Chat - Markdown is lost when pasting a text that contained Markdown in slack

[kbecciv]

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Issue was reproduced when executing PR: #8733

Action Performed:

1. Open App
2. Login any user
3. Create a comment that has some markdown formatting (bold, underline, etc.) in it
4. Once the comment is created, use the mouse to select the text of the comment and press ctrl+c to copy it
5. Go to slack and paste it into the compose field

Expected Result:

The formatting is intact

Actual Result:

The formatting is lost in slack

Workaround:

Uknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• iOS
• Android
• Desktop App
• Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.1.57.12

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: Yes

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): any

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

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Bug5566361_Pr_8733_iOS-Issue.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause

Slack conversation:

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[melvin-bot]

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

[MonilBhavsar]

@kbecciv, can you please confirm - In Slack, Preferences > Advanced > Format messages with markup is checked?
I can't seem to reproduce the issue with that setting toggle on.

[mvtglobally]

Issue not reproducible during KI retests. (First week)

[MonilBhavsar]

Closing this as its not an issue