Searching for a contact name displays threads but not direct messages

[m-natarajan]

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Version Number: Reproducible in staging?: Needs Reproduction Reproducible in production?: Needs Reproduction If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856 Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: Issue reported by: @flodnv Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C05LX9D6E07/p1730233563788449

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Click Search on LHN
3. Click chat > Search icon
4. Enter contact name in search field

Expected Result:

Contact names DM listed first

Actual Result:

Threads are displayed but not DMs

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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

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[melvin-bot[bot]]

Triggered auto assignment to @trjExpensify (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[bot]]

Triggered auto assignment to @youssef-lr (AutoAssignerNewDotQuality)

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This has been labelled "Needs Reproduction". Follow the steps here: https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/16989