[$250] Invoice - New workspace is not created after paying invoice as business on Reports

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Version Number: 9.2.48-1
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #72445
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+2039202@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• User A has a workspace with Invoice feature enabled
• User B does not have workspace

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. [User A] Send an invoice to User B
3. [User B] Go to Reports > Expenses
4. [User B] Click Type:Expense > Invoice > Apply
5. [User B] Click Pay button > Pay as a business > Mark as paid
6. [User B] Go to Workspaces tab

Expected Result:

A new workspace will be created after paying invoice as a business

Actual Result:

No workspace is created after paying invoice as a business on Reports > Invoices
This issue is not reproducible if the invoice is paid in Inbox

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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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @suneox

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Triggered auto assignment to @NicMendonca (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.

[paulnjs]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

No workspace is created after paying invoice as a business on Reports > Invoices
This issue is not reproducible if the invoice is paid in Inbox

What is the root cause of that problem?

we don't have the logic to create the workspace optimistically in payMoneyRequestOnSearch

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

we should create the workspace optimistically like what we did in payMoneyRequest

1. Pass chatReportID to paymentData

App/src/components/SelectionListWithSections/Search/ActionCell.tsx

Line 92 in c51a657

payMoneyRequestOnSearch(hash, [{amount, paymentType: type, reportID, ...(isInvoiceReport(iouReport) ? invoiceParams : {})}]);

payMoneyRequestOnSearch(hash, [{amount, paymentType: type, reportID, chatReportID: iouReport?.chatReportID, ...(isInvoiceReport(iouReport) ? invoiceParams : {})}]);

2. Update payMoneyRequestOnSearch

...
 const successData: OnyxUpdate[] = currentSearchKey === CONST.SEARCH.SEARCH_KEYS.PAY ? createOnyxData(null) : createOnyxData({isActionLoading: false});
const session = getSession();
    const currentUserEmail = session?.email ?? '';
    const currentActivePolicyID = activePolicyID ?? undefined;
    const activePolicy = currentActivePolicyID ? getPolicy(currentActivePolicyID) : undefined;
    const shouldCreatePolicy = !activePolicy || !isPolicyAdmin(activePolicy) || !isPaidGroupPolicy(activePolicy);

    let shouldCreateActivePolicy = false;
    if (shouldCreatePolicy) {
    for (const paymentItem of paymentData) {
        const chatReport = getReportOrDraftReport(paymentItem.chatReportID ?? '');
        shouldCreateActivePolicy = isIndividualInvoiceRoom(chatReport) && !!paymentItem.payAsBusiness;
        if(shouldCreateActivePolicy) {
            break;
        }
    }
}

    if(shouldCreateActivePolicy) {
        const payerPolicyID = generatePolicyID();
        const {
            optimisticData: policyOptimisticData,
            failureData: policyFailureData,
            successData: policySuccessData,
            params,
        } = buildPolicyData({
            policyOwnerEmail: currentUserEmail,
            makeMeAdmin: true,
            policyID: payerPolicyID,
        });
        optimisticData.push(...policyOptimisticData);
        failureData.push(...policyFailureData);
        successData.push(...policySuccessData);
    }
...

We also need BE changes for PayMoneyRequestOnSearch to accept the params from buildPolicyData

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

We can use getPayMoneyRequestParams if needed

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @suneox (External)

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

[suneox]

Thanks for the proposal — I’ll take a look at this one today.