Expense - Category field is present when workspace does not have category

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Version Number: 9.2.37-2
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #73101
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sdoinjsiojoisdjoi@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• Delete all the categories in the default workspace

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to self DM
3. Create an expense
4. Open the expense thread
5. Click Category field

Expected Result:

Category field should not be present when workspace does not have category

Actual Result:

Category field is present which opens categories settings when workspace does not have category

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

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

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

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

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Bug6982751_1761251856184.7.1.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

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[github-actions]

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2. Find someone who can quickly fix the issue.
3. Fix the issue yourself.

[parasharrajat]

Not a deploy blocker, but expected. The user can create categories from the Edit categories button.

[blimpich]

Demoting as not a blocker

cc: @koko57 and @cristipaval to confirm this is intended. Seems like it is, and @parasharrajat says it is, but just leaving this open in case there is any nuance here. Not going to block deploy on it though