Merge pull request #21912 from akinwale/task-20081

fix: do not escape HTML special chars for an invite's welcomeNote
Expensify · Jul 31, 2023 · 1eb16f3 · 1eb16f3
2 parents 8cdb506 + 9294e9e
commit 1eb16f3
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Policy.js b/src/libs/actions/Policy.js
@@ -434,8 +434,9 @@ function addMembersToWorkspace(invitedEmailsToAccountIDs, welcomeNote, policyID,
     const params = {
         employees: JSON.stringify(_.map(logins, (login) => ({email: login}))),
 
-        // Escape HTML special chars to enable them to appear in the invite email
-        welcomeNote: _.escape(welcomeNote),
+        // Do not escape HTML special chars for welcomeNote as this will be handled in the backend.
+        // See https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/20081 for more details.
+        welcomeNote,
         policyID,
     };
     if (!_.isEmpty(membersChats.reportCreationData)) {