Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-12-01

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.2.70-0
Compare Changes: production...staging
Mobile-Expensify Changes: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/compare/production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• Partially setup account #67326
• Maintain user defined order in search query #71075
• Adding max lenght to useHtmlPaste inside the BaseTextInput #71857
• fix: inconsistent app redirection when new report is created #72915
• Fix: Make "From" link non-clickable when user lacks parent report access #73471
• Fix - Investigate multiple calls to Search #73891
• [Merge] Merge split expenses #73934
• [Part 6]: Remove usage of Onyx.connect for ONYXKEYS.COUNTRY_CODE #74175
• Enable Tax and Tax Amount fields in selfDM #74441
• Remove GBR on rejecting expense #74543
• Fix cursor not moving to the end of mention when using mention suggestions. #74886
• fix: tax no longer valid error is shown after offline split #75074
• Fix: App crashes when switching group-by from "From" to "Withdrawal ID" #75230
• Fix/73397 - Mention highlight disappears when typing @+91 on new line #75240
• Fix/74269 - Two action menus are displayed when scroll down and up in a chat conversation on the web #75308
• fix: make pdf links in native app clickable #75333
• Feat: refactor getReportName and move report name related functions #75357
• Fix: Duplicate workspace remains highlighted after navigating to another page #75361
• Make AssigneeStep use new SelectionList #75441
• Include URL for workspace rules  #75450
• Remove SearchTransaction > isFromOneTransactionReport #75484
• fix: Confirm details page blinks when import members with role column spreadsheet #75515
• Add margin-top for custom report name error row #75524
• Fix add business bank account opens personal bank account flow in invoice room #75530
• Migrate PronounsPage to use new SelectionList component #75559
• fix: Search input on Reports page appends text to existing filter without whitespace #75560
• [NoQA] Optimise isActiveRouteTests #75604
• Fix/75162 - Second preview seen inside report when moving expense to another workspace #75631
• Make SearchFiltersWorkspacePage use new SelectionList #75681
• Add loading UI for search page menu + default to approve section for admins #75704
• Reapply "feat: Add attendees field to unreported expenses" #75722
• Fix: hide Remove Hold action on reports in CLOSED/DONE state #75763
• Fix - Bank - Validate your account page shown on navigating back from plaid #75791
• Make WorkspaceMembersSelectionList use new SelectionList #75817
• Make TaskShareDestinationSelectorModal use new SelectionList #75822
• added leave thread option into message context menu #75826
• Fix dupe waypoints error is shown when selecting random waypoints while offline #75829
• fix: Unexpected error can not be dismissed when delete expense offline #75831
• Prevent editing expense on unreported IOU #75854
• Make NetSuiteCustomListSelectorModal use new SelectionList #75906
• Optimize getOutstandingReportsForUser function in money request page #75907
• Fix delete option is missing from report details page after split and delete one of the splits #75953
• fix: App crashes after admin rejects member's expense #75959
• fix: Inbox opens in the background after refreshing Add rate page #75965
• Fix selection is cleared when pressing the category item #75968
• Make MergeTransactionsListContent use new SelectionList #75983
• Make CountrySelection use new SelectionList #75990
• Fix issue where </li> <li> creates a new line. #76009
• fix: This report has no expenses when remove error of distance map with non-existent stops offline #76048
• feat: [CFI] Show pending/cleared/failed Expensify Card settlements in NewDot #76073
• Add custom validation to check existing tax name #76076
• Remove auto-focus on status page for small screens #76080
• Revert "[CP Staging] Revert "Previous selection is cleared when selecting another member in Expenses From"" #76096
• fix: Automatically save address country if its not editable #76115
• fix: Manual Distance input placeholder defaults to Miles #76147
• Make YearPickerModal use new SelectionList #76150
• Refactor: isolate PolicyMember actions from ONYXKEYS.SESSION Onyx.conect data #76164
• Refactor: isolate hasPolicyWithXeroConnection from ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY Onyx.connect data #76168
• Remove deprecatedCurrentUserAccountID in src/libs/TransactionUtils/index.ts #76171
• Update Drag Handle Icons for Consistency. #76188
• Onboarding – Continue button not responding after back from work emai… #76219
• fix:76006: replace avatarBorder color in ExpenseReportListItemRow with a correct one #76225
• Make CustomCloseDateSelectionList use new SelectionList #76235
• Preserve category value, show error when category out of policy #76251
• feat: [CFI] Add group-by report layout feature v2 #76253
• Fix: Central pane changes from expense report to workspace chat after clicking outside hold or reject modal #76265
• [NO QA] Replace FullScreenLoadingIndicator with ActivityIndicator in HelpContent component #76313
• [No-QA] test: [Create Automated Test] Workspaces - RBR: qbo export broken #76334
• [No QA] Fix typo #76346
• [NO QA]fix: flaky test hasOutstandingChildRequest #76348
• [NO QA] add fake timers to ValidationUtilsTest for consistent date handlin #76356
• [No QA] Fix flakey test (job 5) #76377
• [NoQA] fix lint on main #76380
• [noQA] fix ts on main... again #76396
• [NO QA] Fix types & tests #76400
• [NoQA] Fixed test and typecheck #76442
• Revert "Fix - Bank - Validate your account page shown on navigating back from plaid" #76444
• [No-QA] Bumping node to 20.19.5 #76451
• [No QA] Uber for business - removing beta note #76456
• Revert "Make CustomCloseDateSelectionList use new SelectionList" #76494
• [NoQA] Revert 72238-taxes-field #76502
• [CP staging] Do not trigger both actions on card row click #76505
• [CP staging] Revert "fix: make pdf links in native app clickable" #76520
• fix: missing plus icon #76529
• [CP Staging] feat: [CFI] Add group-by report layout feature v2.2 #76533
• [CP Staging] Fix - Expense - App crashes after editing expense category offline #76535
• [CP Staging] Fixed owner transfer flow #76541
• [CP Staging] fix: search router without default expense filter #76544
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #76533 to staging 🍒 #76545
• [CP Staging] Optimistically update transaction count #76552

