Expense - Combined report is not opened when the expense report is with Manager McTest

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: 9.1.59-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Exp
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sjdnoijdojdso@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.4 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Log in with a new Gmail account.
3. Open FAB > Create expense > Manual.
4. Enter amount > Nextn.
5. Select Manager McTest.
6. Click Create expense.
7. In 1:1 DM, click on the expense preview.

Expected Result:

Transaction thread will open directly because the report has only one expense.

Actual Result:

Expense report opens. User will have to click on the expense preview again to open transaction thread.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6850920_1749068409193.20250605_041728.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @slafortune (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.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @blimpich (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[melvin-bot]

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[github-actions]

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[BlameGPT]

Possible culprit PRs for this issue

• Stop creating the transaction thread reports optimistically for RequestMoney #62080: The PR directly tests creating a manual expense in a 1:1 chat and verifies that tapping the expense opens the transaction thread report, matching the issue reproduction flow and expected behavior.
• [Better Expense Report View] Use new expense previews in Reports > Chats #63245: This PR updates expense previews in Reports > Chats, which relates to how expense previews behave when opened, potentially affecting the flow of opening reports and transaction threads.
• Preview shows Deleted report when new report is created offline when workflows are disabled #63142: This PR involves report previews when creating reports offline, which could affect report opening behavior, though less directly related than the first two PRs.

[blimpich]

Having VM issues, not able to reproduce yet. Probably not a BE blocker though.