[HOLD for payment 2023-09-07] [$4000] Inconsistent front-end email validation across the product

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Action Performed:

(Chat)

1. Create a new chat
2. Enter an invalid email (e.g. jaj@asjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfidekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdicdjejajasjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfisjksksjsjssskssjskskssksksksksskdkddkddkdksskskdkdkdksskskskdkdkdkdkekeekdkddenejeodxkdndekkdjddkeemdjxkdenendkdjddekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdicdjejajasjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfidekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdi.cdjd
3. Start the chat

(Login/SignUp)

1. Try to login with an invalid email like jaj@asjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfidekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdicdjejajasjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfisjksksjsjssskssjskskssksksksksskdkddkddkdksskskdkdkdksskskskdkdkdkdkekeekdkddenejeodxkdndekkdjddkeemdjxkdenendkdjddekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdicdjejajasjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfidekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdi.cdjd

(Add Contact Method)

1. Navigate to Settings > Profile > Contact Method > New Contact Method
2. Try to add an invalid email like jaj@asjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfidekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdicdjejajasjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfisjksksjsjssskssjskskssksksksksskdkddkddkdksskskdkdkdksskskskdkdkdkdkekeekdkddenejeodxkdndekkdjddkeemdjxkdenendkdjddekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdicdjejajasjjssjdjdjdjdjdjjeiwiwiwowkdjdjdieikdjfidekjcjdkekejdcjdkeekcjcdidjjcdkekdiccjdkejdjcjxisdjjdkedncicdjejejcckdsijcjdsodjcicdkejdi.cdjd

Expected result:

Front-end validation should prevent these emails from being added and creating unnecessary network requests. Additionally, consistent validation should be used in all areas where we validate emails in the product (e.g. pasting an invalid email into an existing chat still formats it like a valid email)

Backend email validation uses PHP's email validation filter FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL as well as the following regex (for emails and phone numbers) [\w.'#%+-]+@[a-zA-Z\d.-]+.[a-zA-Z]{2,}|^+?[1-9]\d{1,14}$)

Actual results:

Emails are successfully submitted, only to be subsequently rejected by the backend

Workaround:

N/A

Platforms:

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

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: v1.3.0-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
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
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

bandicam.2023-04-13.13-58-25-321.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @chiragxarora
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1681358100970919

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[MelvinBot]

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

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@adelekennedy Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[adelekennedy]

I can reproduce! Seems very similar to #17388

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