Web - Public room - Main chat view flickers when returning from thread and hovering over chat

[kbecciv]

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Version Number: 1.3.97.0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
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
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team
Slack conversation:

Action Performed:

1. Log out if logged in.
2. Navigate to https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/2376199970894587.
3. Click on the thread.
4. Click on the browser back button to return to the main chat.
5. Hover over the main chat.

Expected Result:

The main chat does not flicker.

Actual Result:

The main chat flickers.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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

Screenshots/Videos

Add any screenshot/video evidence

Bug6269875_1699530501203.20231109_181235.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

[youssef-lr]

Investigating.

[s-alves10]

This is a regression from the PR #28793
I think @perunt have more context on this

[perunt]

it looks like we lost the entire comment with the thread.
could you please do some records with the Network tab?

[youssef-lr]

Removing blocker as this isn't a major bug

[youssef-lr]

@perunt I slowed down the video and it seems like when we navigate back the page scrolls up and down quickly

[melvin-bot]

@youssef-lr Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[melvin-bot]

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[youssef-lr]

PR causing this issue was reverted. Closing!