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13787
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13790

Internal QA:

• feat: implement GBR and messaging for Expensify Cards #60290 - @youssef-lr

Deploy Blockers:

• Expense - System message changes to "set the tax rate to y%" when changing tax rate #76464
• Reports - Submit button is not shown, expense is not clickable when expense is created offline #76465
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Wallet - Add bank account button is missing #76466
• Company cards - Error is not shown when search term is invalid on custom close date #76467
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Tax - Tax amount becomes 0.00 after submitting expense from self DM to workspace chat #76468
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] [$250] Tax - Tax rate changes to default rate, tax amount changes to zero after reset app or relogin #76469
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Expense - Amount next to category does not update after changing expense currency #76471
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Expense - App crashes after editing expense category offline #76472
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Expense - Amount next to category does not update when expense is deleted offline #76473
• Report - Something went wrong is displayed creating report from FAB in reports page offline #76475
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Tax - Tax amount is still 0.00 when scan is complete #76483
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Expense - Tax rate changes to default rate after moving self DM expense to workspace report #76484
• [$250] Reports - type:expense is not shown #76486
• Invoice-Join button displayed in the Invoice RHP when opened from Reports #76487
• [due for payment] [$250] Chat - User has to leave thread twice, to make the "Join Thread" option appear. #76489
• [$250] Attachments - App crashes when opening password protected PDF #76490
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Wallet - Clicking the assigned Expensify card row opens both RHP and 3-dot menu #76493
• [Due for payment 2025-12-11] Expense - Tax rate is blank after changing expense currency offline #76495
• Android – Profile - message box is not focused #76500
• Company cards - Custom close dates list blank when searching for certain dates #76501
• [Due for payment 2026-01-07] Search - Triggering a search within a conversation for first time leads to "Approve" section #76503
• Thread - Leave thread is displayed on context menu when there is no reply to the message #76506
• Transfer owner option still persist below 3 dot menu after transfering ownership #76509
• Workspace - Details RHP switches to current user after transferring ownership #76518
• Bank - Partially setup EUR bank does not disappear after starting over and is unresponsive #76530
• [Due for payment 2025-12-17] [$250] Bank - "Continue setup" and "Start over" buttons are not shown after deleting bank account #76555
• iOS - After cleared cache offline default page in Reports loads as extra layer #76557
• Wallet - Add BA - Country search scrolls to incorrect line #76600

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Firebase Crashlytics for this release version and verified that this release does not introduce any new crashes. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked Firebase Crashlytics for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked GitHub Status and verified there is no reported incident with Actions.

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[carlosmiceli]

Demoted #76469

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression progress is at 97%

PRs Failing:
#72915 failed with #76475
#74441 failed on Web with #76468
#75441 failed with #76324
#75704 failed with #76488 and #76503
#75854 faced on Web with #74173
#76171 failed with an original issue, comment
#76235 failed on iOS with #76501

PRs Untested:
Multiple PRs are still pending validation

[rlinoz]

Checking off #76468

[robertjchen]

Reverted #76495 (comment)

[joekaufmanexpensify]

I will QA #60290 on staging. It requires ordering several physical Expensify Cards, which I don't think QA can do in NewDot.

[Valforte]

Demoting #76466 not a blocker and PR with fix is approved

[srikarparsi]

Demoting #76530

[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #60290

[marcaaron]

Checking off #76555 as per Joe's comment here

[kavimuru]

Regression is completed:

Failing PRs:
#72915 failed with #76475
#74441 failed on Web with #76468
#75441 failed with #76324
#75704 failed with #76488 and #76503
#75854 faced on Web with #74173
#76171 failed with an original issue, #76171 (comment)
#76235 failed on iOS with #76501
#76150 Failing with #76517 repro in production,
checking it off
#76164 failing with #76518
#75560 (comment)
#76171 (comment)
#76235 failing with #76501
Unchecked PRs:
#75450 (comment)
#75530 pending android validation
#73934 pending validation on iOS