From a0054c760f21bd346e8cb6778222c1bd42aeff9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akinwale Ariwodola <akinwale@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:28:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] do not escape HTML special chars for an invite's welcomeNote

---
 src/libs/actions/Policy.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Policy.js b/src/libs/actions/Policy.js
index bad48978b0e1..298646eedb5a 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Policy.js
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Policy.js
@@ -403,8 +403,9 @@ 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)) {