Use new isDeleted property for deleted actions

src/libs/ReportActionsUtils.ts

@@ -103,9 +103,12 @@ function isCreatedAction(reportAction: OnyxEntry<ReportAction>): boolean {
 }
 
 function isDeletedAction(reportAction: OnyxEntry<ReportAction | OptimisticIOUReportAction>): boolean {
-    // A deleted comment has either an empty array or an object with html field with empty string as value
     const message = reportAction?.message ?? [];
-    return message.length === 0 || message[0]?.html === '';
+
+    // A legacy deleted comment has either an empty array or an object with html field with empty string as value
+    const isLegacyDeletedComment = message.length === 0 || message[0]?.html === '';
+
+    return isLegacyDeletedComment || !!message[0]?.deleted;
 }
 
 function isDeletedParentAction(reportAction: OnyxEntry<ReportAction>): boolean {

src/libs/actions/IOU.ts

@@ -3015,7 +3015,7 @@ function deleteMoneyRequest(transactionID: string, reportAction: OnyxTypes.Repor
 
     if (updatedReportPreviewAction?.message?.[0]) {
         updatedReportPreviewAction.message[0].text = messageText;
-        updatedReportPreviewAction.message[0].html = shouldDeleteIOUReport ? '' : messageText;
+        updatedReportPreviewAction.message[0].deleted = shouldDeleteIOUReport ? DateUtils.getDBTime() : '';
     }
 
     if (updatedReportPreviewAction && reportPreviewAction?.childMoneyRequestCount && reportPreviewAction?.childMoneyRequestCount > 0) {
@@ -3120,12 +3120,10 @@ function deleteMoneyRequest(transactionID: string, reportAction: OnyxTypes.Repor
             onyxMethod: Onyx.METHOD.MERGE,
             key: `${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT_ACTIONS}${chatReport?.reportID}`,
             value: {
-                [reportPreviewAction?.reportActionID ?? '']: shouldDeleteIOUReport
-                    ? null
-                    : {
-                          pendingAction: null,
-                          errors: null,
-                      },
+                [reportPreviewAction?.reportActionID ?? '']: {
+                    pendingAction: null,
+                    errors: null,
+                },
             },
         },
     ];

src/types/onyx/ReportAction.ts

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ type Message = {
 
     /** resolution for actionable mention whisper */
     resolution?: ValueOf<typeof CONST.REPORT.ACTIONABLE_MENTION_WHISPER_RESOLUTION> | null;
+
+    /** The time this report action was deleted */
+    deleted?: string;
 };
 
 type ImageMetadata = {