[$250] 'Recents' contacts when submitting expense does not update

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Issue reported by: @flodnv
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1724228186903849

Action Performed:

1. Submit an expenses 3 days in a row to the same workspace
2. Right after the 3rd time, go to submit another expense
3. Observe that the workspace is still not in 'Recents' (although another workspace is there that I don't even use on NewDot)

Expected Result:

The workspace where I always submit to should be in 'Recents' when using it every day

Actual Result:

I don't see the workspace in 'Recents', I have to type it out every day

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

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @Ollyws

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Triggered auto assignment to @twisterdotcom (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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This has been labelled "Needs Reproduction". Follow the steps here: https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/16989

[twisterdotcom]

@flodnv are these steps right?

Submit an expenses 3 days in a row to the same workspace
Right after the 3rd time, go to submit another expense

Does it have to be 3 expenses over 3 days?

[flodnv]

No, maybe it's just 1. I used 3 in my example to point out that it's obvious it should be there.

[twisterdotcom]

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[twisterdotcom]

Put an iOS vid above, but doing a web one now for commentary, this is a real bug that I think is recreatable just by:

1. Be invited to a Workspace in a normal active Expensify account (that has recent chats)
2. Submit at expense on that workspace
3. Submit an expense from the "+" fab
4. In the "recents" which appear, the workspace doesn't appear at all

We should absolutely during the "Submit expense" flow especially be prioritising places you have submitted expenses before and Workspace chats overall, over ALL normal chats where no expenses have been shared whatsoever.

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