[HOLD for payment 2023-06-21] [$1000] Web - Chat - Copying messages and with marked unread generates '<_a Icon>' in the text

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Issue found when executing PR #17838

Action Performed:

1. Go to https://staging.new.expensify.com/ and login and open any chat
2. Send several messages like 1,2,3,4,5,6
3. Mark as Unread somewhere in the middle of messages
4. Select all unread messages, copy and paste to compose box

Expected Result:

Messages should be copy-pasted without anything additional appearing

Actual Result:

Messages are copy-pasted with random icons and additional text appearing in between

Workaround:

Unknown

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: 1.3.9.14

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: No

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

Bug6041400_video_86__1_.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Slack conversation:

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• Upwork Job URL: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01eab3690598891ae3
• Upwork Job ID: 1655574812209725440
• Last Price Increase: 2023-05-08

[MelvinBot]

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

[MelvinBot]

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[anmurali]

I am getting a random set of icons but yes, can reproduce

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01eab3690598891ae3

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Current assignee @anmurali is eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @0xmiroslav (External)