE,
        false,
        '',
        undefined,
+       CONST.REPORT.WRITE_CAPABILITIES.ALL,
        CONST.REPORT.NOTIFICATION_PREFERENCE.ALWAYS,
        parentReportAction.reportActionID,
        parentReportID,
    );

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

None.

[zanyrenney]

I don't have a Dev environment, assigning eng to help with that step!

[melvin-bot]

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

[bondydaa]

hmm i don't understand, contributors don't have expensify vms either so I think what they mean is this is in main not on staging or production yet.