Android and iOS - “You” label not displayed with selfDM chat

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Version Number: 9.3.11-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #80775
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+ab11@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Pull Request QA execution
Device used: Android
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Create a new account.
2. Open Track Expense.
3. Fill in the distance or expense details.
4. Choose Self DM chat.
5. Observe the message display in the chat.

Expected Result:

The “you” label should display with Self DM chat.

Actual Result:

The “you” label is not shown with Self DM chat.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7060768_1769648029827.WhatsApp_Video_2026-01-29_at_01.50.36.mp4

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You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #80775

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Triggered auto assignment to @johncschuster (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.

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