[HOLD PR #42892][$250] Text pasted from Slack won't send or disappears in NewDot.

[m-natarajan]

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Version Number: 1.4.61-5
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: @mallenexpensify
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1712695994757859

Action Performed:

Scenario 1:

1. Copy text from from Slack
2. Paste text in compose box
3. Tap return

Scenario 2:

1. Copy text from from Slack
2. Type > in compose box
3. Paste text after > (and a space after)
4. Tap return

Expected Result:

Message is sent

Actual Result:

Scenario 1: Message stays in compose box and won't send. Cursor stays at the beginning of the message
Scenario 2: Only the > part of the message sends.

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

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[mountiny]

@roryabraham been discussing here with @thienlnam that this is specific for Slack it seems so we should not have to hold deploy for this bug

[brkdavis]

@m-natarajan can you pls paste the unformatted content of the slack message? initial suspicion is > symbol is treated with a special character when you copy to clipboard.

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[Julesssss]

As discussed here in Slack, we will not mark #39971 as a blocker. It's only reproducable when triple clicking before copy/pasting and is part of a new feature.

[mallenexpensify]

Also happens when trying to copy/paste from https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/main/contributingGuides/HOW_TO_BECOME_A_CONTRIBUTOR_PLUS.md

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[roryabraham]

making this external

[mallenexpensify]

Moved to Live Markdown project
@kpadmanabhan once #42892 hit production, please hold on proceeding til we have feedback from @BartoszGrajdek . Thx

[melvin-bot]

This issue has not been updated in over 15 days. @slafortune, @jayeshmangwani, @roryabraham, @kpadmanabhan eroding to Monthly issue.

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[kpadmanabhan]

@MelvinBot this is blocked because of the PR that is on hold.

@jayeshmangwani / @roryabraham : how should we proceed here?
@mallenexpensify : do we have any update on this?

[jayeshmangwani]

how should we proceed here?

@kpadmanabhan We are still waiting for the other contributor to update their PR and get it ready for merging. Until then, we are blocked.
How should we proceed from here? I am quite confused.
@mallenexpensify might be the savior here

[kpadmanabhan]

We are still waiting for the other contributor to update their PR and get it ready for merging. Until then, we are blocked.

Exactly. But it has been quite a long wait is my worry.
@mallenexpensify : what do you suggest?

[mallenexpensify]

@jayeshmangwani @kpadmanabhan , sorry, I'm confused. I've checked links but I'm unsure where we're at. Is it....

• @kpadmanabhan was hired here
• We put it on hold pending Web - Composer - Cursor positioned at the start if pasting text which contains a new line #42892
• Web - Composer - Cursor positioned at the start if pasting text which contains a new line #42892 never got completed/fixed via the PR, it was fixed elsewhere
• Now we have this open issue, with no action needed. We need to figure out potential compensation.

Is that right?

[kpadmanabhan]

@mallenexpensify in a sense that's correct.

[jayeshmangwani]

Is that right?

Yes, that's correct! I had opened the discussion a few days ago for this issue here https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C02NK2DQWUX/p1719300668647629

[mallenexpensify]

OK.. since @kpadmanabhan was hired and invested a non-immaterial amount of work, compensation should be do.
My gut says either 50 or 100%. What do you think @jayeshmangwani and @roryabraham ?

[jayeshmangwani]

@mallenexpensify Generally, we should have given 100% as the PR was almost in a mergeable state, but since the raised PR had one regression found during testing, I would say 50% compensation should be given.

[mallenexpensify]

Thanks @jayeshmangwani . Does that sound good n' fair to you @kpadmanabhan ?

[kpadmanabhan]

@mallenexpensify though task was for completing the bug fix, I did a lot more than that following up on other bugs and PRs in the related area. However, I am fine with the suggestion from you and @jayeshmangwani .

Sad that my changes couldn't hit production. Looking forward to that in next proposals.

[mallenexpensify]

I did a lot more than that following up on other bugs and PRs in the related area

@kpadmanabhan if you want to provide links and details to the additional work, it's possible that could influence the compensation amount. We always appreciate contributors monitoring other issues/PRs and chiming in when it's helpful.

[jayeshmangwani]

@mallenexpensify tagged the wrong contributor 🙂 ; the message was meant for you, @kpadmanabhan.

[kpadmanabhan]

@kpadmanabhan if you want to provide links and details to the additional work, it's possible that could influence the compensation amount. We always appreciate contributors monitoring other issues/PRs and chiming in when it's helpful.

thanks @mallenexpensify and @jayeshmangwani.

I am fine with any compensation that Expensify considers fair.
anyhow noting down my contribution for this issue and the issues that I was keeping track of.

addition of unit tests in my PR for this issue, which i do not see covered in any of the merged PRs from others for this issue.

• [HOLD PR #42892][$250] Text pasted from Slack won't send or disappears in NewDot. #39971 (comment)
• https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/41265/files

other related issues that i kept track of.

• Web - Composer - Cursor positioned at the start if pasting text which contains a new line #42892 (comment)
• Web - Composer - Cursor positioned at the start if pasting text which contains a new line #42892 (comment)
• [$250] Markdown - Space in the Code Block is removed after Manually copying and pasting #43331 (comment)
• [Pay meow][$250] Web - Composer - Cursor positioned at the start if pasting text which contains a new line #42216 (comment)
• [$250] Chat - Unable to send manually copied and pasted code block and compose box not expanded #40033 (comment)
• Markdown – Send button is not active when paste text with markdown and Enter from Word #43808 (comment)

not counting the other proposals that i submitted.

[mallenexpensify]

but since the raised PR had one regression found during testing,

and, from CONTRIBUTING.md

If a PR causes a regression at any point within the regression period (starting when the code is merged and ending 168 hours (that's 7 days) after being deployed to production):

@jayeshmangwani, was the regression found during testing before the code was merged?

Also, @kpadmanabhan , thanks for the breakdown and context.

[kpadmanabhan]

@jayeshmangwani, was the regression found during testing before the code was merged?

@mallenexpensify : jayesh found it when everything looked good during final review.
you may refer to this comment and the surrounding comments in the PR.
#41265 (comment)

correct me if i am wrong @jayeshmangwani

[jayeshmangwani]

was the regression found during testing before the code was merged?

@mallenexpensify Yes, found when testing the PR.

[mallenexpensify]

Since the regression was found before being merged, that would be normal testing. We don't have documentation stating there are penalties for that. Based on that, and @kpadmanabhan 's breakdown above, I think we shoudl compensate 100% here for both @kpadmanabhan and @jayeshmangwani. They were both hired/assigned and started work on the PR.

[mallenexpensify]

Contributor: @kpadmanabhan paid $250 via Upwork
Contributor+: @jayeshmangwani paid $250 via Upwork

Thanks!

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