fix: draft message sync issue

src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ComposerWithSuggestions/ComposerWithSuggestions.tsx

@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ function ComposerWithSuggestions(
 
     const isAutoSuggestionPickerLarge = !isSmallScreenWidth || (isSmallScreenWidth && hasEnoughSpaceForLargeSuggestion);
 
+    // The ref to check whether the comment saving is in progress
+    const isCommentPendingSaved = useRef(false);
+
     /**
      * Update frequently used emojis list. We debounce this method in the constructor so that UpdateFrequentlyUsedEmojis
      * API is not called too often.
@@ -331,6 +334,7 @@ function ComposerWithSuggestions(
         () =>
             lodashDebounce((selectedReportID, newComment) => {
                 Report.saveReportComment(selectedReportID, newComment || '');
+                isCommentPendingSaved.current = false;
             }, 1000),
         [],
     );
@@ -441,6 +445,7 @@ function ComposerWithSuggestions(
 
             commentRef.current = newCommentConverted;
             if (shouldDebounceSaveComment) {
+                isCommentPendingSaved.current = true;
                 debouncedSaveReportComment(reportID, newCommentConverted);
             } else {
                 Report.saveReportComment(reportID, newCommentConverted || '');
@@ -489,6 +494,7 @@ function ComposerWithSuggestions(
         // We don't really care about saving the draft the user was typing
         // We need to make sure an empty draft gets saved instead
         debouncedSaveReportComment.cancel();
+        isCommentPendingSaved.current = false;
 
         updateComment('');
         setTextInputShouldClear(true);
@@ -794,6 +800,7 @@ function ComposerWithSuggestions(
                     value={value}
                     updateComment={updateComment}
                     commentRef={commentRef}
+                    isCommentPendingSaved={isCommentPendingSaved}
                 />
             )}
 

src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/SilentCommentUpdater/index.tsx

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {SilentCommentUpdaterOnyxProps, SilentCommentUpdaterProps} from './t
  * It is connected to the actual draft comment in onyx. The comment in onyx might updates multiple times, and we want to avoid
  * re-rendering a UI component for that. That's why the side effect was moved down to a separate component.
  */
-function SilentCommentUpdater({comment, commentRef, reportID, value, updateComment}: SilentCommentUpdaterProps) {
+function SilentCommentUpdater({comment, commentRef, reportID, value, updateComment, isCommentPendingSaved}: SilentCommentUpdaterProps) {
     const prevCommentProp = usePrevious(comment);
     const prevReportId = usePrevious(reportID);
     const {preferredLocale} = useLocalize();
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function SilentCommentUpdater({comment, commentRef, reportID, value, updateComme
     useEffect(() => {
         // Value state does not have the same value as comment props when the comment gets changed from another tab.
         // In this case, we should synchronize the value between tabs.
-        const shouldSyncComment = prevCommentProp !== comment && value !== comment;
+        const shouldSyncComment = prevCommentProp !== comment && value !== comment && !isCommentPendingSaved.current;
 
         // As the report IDs change, make sure to update the composer comment as we need to make sure
         // we do not show incorrect data in there (ie. draft of message from other report).
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function SilentCommentUpdater({comment, commentRef, reportID, value, updateComme
         }
 
         updateComment(comment ?? '');
-    }, [prevCommentProp, prevPreferredLocale, prevReportId, comment, preferredLocale, reportID, updateComment, value, commentRef]);
+    }, [prevCommentProp, prevPreferredLocale, prevReportId, comment, preferredLocale, reportID, updateComment, value, commentRef, isCommentPendingSaved]);
 
     return null;
 }

src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/SilentCommentUpdater/types.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ type SilentCommentUpdaterProps = SilentCommentUpdaterOnyxProps & {
 
     /** The ref of the comment */
     commentRef: React.RefObject<string>;
+
+    /** The ref to check whether the comment saving is in progress */
+    isCommentPendingSaved: React.RefObject<boolean>;
 };
 
 export type {SilentCommentUpdaterProps, SilentCommentUpdaterOnyxProps};

src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.tsx

@@ -113,11 +113,17 @@ function ReportActionItemMessageEdit(
     const insertedEmojis = useRef<Emoji[]>([]);
     const draftRef = useRef(draft);
     const emojiPickerSelectionRef = useRef<Selection | undefined>(undefined);
+    // The ref to check whether the comment saving is in progress
+    const isCommentPendingSaved = useRef(false);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const parser = new ExpensiMark();
         const originalMessage = parser.htmlToMarkdown(action.message?.[0].html ?? '');
-        if (ReportActionsUtils.isDeletedAction(action) || Boolean(action.message && draftMessage === originalMessage) || Boolean(prevDraftMessage === draftMessage)) {
+        if (
+            ReportActionsUtils.isDeletedAction(action) ||
+            Boolean(action.message && draftMessage === originalMessage) ||
+            Boolean(prevDraftMessage === draftMessage || isCommentPendingSaved.current)
+        ) {
             return;
         }
         setDraft(draftMessage);
@@ -218,11 +224,18 @@ function ReportActionItemMessageEdit(
         () =>
             lodashDebounce((newDraft: string) => {
                 Report.saveReportActionDraft(reportID, action, newDraft);
+                isCommentPendingSaved.current = false;
             }, 1000),
         [reportID, action],
     );
 
-    useEffect(() => () => debouncedSaveDraft.cancel(), [debouncedSaveDraft]);
+    useEffect(
+        () => () => {
+            debouncedSaveDraft.cancel();
+            isCommentPendingSaved.current = false;
+        },
+        [debouncedSaveDraft],
+    );
 
     /**
      * Update frequently used emojis list. We debounce this method in the constructor so that UpdateFrequentlyUsedEmojis
@@ -269,6 +282,7 @@ function ReportActionItemMessageEdit(
 
             // We want to escape the draft message to differentiate the HTML from the report action and the HTML the user drafted.
             debouncedSaveDraft(newDraft);
+            isCommentPendingSaved.current = true;
         },
         [debouncedSaveDraft, debouncedUpdateFrequentlyUsedEmojis, preferredSkinTone, preferredLocale, selection.end],
     );