[Chat] / Chrome fails to "Ask" for notification privileges

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Platform - version: v1.0.1-488 web on Chrome

Action Performed (reproducible steps):

• Navigate to https://expensify.cash/#/signin on web on Chrome browser
• Click into the padlock in the URL bar and set notifications to default (see image below)
• Reload page
• Sign in
• Sign out via /settings
• Observe that activeClients2 has no value in localStorage whatsoever (see image below)
• Sign in again
• Observe that activeClients2 still has no value
• Leave a comment on a report that is not currently in view from another session as a shared user (this should trigger the prompt to appear)
• Observe that no prompt appears because the notification is skipped and this log displays:
• [LOCAL_NOTIFICATION] Skipping notification because this client is not the leader

Expected Result: The Ask for notifications prompt should display reliably.

Actual Result: No prompt appears because the notification is skipped because Skipping notification because this client is not the leader

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[laurenreidexpensify]

nice work @SameeraMadushan - we’ll issue payment on 18 March if there are no regressions reported 👍🏽

[laurenreidexpensify]

Done!