[$25 Find offending PR][CRITICAL] Email - Apostrophe and spacing are indicated by html entity in email

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Version Number: 9.1.7-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N/A
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Exp
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+sj9032@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.0 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests
Discuss in this thread in #expensify-open-source

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Create a workspace and add an apostrophe to the workspace name (Applause's workspace).
3. The default workspace currency must be MYR (because there will be a space between MYR and amount).
4. Invite User B to the workspace.
5. As User B, check the invitation email.
6. Note that the apostrophe is displayed as '
7. As User B, submit an expense to the workspace chat.
8. As admin, approve and pay elsewhere the report.
9. As User B, check the expense email.
10. Note that the spacing between MYR and amount is indicated by  

Expected Result:

In Step 6 and 10, html code will not appear in the email subject.

Actual Result:

In Step 6, the apostrophe is displayed as '
In Step 10, the spacing between MYR and amount is indicated by  

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/47dc773a-1f50-42e6-a44b-f8f0546b11cd

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• Upwork Job URL: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~021895537232035016389
• Upwork Job ID: 1895537232035016389
• Last Price Increase: 2025-02-28

Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @puneetlath

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Triggered auto assignment to @garrettmknight (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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