[$250] Public room - Deleted messages aren't actually removed from the room

[izarutskaya]

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Version Number: 1.4.58.0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Issue reported by: Applause-Internal team

Action Performed:

1. Log in and navigate to https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/2652281908731856
2. Open https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/2652281908731856
   in different device without logging in
3. Logged in account: Write a few messages in the room
4. Logged in account: Delete some of the messages
5. Refresh the page (both accounts)

Expected Result:

Deleted messages should be removed.

Actual Result:

Deleted messages aren't actually removed from the room. The messages re-appear if you reload the page or log out and log in.

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

Bug6433802_1711952168255.bandicam_2024-04-01_08-03-58-966.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

[izarutskaya]

We think this issue might be related to the #vip-vsb.

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01653ed9b332f192f1

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @ishpaul777 (External)

[sonialiap]

Adding external