[HOLD for payment 2022-05-20][$2000] Copying / pasting code between < and /> seems broken

[mvtglobally]

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Action Performed:

1. Type something like and send the message
2. Try to select, copy, then paste into a new message

Expected Result:

Exactly what you copied should be pasted

Actual Result:

The code gets stripped
Issue happens when selecting with a mouse, not when using the Copy button

Workaround:

unknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web
• iOS
• Android
• Desktop App
• Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.1.40-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Screen.Recording.2022-02-14.at.6.31.29.PM.mov

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @Beamanator
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1644856333330159

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @iwiznia (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @adelekennedy (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.

[mateusbra]

PROPOSAL

We have to change how we strip html when copying to clipboard, at the moment we are only replacing everything within <> for an empty string here:
https://github.com/Expensify/expensify-common/blob/f77bb4710c13d01153716df7fb087b637ba3b8bd/lib/str.js#L306-L318

[adelekennedy]

internal
external

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @parasharrajat (Exported)