Emails - Room description is displayed as a last message in the email for invited user

[jponikarchuk]

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Version Number: 9.2.33-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: MacBook 15.6.1 Chrome, iPhone 15 iOS 18.5 Safari
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Sign in to ND with a new gmail account
2. Select “Manage my team’s expenses” onboarding option
3. Create a #room in the workspace, set the room description
4. Send a message in the room chat
5. Click on the header of the room and navigate to Members
6. Click on the Invite button at the top
7. Invite an email address that does not have an expensify account (Should be a real account with an inbox that can receive the invitation)
8. Open the email with the invitation sent to the new user

Expected Result:

Room description is not displayed as a last message in the email for invited user

Actual Result:

Room description is displayed as a last message in the email for invited user

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @muttmuure (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.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @thienlnam (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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[thienlnam]

This seems like a backend bug, we shouldn't be including the room description as part of the email notifications. Additionally, these emails are constructed in the BE