Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-08-22

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.1.98-12
Compare Changes: production...staging
Mobile-Expensify Changes: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/compare/production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• feat: update Search/Reports page immediately following report actions #63623
• fix: optimistically update message count #64636
• fix: update CSV upload options for Members #65398
• fix: unify invite message text #65888
• [No QA] Search: Added Withdrawal ID to GROUP_BY #66045
• Search: Add WithdrawalIDListItemHeader #66078
• [No QA] Fix flaky test UnreadIndicatorsTest #66182
• Add the ability to cycle through reports #66608
• [SIDE PANEL] Update the logic and fix help panel appearing without NVP #67159
• [NO QA] update PERFORMANCE.md #67239
• feat: Update "copy to clipboard" pattern to be more discoverable. #67305
• feat: update workspace empty state #67345
• [CP Staging] Revert "Sync drafts between devices" #67346
• Duplicate workspace #67412
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY in src/libs/actions/ReimbursementAccount/resetNonUSDBankAccount.ts #67519
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.FUND_LIST in src/libs/shouldRenderTransferOwnerButton/index.native.ts  #67546
• Sync drafts between devices 2 #67599
• [NoQA] Removed Onyx.connect from NVP Migration #67611
• [No QA] Remove usage of stripCustomerId from SubscriptionUtils #67616
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/Authentication.ts #67623
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.NETWORK in src/libs/Pusher/index.ts #67636
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.NETWORK in src/libs/Pusher/index.native.ts #67637
• Upgrade Electron #67705
• fix: Search - Cursor is not visible when pasting a long text in search field. #67713
• Chat - User with accent mark does not show up in result when searched without accent mark #67727
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.PRESERVED_USER_SESSION in src/libs/actions/App.ts #67737
• fix: space inserted in search bar when replacing whole search string #67743
• [NO QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.USER_METADATA in src/libs/actions/Session/index.ts #67771
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.TRANSACTION_DRAFT in src/libs/TransactionUtils/index.ts P1 #67773
• Fix: Disable removal card transaction from the report #67933
• fix: approve button is present after submitting a scan expense with missing amount #67941
• Remove backTo from ROUTES.SEARCH_MONEY_REQUEST_REPORT #67999
• perf: optimize useSidebarOrderedReports hook #68038
• Standardize retract buttons with report actions #68047
• Unexpected error is displayed on a good distance expense when creating an expense #68094
• Reapply Change Invite whisper actions logic #68188
• Remove link from violation message #68316
• Remove legacy pdf worker to reduce bundle size #68332
• fix: not here page appears briefly when user switches account #68334
• Update space in import tag page and billable default #68381
• [No QA] Add a philosophy doc for cross-platform #68411
• [No QA] Integrate Group-IB FP module #68429
• Jakubkalinski0/fix console errors related to forward ref batch2 #68435
• Remove redundant keyboard handling on android and iOS #68455
• [NO QA] Fix Retry Payment when failed for authentication #68457
• Update per-diem syntax #68473
• Update group by report syntax #68476
• [CP Staging] Update drafts syntax #68480
• fix: remove call to getReportNameValuePairs in method getAllReportActionsErrorsAndReportActionThatRequiresAttention #68508
• fix: remove call to getReportNameValuePairs() in method getParentNavigationSubtitle #68509
• Remove broken connection for commercial feed with lastScrapeResult equal 531 #68525
• Failed export RBR remains in Inbox after disconnecting from accounting system #68540
• "What´s your work Email" can be skipped by killing and relaunching app #68546
• Add optimistic hasBeenretracted and reopened #68552
• Add EXPENSIFY_CARD_SYSTEM_MESSAGE report action #68583
• Fix - After pressing the app back button on the More features page, the user is returned to the Workspace Settings page instead of the previous page #68585
• fix: Expense Chat - System message missing hyperlink. #68586
• Fix - Accounting - Resizing the window on the QBD setup page should not trigger any error #68589
• [NO QA] Rename unapproved-spend.md to Unapproved-Spend.md #68612
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY_RECENTLY_USED_CATEGORIES in Category.ts - P1 #68619
• Update integrationSyncFailed link when tryNewDot is dismissed #68622
• Expense preview in Reports > Chats keeps switching between main account and copilot avatar #68633
• Finish right-docked modals reanimated migration #68641
• test drive backdrop does not cover all screen when resize #68649
• Fix exiting animation in ReceiptViewModal #68650
• Remove call to getReportNameValuePairs in getChatByParticipants #68654
• fix: remove hotfix, change report autoassignement #68661
• fix: the tag name is not cleaned in the system message thread header #68663
• [No QA] Add redirect for Share Bank Account help doc #68703
• [No QA] Ignore github checks for helpdot PR #68707
• [No QA][HelpDot] add edit link to articles #68708
• When switching between tabs in OnyxTabNavigator, unnecessary parameters are added to the URL #68718
• [No QA] Fixed reassure tests for optimistic report name computation #68726
• Centered modals migration cleanup #68729
• fix: missing Lock Icon on Last Enabled Distance Rate #68733
• Introduce transactions updates into the optimistic report name formula #68737
• Remove call to getReportNameValuePairs() in method canUserPerformWriteAction from ReportUtils.ts part 2 #68738
• [QBO] Fix export issue with card #68740
• fix: infinite loading when selecting 3 statuses #68750
• Enabling prevent self-approvals blocks configuring the default approval workflow #68755
• [No QA] fix: use xcode@16.4 for the verifyHybridApp (ios) #68759
• [NO QA] Update header copy in migrated user welcome modal #68760
• [NO QA] Add an enhanced mock for ReportUtils to fix tests #68768
• [NO QA] Adding period to end of error message #68774
• Restore group-currency filter in RHP #68792
• Company card-"View your subscription" is not responsive after returning from Subscription page #68833
• Fix memory leak with Animated API #68834
• Account owner's name is missing in type:chat from: suggestions #68841
• fix: report field is not editable for invoice/track expense #68847
• Fix - Strike through is not applied for quote markdown text #68850
• Refactor isPolicyMember() #68857
• [No QA] Bump react-native-screens to 4.12.0 to fix memory leak #68858
• Fix approve button is not shown when there are violations #68862
• Fix dandling dot #68868
• [Export Templates] Add translation to default IS Template export options #68872
• remove unused style for lightbulb illustration #68881
• [NO QA] Update Search-and-Download-Expenses.md #68885
• [NoQA] Fixed backTo typing for failing workflow #68911
• [NO QA] Add more SGD troubleshooting #68914
• Fix 2FA input not displaying on second sign-in attempt #68916
• Revert "Back-navigation animation appears when loading a new chat from scratch without Onyx data" #68917
• Fix focus mode activating before values were loaded #68920
• Investigate workflow job failing on main: test / test (job 2) #68944
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/actions/Session/AttachmentImageReauthenticator.ts #68948
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.NETWORK in src/libs/actions/Session/AttachmentImageReauthenticator.ts #68949
• [NO QA] Update .gitignore to ignore Claude local settings only #68952
• [No QA] Improve Magic Code and email notification troubleshooting documentation #68959
• fix: Navigation bar not translucent in modals on Android #69004
• fix: Modal entering callback not called with reduced motion on #69014
• Revert "fix: Navigation bar not translucent in modals on Android" #69036
• [CP Staging] fix: copy to clipboard shows unnecessarily #69050
• [CP Staging] Revert #67412 "Duplicate workspace" #69055
• [NoQA] Revert #68429 "Integrate Group-IB FP module"  #69080
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix - Strike through is not applied for quote markdown text" #69089
• [CP Staging] Revert "Merge pull request #68508 from daledah/fix/67098" #69116
• [CP Staging] revert PR Add the ability to cycle through reports #66608 #69164
• [CP Staging] Revert "fix: approve button is present after submitting a scan expense with missing amount" #69169
• [CP Staging] Revert "Remove backTo from ROUTES.SEARCH_MONEY_REQUEST_REPORT" #69183
• [CP Staging] Manual Revert "Merge pull request #67599 from Expensify/chuckdries/sync-drafts-2" #69199
• [CP Staging] Reset animation state #69204
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #69199 to staging 🍒 #69205

