Exception while invoking method 'loadSurroundingMessages'

Description:

Been getting an error more recently on RocketChat 8.3.1 with the above bug report title and the below error showing up in one of my channels.

I believe it's causing RocketChat to crash as I have been getting a lot of logs of Caddy getting connection refused on the reverse proxy.

Error: Match error: Expected boolean, got string
    at format (packages/check/match.js:11:15)
    at check (packages/check/match.js:53:13)
    at MethodInvocation.loadSurroundingMessages (server/methods/loadSurroundingMessages.ts:32:3)
    at app/lib/server/lib/debug.js:85:42
    at tracerActiveSpan (/app/bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/@rocket.chat/tracing/src/index.ts:103:61)
    at MethodInvocation.methodsMap.<computed> (app/lib/server/lib/debug.js:76:10)
    at maybeAuditArgumentChecks (packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:1748:12)
    at packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:601:19
    at AsyncLocalStorage.run (node:internal/async_local_storage/async_hooks:91:14)
    at EnvironmentVariableAsync.withValue (packages/meteor.js:1431:29)
    at packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:599:46
    at AsyncLocalStorage.run (node:internal/async_local_storage/async_hooks:91:14)
    at EnvironmentVariableAsync.withValue (packages/meteor.js:1431:29)
    at packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:597:46
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Session.method (packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:571:23)
    at runHandlers (packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:423:58)
    at processNext (packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:440:7)
    at Session.processMessage (packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:443:5)
    at SockJSConnection.<anonymous> (packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js:1324:31)
    at SockJSConnection.emit (node:events:518:28)
    at SockJSConnection.emit (node:domain:489:12)

Steps to reproduce:

Not sure how exactly it keeps happening.

Expected behavior:

No errors in my channels and a smooth connection.

Actual behavior:

The above log, errors that Caddy can't commmunicate through the reverse proxy (connection refused), and I also get SSLhandshake errors from Mongo saying that SSL was requested even though the server (Mongo) was not started with SSL.

Server Setup Information:

• Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 8.3.1
• License Type: Starter
• Number of Users: 14
• Operating System: Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS
• Deployment Method: Docker
• Number of Running Instances: 1
• DB Replicaset Oplog: Oplog disabled
• NodeJS Version: v22.16.0
• MongoDB Version: 8.0.20

Client Setup Information

• Desktop App or Browser Version: Desktop app v4.14 / Android app v4.71.2. I don't use it in the browser.
• Operating System: Windows 11 and Android 16

Additional context

I haven't changed anything with the config of the server besides updating RocketChat and Mongo when new releases are available. I've been staying in Mongo 8.

Relevant logs:

Log is above.

Start with server/methods/loadSurroundingMessages.ts at line 32 and compare its argument checks with the reported Match error from packages/check/match.js. Try reproducing the failure through the desktop or Android client on Rocket.Chat 8.3.1 using the supplied Docker and MongoDB setup. Done means the method no longer logs the type error and channel connections remain stable.