LHN - Chat with a workspace member disappears if it only contains a task

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.46-3
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
Issue was found when executing this PR: #50281
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Log in with any account with a workspace
2. Navigate to Workspace settings - Members
3. Invite any Gmail account
4. Navigate back to the LHN
5. Click on FAB - Start chat
6. Input the account invited in step 3 and click on it
7. Navigate to Composer + button - Assign task
8. Set any title and click on "Next"
9. Click on "Assignee" and set it to the workspace member
10. Click on the "Confirm task" button
11. Click on any other LHN chat

Expected Result:

Chat should be visible in the LHN.

Actual Result:

Chat with a workspace member disappears if it only contains a task. It doesn't affect non-workspace accounts.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6628016_1728369439128.bandicam_2024-10-08_08-24-27-894.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @VictoriaExpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[IuliiaHerets]

@VictoriaExpensify 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

[mkzie2]

dupe of #50478

[VictoriaExpensify]

Closing this out in favour of #50478