[$250] IOS - Blank page briefly displayed when leaving a thread

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Version Number: v9.3.27-2
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #82516
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+abr632@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Pull Request QA execution
Device used: IOS
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Navigate to a conversation
2. Start a thread and send some messages
3. Click on the header of the conversation and hit "Leave thread"

Expected Result:

A blank page briefly appears for a second before the user is redirected back to the main chat.

Actual Result:

The app should navigate smoothly back to the main chat without displaying any blank or empty screen.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari

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[melvin-bot]

@MarioExpensify recently merged #82516, but they are OOO right now, so I'll auto-assign someone else.

[melvin-bot]

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

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