Room - Room avatar edit option is shown when browsing the public room as guest

[nlemma]

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Version Number: 9.2.29-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #66883
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.5 / Chrome
App Component: Chat Report View

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Log out if logged in.
3. Open public room with custom avatar.
4. Click on the avatar > Upload photo.
5. Upload any avatar.

Expected Result:

Room avatar should be read only when browsing the public room as guest.

Actual Result:

Room avatar edit option is shown when browsing the public room as guest.

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

Bug6970629_1760094778463.Screen_Recording_2025-10-10_at_19.10.42.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @kadiealexander (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.

[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

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[github-actions]

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[samranahm]

Coming from my PR, I will submit a follow up shortly.

[eh2077]

PR review is ongoing, commented in the original issue #65210 (comment) to ask clarification on expected behavior.