PR: 26447 App crashes when trying to make a money request with a user with no previous chat

[lanitochka17]

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Action Performed:

Pre-requisite: user must be logged in. The next steps can be reproduced in online and offline modes

1. Click on the "+" button to open the FAB menu
2. Click on "Request money" or "Split bill"
3. Enter any amount and click "Next"
4. Select users with whom you have no previous conversations as the assignees
5. Click on "Request" button to confirm

Expected Result:

The IOU request should be successfully created

Actual Result:

The app crashes after clicking on the confirmation button

Platforms:

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

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

Version Number: 1.3.64-2 PR:26447

Reproducible in staging?: No

Reproducible in production?: No

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: Any additional supporting documentation

Bug6193114_bandicam_2023-09-07_20-02-08-660.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Slack conversation:

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[lanitochka17]

Found when validating PR : #26447

[parasharrajat]

Couldn't reproduce this on #26447

[melvin-bot]

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