[$250] Expense - "Search in" is missing report name and is not clickable

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: 9.2.79-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: Exp #76043
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sdjoijnsoidjdiosiosdjos@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Critical User Impact
Device used: Mac 26.1 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Bug 1:

Precondition:

• Account has self DM.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to self DM.
3. Create an expense.
4. Open the expense thread.
5. Click search icon.
6. Click Search in.

Bug 2:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Create two expenses.
4. Open expense report.
5. Open any expense.
6. Send a message in the expense thread.
7. Open the expense thread with message from LHN.
8. Click search icon.
9. Click Search in.

Expected Result:

Search in option will show report name and will be clickable.
Thread name will show report name under Recent chats.

Actual Result:

Search in option does not show report name and is not clickable
Thread name does not show report name under Recent chats.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug 1:

Bug7031639_1765927579313.8.mp4

Bug 2:

Bug7031639_1765939704738.Bug_2.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

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