Mentioning a certain user in thread chat isn't working

[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: @hannojg
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): expensify_bugs

Action Performed:

1. Create a thread
2. Try to mention someone

Expected Result:

The mention works when selecting the user

Actual Result:

The mention doesn't work for the Chris Pader user while its working for others

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
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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CleanShot.2024-12-11.at.09.43.18.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @isabelastisser (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.

[MelvinBot]

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

[m-natarajan]

@isabelastisser Can you please assign this to @hannojg as per this

[hannojg]

Yes please, thank you!

[shubham1206agra]

@hannojg Is this similar to #38025?

[hannojg]

Oh yeah it might actually be!!

[tomekzaw]

Yes, this is a duplicate of #38025

[isabelastisser]

Closing! ^