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13654
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13655

Internal QA:

• [NO QA] Lock App checklists immidiately after creation #68787 - @francoisl

Deploy Blockers:

• Workspace - Duplicated workspace does not save custom avatar #69042
• Reports - App returns to Inbox instead of Reports after deleting expense on Reports #69043
• [Due for payment 2025-10-01] [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Reports - Report pagination shows "0 of 2" when creating a new report while on report view #69045
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Copy to clipboard menu shows up unnecessarily in many places across the app #69047
• [Due for payment 2025-09-12] Chat - Missing placeholder text in the composer and search field #69048
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Duplicate workspace - Blank section before workspace address, address is not saved #69049
• [Due for payment 2025-10-01] [Due for payment 2025-09-04] LHN - #admins and workspace chat still show GBR after workspace is deleted #69052
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Duplicate workspace - Reports fields & Tags show incorrect amount of items #69054
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Workspace - Rules are enabled on Collect workspace after duplicating Collect workspace #69056
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Workspace - Categories page shows incorrect categories when workspace is duplicated offline #69057
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] [$250] Reports - Missing Submit button and Hold option after moving unreported expense to report #69058
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Workspace - Company address is not shown in duplicated workspace #69059
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Workspace - Different role is seen for admin and owner after admin duplicates workspace #69060
• Workspace - There is no Duplicate confirmation modal #69061
• Workspace - Expensify Card tab is present on the duplicated workspace when duplicated offline #69062
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Reports - After returning to report via browser back button, report does not show pagination #69066
• [Due for payment 2025-10-01] [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Reports - Distance expense created while on "Reports" doesn´t appear automatically #69086
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Reports - Expenses disappear when returning to "Reports" using device´s back button. #69097
• [Due for payment 2025-10-01] [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Reports - Expense rows are highlighted every time it is opened via next arrow button #69098
• Profile - Checkmark has a background after clicking on Copy to clipboard #69100
• Chat - Markdown with code block is shown with box in preview #69102
• [Due for payment 2025-09-16] [Due for payment 2025-09-12] Reports - Background resets to Expenses after refreshing the page with RHP opened in Chats #69103
• [Due for payment 2025-10-01] [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Reports - App crashes when navigating to Tasks from Reports > Chats #69104
• Reports - In reports page, app crashes on searching type: expense status:all #69105
• Android - Workspace - Workspace empty state animation is not centered #69106
• [$250] Chat - Copy onyx data shows fail to copy to the clipboard in LHN #69119
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Search - Undefined is shown instred of bank name #69125
• [Due for payment 2025-10-13] [$250] Workspace - One member updated message is shown on reimporting spreadsheet. #69153
• Scan - Admin can't pay a request with an empty merchant field #69162
• [Due for payment 2025-09-04] Draft messages sometimes lose characters inserted after a newline #69196

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.

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[Julesssss]

LockCashDeploys label added, no issues with generation 👍

[arosiclair]

Demoted #69058

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is at 91% completed

Blockers:
#69043
#69045
#69047
#69048
#69052
#69054
#69056
#69057
#69060
#69062
#69066
#69086
#69097
#69098
#69100
#69102
#69103
#69104
#69105
#69106

Unchecked PRs:
#64636 - failed with #62529 and #69107
#66078 - pending validation on all
#66608 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop and iOS
#67305 - failed with #69100, pending validation on mWeb and iOS
#67412 - blocked as PR was reverted, comment
#67519 - pending validation on all
#67599 - pending validation on Android
#67727 - pending validation on iOS
#67933 - pending validation on Android
#67941 - pending validation on iOS
#67999 - pending validation on Android
#68038 - faced with #69052, pending validation on Native apps
#68316 - comment
#68332 - pending validation on Desktop and Android
#68334 - pending validation on Android
#68381 - pending validation on Desktop and Android
#68435 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop and Native apps
#68455 - pending validation on Desktop
#68473 - pending validation on all
#68476 - pending validation on Android
#68508 - pending validation on Android
#68509 - pending validation on mWeb and Native apps
#68525 - comment
#68540 - failed with an original issue, comment
#68546 - pending validation on Native apps
#68552 - pending validation on mWeb and Android
#68585 - pending validation on Desktop and Android
#68586 - pending validation on Desktop
#68589 - pending validation on all
#68619 - pending validation on mWeb and Android
#68622 - pending validation on all
#68633 - pending validation on mWeb and Android
#68649 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop and Native apps
#68654 - pending validation on Desktop
#68661 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop and Native apps
#68663 - faced with #69047, pending validation on Desktop
#68729 - pending validation on Desktop
#68733 - pending validation on Desktop
#68737 - pending validation on all
#68740 - pending validation on all
#68750 - pending validation on Desktop
#68755 - pending validation on Desktop
#68792 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop and Native apps
#68833 - pending validation on all
#68834 - pending validation on Desktop
#68841 - pending validation on Desktop
#68857 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop and Native apps
#68868 - pending validation on all
#68914 - comment
#68916 - pending validation on Desktop
#68917 - comment
#68920 - pending validation on mWeb, Desktop and Native apps
#68959 - comment
#69004 - failed with an original issue

[Beamanator]

Checking off #69119 as NAB

[JS00001]

Demoting #69125

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is at 98% completed

Unchecked PRs:
#64636 - failed with #62529 and #69107
#66078 - failed with #69125
#66608 - faced with #69112 on Android app
#67305 - failed with #69100 on Web and Desktop
#67412 - blocked as PR was reverted, #69061 (comment)
#67519 - failed with #69130 and #69145
#68038 - faced with #69052
#68316 - comment
#68525 - pending validation on all
#68540 - failed with #67665, #68540 (comment), pending validation on Android
#68546 - pending validation on Android
#68622 - pending validation on Native apps
#68661 - faced with #68516 on Android
#68663 - faced with #69047 on mWeb, repro on prod
#68737 - pending validation on all
#68833 - pending validation on mWeb
#68857 - faced with #64173, pendind validation on Desktop
#68868 - pending validation on all
#68917 - comment
#68959 - comment
#69004 - failed with an #69005

[chuckdries]

fix-forward for #69105 was CP'd to staging