[HOLD for payment 2024-10-29] [HOLD for payment 2024-10-25] mWeb Search - Device back button navigates to previous Chrome site instead of closing Search

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.50-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+kh081006@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Open chat.
3. Tap on the search icon.
4. Tap device back navigation button (not back button).

Expected Result:

Search modal will close when tapping device back navigation button.

Actual Result:

Search modal does not close when tapping device back navigation button.
When tapping on the device back button again, instead of returning to LHN, Chrome browser will open the previous website.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6637243_1729138244703.1729138069094_Screen_Recording_20241017_120719_Chrome.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @puneetlath

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @puneetlath (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @youssef-lr (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[melvin-bot]

💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source

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[IuliiaHerets]

We think that this bug might be related to #wave-control

[rayane-djouah]

@Kicu @SzymczakJ Could you take a look?

[rayane-djouah]

cc @luacmartins

[rayane-djouah]

The search router is a modal, not a page with its own route. I wonder if we can use the device's back button to dismiss the modal

[Kicu]

I will take a look at this, most likely the solution is to use the existing property shouldHandleNavigationBack in Modal

@luacmartins please assign me

[Kicu]

Fix ready in PR

[puneetlath]

Thanks for fixing! This was CP'd, so I'll go ahead and close this out.

[luacmartins]

Confirmed the fix on staging

[melvin-bot]

Reviewing label has been removed, please complete the "BugZero Checklist".

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.0.50-8 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] Fix Search back button on mWeb and report opening in Search #51032

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-10-25. 🎊

For reference, here are some details about the assignees on this issue:

• @Kicu does not require payment (Contractor)
• @rayane-djouah requires payment (Needs manual offer from BZ)

[melvin-bot]

BugZero Checklist: The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed:

• [@rayane-djouah] The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR:
• [@rayane-djouah] The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment:
• [@rayane-djouah] A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion:
• [@rayane-djouah] Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug.
• [@rayane-djouah] If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again.
• [@puneetlath] Link the GH issue for creating/updating the regression test once above steps have been agreed upon:

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.0.51-4 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] Fix Search back button on mWeb and report opening in Search #51032

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-10-29. 🎊

For reference, here are some details about the assignees on this issue:

• @Kicu does not require payment (Contractor)
• @rayane-djouah requires payment (Needs manual offer from BZ)

[melvin-bot]

BugZero Checklist: The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed:

• [@rayane-djouah] The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR:
• [@rayane-djouah] The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment:
• [@rayane-djouah] A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion:
• [@rayane-djouah] Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug.
• [@rayane-djouah] If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again.
• [@puneetlath] Link the GH issue for creating/updating the regression test once above steps have been agreed upon: