Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-07-10

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Release Version: 9.1.79-11
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• Change Invite whisper actions #61289
• Fix Duplicate Review when there are card expenses #64154
• fix: Update Expensify Help version badges to look like badges #64567
• fix: individual chat turned to group chat while creating expense #64617
• Fix previously selected waypoints shown briefly when switching waypoints #64620
• fix: Go to workspace on invited workspace chat opens not here page #64719
• Remove initialValue from useOnyx hook #64735
• [No QA] Incremental translations #64780
• [Avatars - Reports] If a report contains the expenses of one person, only display their avatar + fix isOneTransactionReport #64802
• Add dropdown button to empty report #64924
• Fix approve for pending transactions #65030
• Fix irregular gap between buttons among the screens in Onboarding flow #65188
• Split expense total is showing 0 incorrectly in preview #65227
• perf: create report transactions and violations derived value #65247
• Fix/63939 - Phone contact added as approver is displayed as number@expensify.sms #65249
• Use ReanimatedModal in Search Router Modal #65250
• Do not show dualdropzone on approved requests #65264
• Fix/63806 - After moving distance expense to Self DM, "Distance" field is shown as "Pending" #65301
• fix: correct isActiveRoute #65340
• [NoQA] Removed fake timers #65408
• Reports page and TransactionItemRow performance improvements[part 1] #65421
• feature: add what's new in initial settings page #65433
• Create several placeholder files for side pane help content / update workspace overview content #65436
• [No QA] Create control workspace for specific accounting options #65462
• Expense Room Shortcut in Workspaces Leads to Undefined Link #65537
• Support for Multi workspace filter in search & remove duplicate tax rate selection #65547
• [Multi-Scan] Delete the draft transaction when deleting a receipt while creating expenses in bulk with Multi-Scan #65565
• [No QA] Upgrade Fullstory to 1.7.6 #65578
• Fix: Work email input field is overlapped with the keyboard after focusing #65603
• The modal Take us to a test drive does not show #65615
• Fix infinite loading after deleting moved transaction #65622
• feat: Reduce amount of items displayed per page of SelectionList #65636
• Fix/65263 Remove user invitations from filters #65639
• fix: allow export for settled expense #65672
• Stage 3 regressions #65678
• Some fixes to help directories [No QA] #65686
• [NO QA] Document solution for JDK Android build error #65698
• [No QA] Improve the check and add additional logging #65742
• [No QA] Add back deleted function #65769
• Update copy for waitingOnBankAccount system message #65771
• [NO QA] Create Merge-Accounts.md #65775
• Fix links for multi tags feature #65778
• Clarify multi-level tag upload file types #65793
• [NoQA] Revert "feat: Reduce amount of items displayed per page of SelectionList" #65808
• [CP Staging] Revert gasture handling for Search Router #65822
• [CP Staging] [Avatars - Reports] Add a DM check for Send Money Flow check in avatars logic #65835
• [CP Staging] [Avatars - Reports] Fix app crashing when opening a workspace chat #65852
• [CP Staging] Fix mobile selection mode bugs #65859
• [CP Staging] Revert "Change Invite whisper actions" #65864
• [CP Staging][Avatars - Reports] Fix tooltip and avatar link not matching the expense preview name #65866
• [CP Staging] fix: Hide review button when there is no violations #65869
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix infinite loading after deleting moved transaction" #65872
• [CP Staging] Revert "Add dropdown button to empty report" #65874
• [CP Staging] [Avatars - Reports] Fix expense report header avatar incorrectly shows "as a copilot for receiver" #65899

Deploy Blockers:

