[$250] Change approver page closes after returning to previous page from Workflows via back button

[jponikarchuk]

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Version Number: 9.2.75-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
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 BrowserStack: #75729
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): isjdsoijsojnsiojisndj@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Pull Request QA execution
Device used: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE / Android 6
App Component: Search

Action Performed:

1. Launch Expensify app.
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Create an expense.
4. Click Submit on the preview.
5. Go to Reports > Menu > Reports.
6. Select the report by long pressing > Select.
7. Tap dropdown button > Change approver.
8. Tap Workflow settings link.
9. Tap device back button twice (or click browser back button one time on web).

Expected Result:

App will return to Change approver page.

Actual Result:

Change approver page closes after returning to previous page from Workflows page via back button.

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

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @RachCHopkins

[melvin-bot]

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

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[github-actions]

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1. Identify the pull request that introduced this issue and revert it.
2. Find someone who can quickly fix the issue.
3. Fix the issue yourself.

[QichenZhu]

Report selections are cleared after navigating to the Workspaces page and back to Reports. When there is no selection, the RHP closes automatically, so this seems expected.

We could look into why the selections are cleared when switching pages, but since it also happens in production, it shouldn't block the deploy.

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[MarioExpensify]

I agree with @QichenZhu on this one. We can leave this open to find someone to fix the selection being cleared when going back to reports page.

Dismissing the deploy blocker.