From c129ab00ba96a6e7bad089ffe36577b02f75b880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sivin Varghese <64252451+iamsivin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:40:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: normalize "in less than a minute" to "now" in chat list
 timestamp (#13874)

---
 app/javascript/shared/helpers/specs/timeHelper.spec.js | 1 +
 app/javascript/shared/helpers/timeHelper.js            | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/specs/timeHelper.spec.js b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/specs/timeHelper.spec.js
index e7a4e025f..d12a42bc8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/specs/timeHelper.spec.js
+++ b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/specs/timeHelper.spec.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe('#dateFormat', () => {
 describe('#shortTimestamp', () => {
   // Test cases when withAgo is false or not provided
   it('returns correct value without ago', () => {
+    expect(shortTimestamp('in less than a minute')).toEqual('now');
     expect(shortTimestamp('less than a minute ago')).toEqual('now');
     expect(shortTimestamp('1 minute ago')).toEqual('1m');
     expect(shortTimestamp('12 minutes ago')).toEqual('12m');
diff --git a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/timeHelper.js b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/timeHelper.js
index 5347d2410..07b302776 100644
--- a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/timeHelper.js
+++ b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/timeHelper.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export const shortTimestamp = (time, withAgo = false) => {
   const suffix = withAgo ? ' ago' : '';
   const timeMappings = {
     'less than a minute ago': 'now',
+    'in less than a minute': 'now',
     'a minute ago': `1m${suffix}`,
     'an hour ago': `1h${suffix}`,
     'a day ago': `1d${suffix}`,