[Due for payment 2025-07-15] [$250] LHN - Deleted workspace remains displayed on LHN

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Version Number: 9.1.68-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): ibellicotest+1084@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

Prerequisite: Account has at least one workspace

1. Open the Expensify app
2. Navigate to "Workspaces"
3. Tap on the three dots icon on any workspace and delete it
4. Navigate to LHN
5. Note that the just deleted workspace and workspace rooms, are still displayed on chats list

Expected Result:

Archived workspaces and rooms should not be visible on LHN

Actual Result:

Deleted workspace and workspace rooms, are still visible on LHN

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

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

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

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

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Possible culprit PRs for this issue

• fix: 61485 Go back from invalid policy on link press #62849: This PR changes workspace deletion handling and navigation after deleting a workspace, directly related to the issue of deleted workspaces still showing in LHN.
• Optimistically update report when changing workspace #64110: This PR optimistically updates reports when changing workspaces, affecting workspace-related UI state which could impact LHN display of workspaces.
• Fix Concierge chat not being detected as archived after merging accounts. #63714: This PR modifies archived chat detection and display in LHN, which is related to how archived/deleted workspaces and rooms might be shown.

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