Task – When attempting to add an assignee to a task in the new group chat, an error occursError appears when add assignee to task in new group chat

[kbecciv]

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Version Number: v1.4.58-1 Reproducible in staging?: y Reproducible in production?: y If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: https://expensify.testrail.io/index.php?/tests/view/4466917 Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

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Expected Result:

Assigning a task to a user in the new group chat is successful without encountering any errors.

Actual Result:

When attempting to add an assignee to a task in the new group chat, an error occurs

Workaround:

n/a

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• [x] Android: Native
• [x] Android: mWeb Chrome
• [ ] iOS: Native
• [ ] iOS: mWeb Safari
• [x] MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• [ ] MacOS: Desktop

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https://github.com/Expensify/App/assets/93399543/c5542e07-f32c-431a-9232-254c44a64ee2

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[melvin-bot[bot]]

Triggered auto assignment to @kevinksullivan (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[kbecciv]

@kevinksullivan I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[kbecciv]

We think that this bug might be related to #vip-vsb

[abzokhattab]

Not reproducible on main.

[kevinksullivan]

couldn't reproduce on staging either so I'm closing.