Workspace - After editing, category is not shown in alphabetical order

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 9 1.46-5
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: https://expensify.testrail.io/index.php?/tests/view/6137069
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): [email protected]
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Launch app
2. Go to workspace settings
3. Tap category
4. Tap category - advertising
5. Just add some text at the end of the word "advertising" as eg: advertisinggkssjjdj

Expected Result:

After editing, category must be shown in alphabetical order

Actual Result:

After editing, category is not shown in alphabetical order

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

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

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

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

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Bug6835907_1747667762048.Screenrecorder-2025-05-19-20-42-46-302.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Christinadobrzyn (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.

[lanitochka17]

duplicate #62184

[dmkt9]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

After editing, category is not shown in alphabetical order

What is the root cause of that problem?

Since the useSearchResults function checks the previous filter input value, if there is no change, the sortData is not applied:

App/src/hooks/useSearchResults.ts

Lines 20 to 23 in e65db2e

	if (prevInputValueRef.current === inputValue) {
	setResult(filtered);
	return;
	}

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Add a condition to check for differences in data. If there is a difference, the function inside the if statement should not be executed.

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

NA

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

NA

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[Christinadobrzyn]

Thanks @lanitochka17 closing this as a dupe of #62184

@dmkt9 thanks for creating the proposal, feel free to post it in this GH for review #62184, if the other fix doesn't work.