[HOLD for payment 2023-04-20] [$1000] Inconsistent link copy between manual copy and "Copy to Clipboard"

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Action Performed:

1. Open staging.new.expensify.com
2. Send a hyperlink with a text, for example test
3. Copy the link manually (with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) and paste it on the chat textbox
4. Copy the link by selecting "Copy to Clipboard" from the message options and paste it on the chat textbox
   Examine the difference

Expected Result:

All three copying methods retains the hyperlink format when copied in the chat textbox

Actual Result:

While link copied with "Copy to Clipboard" retains its hyperlink format, link copied manually isn't retain it and just pasted regular text (without link)

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.2.89-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
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
Notes/Photos/Videos:

Link.Copy.mp4

Recording.59.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @kerupuksambel
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1679808047035209

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Triggered auto assignment to @anmurali (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

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

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Current assignee @anmurali is eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @Santhosh-Sellavel (External)

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Triggered auto assignment to @luacmartins (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.