[Due for payment 2025-10-01] Deeplink- Public room displays skeleton after sign up new account

[jponikarchuk]

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Version Number: v9.2.1-2
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Unable to validate in Prod, becourse of KI
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Win 11/Chrome
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Open https://staging.new.expensify.com without login
2. Paste ulr https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/2091104345528462
3. Click on "Sign in"
4. Complete onboard flow

Expected Result:

Complete onboard flow, user can see the public room in the LHN

Actual Result:

On web, after complete onboard flow, user can see the public room in the LHN but public room is displayed skeleton. On iOS and mweb, public room is displayed skeleton, tap back button for return LHN, public room isn't displayed in LHN.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @lschurr

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @lschurr (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.

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[melvin-bot]

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

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[lschurr]

Should this be External @youssef-lr?

[arosiclair]

Still reproducible in v9.2.1-14

[arosiclair]

This seems related to #68734 cc @thelullabyy @Pujan92 @rlinoz

As mentioned in the OP, this flow doesn't work at all in prod so this isn't really a regression. Demoting this.