• Expense - Invite to submit expenses option is present when the report is IOU report #65812
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] Expense - Report preview shows both users briefly then changes to submitter avatar #65813
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] Expense - LHN preview shows stacked avatars, while expense report shows only 1 avatar #65814
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] Search - Search field is not focused after selecting a suggestion via keyboard #65815
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] Search - Cursor automatically moves to the end after moving the cursor elsewhere #65816
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] Expense - Tag detail page is not open to edit #65821
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] Reports - "x selected" dropdown button does not disappear after deleting expense #65824
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] Expense - Fall back avatar shown in Unreported expense preview #65826
• [Due for payment 2025-10-07] [$50] Expense - Add expense button is present when Workflows are disabled or workspace is deleted #65830
• mWeb - Search - Unable to open any chat from search list. #65833
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Multi-Files Drag-and-Drop] Replace Receipts dropzone instead of Scan Receipts dropzone #65837
• [Due for payment 2025-08-20] [$250] Tag - After deleting all tags, the “x selected” buttons do not disappear #65839
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] Report - "Review" still seen on preview after moving expense from Self DM and fixing errors #65841
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] App crashes when opening workspace chat #65843
• [$250] Reports - Nothing happens after triggering Download for the second time #65844
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] Expense - Tooltip and avatar link do not match the expense preview name #65850
• [$250] Chat - Not here page appears when open secondary login #65863
• [Due for payment 2025-08-05] [$250] Report - When workspace member adds expense to report, error is displayed #65870
• [Due for payment 2025-07-22] [Due for payment 2025-07-18] Expense - Expense report header avatar incorrectly shows "as a copilot for receiver" #65887
• Deleted by User A expense remains in User B's report, leads to Not here page #65914

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Firebase Crashlytics for this release version and verified that this release does not introduce any new crashes. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked Firebase Crashlytics for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked GitHub Status and verified there is no reported incident with Actions.

cc @Expensify/applauseleads

[github-actions]

🚀 All staging deploys are complete, @Expensify/applauseleads please begin QA on version https://github.com/Expensify/App/releases/tag/9.1.79-0 🚀

[grgia]

Demoting #65813

[izarutskaya]

Regression is at 49% progress.

Unchecked PRs:

#61289 - pending validation on mWeb and Android
#64154 - pending validation on all platforms
#64617 - pending validation on Web, mWeb and iOS failing on Android with original issue #64617 (comment)
#64719 - pending validation on iOS
#64735 - pending validation on Android and iOS
#64802 - failing on Web with #65813 & #65814 pending validation on mWeb, Desktop, IOS and Android
#65030 - pending validation on all platforms
#65188 - pending validation on all platforms
#65227 - pending validation on iOS
#65249 - pending validation on iOS
#65250 - pending validation on iOS
#65264 - failing with #65837
#65301 - pending validation on mWeb and Android
#65421 - pending validation on mWeb, Android and iOS
#65436 - #65436 (comment)
#65547 - pending validation on all platforms
#65565 - pending validation on Web, IOS and Android
#65622 - failing with #65853 on Web, mweb. Filing on iOS with #64033 Repro in Prod. Checking off
#65672 - #65672 (comment)
#65678 - found issue #65849
#65698 - can I check it off? Seems no need QA
#65771 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop, IOS and Android
#65778 - pending validation IOS
#65793 - no QA. Can I Check off the list?
#65822 - pending validation IOS
#65835 - pending validation on all platforms

[rlinoz]

Checked off #65812

[izarutskaya]

Regression is 1% left

Unchecked PRs:

#61289 - pending validation on Android
#64154 - failing with issue #65860 Repro in Prod, checking off
#64617 - failing on Android and IOS with original issue #64617 (comment)
#64802 - failing on Web with #65813 & #65814 pending validation on mWeb, Desktop, IOS and Android
#65030 - pending validation on all platforms
#65188 - pending validation on amWeb, Desktop, IOS and Android
#65264 - failing with #65837
#65436 - #65436 (comment)
#65672 - #65672 (comment)
#65678 - found issue #65849 Repro in Prod. checking off
#65698 - can I check it off? Seems no need QA
#65793 - no QA. Can I Check off the list?
#65869 - pending validation on Android, iOS

[izarutskaya]

Regression is few steps left

Unchecked PRs:
#61289 - it's reverted #65864 (issue #65812) Can I check it off?
#64617 - failing on Android and IOS with original issue #64617 (comment) Repro in Prod, checking it off
#64802 - failing with #65813, #65814, #63743, #65914
#65030 - pending validation on all platforms
#65264 - failing with #65837
#65672 - #65672 (comment)
#65852 - pending validation on all platforms

Blockers:

#65821
#65824
#65826
#65833
#65839
#65841
#65843
#65870
#65887
#65914

[mountiny]

No new crashes

[izarutskaya]

Regression is complete.

[Julesssss]

Taking over final steps, you now know who to blame

Checklist

• I agree with crashes review, we might keep an eye on this iOS crash next week. No fresh Android crashes on this or prev release
• GitHub status ✅