[$250] Manual distance - Merchant field is shown instead of Distance & Rate field after reset app

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: 9.2.20-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #71474
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sdjoisjdoijniosjod@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.5 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• Account has self DM and a workspace.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to self DM.
3. Click + > Track distance > Manual.
4. Enter amount > Next.
5. Click Create expense.
6. Go to Account > Troubleshoot > Clear cache and restart > Reset and refresh.
7. Go to self DM.
8. Click Submit it to someone.
9. Select the workspace.
10. Click Create expense.
11. Open the transaction thread.

Expected Result:

After reset app and submit track manual distance to workspace, Distance and Rate field will be shown in the transaction thread.

Actual Result:

After reset app and submit track manual distance to workspace, Merchant field is shown instead of Distance and Rate field in the 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

Bug6960134_1759215382201.Screen_Recording_2025-09-30_at_14.50.19.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @Pujan92

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @muttmuure (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.

[muttmuure]

No update yet

[melvin-bot]

@muttmuure Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

[melvin-bot]

@muttmuure 6 days overdue. This is scarier than being forced to listen to Vogon poetry!

[muttmuure]

Asking for a retest

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@muttmuure Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!