[HOLD for payment 2023-10-18] [$500] Chat - Green line only appears on the first message marked as unread until the chat is reloaded

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Version Number: 1.3.80-0

Reproducible in staging?: Y

Reproducible in production?: N

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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause-Internal Team

Slack conversation: @

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com or open iOS/Android/Desktop App
2. Login with any account
3. Open a chat with many messages
4. Mark any message as unread
5. Check that a green line "New" appears above the message
6. Mark another message as unread

Expected Result:

Green line "New" appears above the another message

Actual Result:

Green line still marks the previous message

Green line appears above another message only after the chat is reloaded

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: Native

Bug6231446_1696914315542.iOS-Greenline-appear-1st-message-only-until-chat-reload.mp4

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

MacOS: Desktop

Bug6231446_1696914315537.Desktop-Greenline-appear-1st-message-only-until-chat-reload.mp4

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

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