Android - Chat - App crashes after creating different chats back to back

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.51-1
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: Y
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Open the Expensify app.
2. Tap on the FAB.
3. Tap on "Start Chat"
4. Create a new chat (Group, individual, room).
5. Repeat steps a few more times.
6. Verify all the new chats are created properly and the app keeps working smoothly.

Expected Result:

The app should continue to work smoothly while the user creates new chats back to back.

Actual Result:

The app crashes after the user creates a few chats back to back.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

1910_2.txt

Bug6639737_1729351117916.Crash.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @JmillsExpensify (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]

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[IuliiaHerets]

We think that this bug might be related to #wave-collect - Release 1

[JmillsExpensify]

This is not related to #wave-collect but the app crashing is worrying, so we should look into this one.

[francoisl]

So far I can't reproduce on the standalone app, going to test with HybridApp.

[francoisl]

Ok with HybridApp I managed to repro with the given steps, and now I get a crash immediately when I open the app, even on a fresh sign-in.

[francoisl]

Still trying to build HybridApp in dev, it's extremely slow and I keep running into different errors...

In the meantime I found you can reproduce by just opening and closing the new chat menu multiple times in a row, no need to actually create chats.
So far the diff of recent changes doesn't help understand why the app freezes like this.

[yuwenmemon]

Closing: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C9YU7BX5M/p1729557218232369?thread_ts=1729554748.866629&cid=C9YU7BX5M