[HOLD for payment 2023-10-23] [HOLD for payment 2023-10-23] [$500] Security - Error message displays briefly after reopening the 2FA step 2 page

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Action Performed:

1. Go to Settings > Security > Two-factor authentication
2. Click on the Copy button
3. Click on the Next button
4. Enter an invalid code
5. When the error message shows up, click on the back icon
6. Click on the Next button again

Expected Result:

Error message is not displayed after reopening the 2FA step 2 page

Actual Result:

Error message is briefly displayed after reopening the 2FA step 2 page

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: 1.3.78.0
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

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Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @adeel0202
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1696253182828299

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[DylanDylann]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Error message displays briefly after reopening the 2FA step 2 page

What is the root cause of that problem?

When we enter the wrong 2FA code, we will update the errors in the onyx account, and back to step 1 return to step 2, we still have errors in the onyx account until the function clearAccountMessages in here is finished running.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

In here We should clear errors in account when we back to step 1

    useEffect(()=>() => Session.clearAccountMessages(), [])

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

[studentofcoding]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue

Security - Error message displays briefly after reopening the 2FA step 2 page

What is the root cause of that problem?

The root cause of the problem is that the error message is not being cleared when changing pages. The error message is stored in the account object and is not being reset when navigating away from the VerifyStep component.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

To solve the problem, we need to clear the error message when changing pages. This can be done by adding a cleanup function to the useEffect hook in the src/pages/settings/Security/TwoFactorAuth/Steps/VerifyStep.js component.

Here's the updated code:

useEffect(() => {
    Session.clearAccountMessages();
    return () => {
        Session.clearAccountMessages();
    };
}, []);

By adding the cleanup function, Session.clearAccountMessages() will be called when the component is unmounted, effectively clearing the error message.

This change should reset and remove the error message when changing pages in the Security section.

Result

Fix.mp4

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

None

cc: @alexpensify @s77rt

[s77rt]

@DylanDylann Thanks for the proposal. Your RCA makes sense. The solution is mostly okay except that I think we should clear the error in the responsible page and not the component i.e. in VerifyStep and not TwoFactorAuthForm.

[s77rt]

@studentofcoding Thanks for the proposal. Your RCA is correct and the solution makes sense.

🎀 👀 🎀 C+ reviewed
Link to proposal