[$1000] Assign Task - User is unable to click "Assignee" to add assignee

[kbecciv]

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Action Performed:

1. Open staging.new.expensify.com and create new accounts for User A, B and C
2. Using User A, create a group chat and add User B and C
3. Select "+' and select "assign task"
4. Assign task without and assignees
5. Log out out and log in with either User A and B
6. Navigate to group chat and select task
7. Click on Assignees

Expected Result:

User is sent to page "assignees" page and can select a specific User to assign task

Actual Result:

Clicking on "Assignees" does nothing

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.46-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
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
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

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Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team
Slack conversation:

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• Upwork Job URL: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0127a00b1cb7d86aab
• Upwork Job ID: 1686504234580873216
• Last Price Increase: 2023-08-01

[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

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[s-alves10]

I can't reproduce. Maybe you logged in with the different account? I mean not a task creator

[BhuvaneshPatil]

is this reproducible on desktop web?

[johncschuster]

@kbecciv can you answer the above questions?

[kbecciv]

Hey @johncschuster! Checking, will update you shortly

[kbecciv]

issue is reproducible on Web and IOS app, build 1.3.47.2

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[johncschuster]

This behavior might be expected. I'm trying to hunt down the expected behavior now.

[johncschuster]

Ok, I can't find anything that would make this behavior expected. Triaging!

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0127a00b1cb7d86aab

[melvin-bot]

Current assignee @johncschuster is eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @aimane-chnaif (External)

[dukenv0307]

I think It is intentional. There is only task creators and assignees can edit tasks

[johncschuster]

Thanks @dukenv0307!

There is only task creators and assignees can edit tasks

Do you know where that's written down? I'd love to confirm that so we can close the issue.

[dukenv0307]

@thienlnam Could you help to confirm this point

There is only task creators and assignees can edit tasks ?

[kok-hong]

Are you looking for this comment?

[thienlnam]

We've updated this recently - anyone who can access the task can modify the task (except anonymous users)

[thienlnam]

This should be updated now in #23971