[HOLD for payment 2024-03-11] [HOLD for payment 2024-03-07] App crashes when uploading PDF or opening any attachment sent after PDF

[m-natarajan]

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Issue found when executing #32678
Version Number: 1.4.45-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
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
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: Applause internal team
Slack conversation:

Action Performed:

1. Open the app and log in
2. Open any chat
3. Tap the "+" > Add attachment > Choose document
4. Select a PDF and send it
5. Navigate to a chat with a sent PDF file before
6. Send an image or a video
7. Open sent attachments

Expected Result:

PDF file can be sent, attachments can be opened

Actual Result:

App crashes when uploading a PDF file or opening any attachment sent after the PDF

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

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[melvin-bot]

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

[github-actions]

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @MonilBhavsar (Engineering), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[m-natarajan]

@MonilBhavsar FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[hungvu193]

Regression from this PR: #32678

cc @tienifr

[tienifr]

Taking a look.

[MonilBhavsar]

Issue is fixed! Thanks all

[melvin-bot]

Reviewing label has been removed, please complete the "BugZero Checklist".

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.4.45-6 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging]Fix: App crashes when upload PDF #37484

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-03-07. 🎊

[melvin-bot]

BugZero Checklist: The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed:

• [@MonilBhavsar] The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR:
• [@MonilBhavsar] The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment:
• [@MonilBhavsar] A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion:
• [@MonilBhavsar] Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug.
• [@MonilBhavsar] If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again.
• [@trjExpensify] Link the GH issue for creating/updating the regression test once above steps have been agreed upon:

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.4.46-2 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging]Fix: App crashes when upload PDF #37484

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-03-11. 🎊

[melvin-bot]

BugZero Checklist: The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed:

• [@MonilBhavsar] The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR:
• [@MonilBhavsar] The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment:
• [@MonilBhavsar] A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion:
• [@MonilBhavsar] Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug.
• [@MonilBhavsar] If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again.
• [@trjExpensify] Link the GH issue for creating/updating the regression test once above steps have been agreed upon:

[trjExpensify]

As this was a regression from the PR linked to #32232 and fixed by the original author and original C+ review, I'm closing it out as no payments are needed.