Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-07-22

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.4.43-1
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• iImplement fullStory analytics instrumentation #93051
• Show GL code when selecting a category #94596
• R3: Rename Require fields to Field requirements and add waive path #95312
• fix: Message, sent in a new chat, displayed in the compose box after opening #95471
• [NoQA] Add unit tests for getDomainByFundID #95507
• [Split #94595] Batch B - Remove useOnyx deps from transaction/report/policy hooks #95621
• [Split #94595] Batch F - Remove useOnyx deps from Report/Inbox chat #95624
• Fix - Agents - New agent RHP opens after refreshing edit photo RHP #95789
• [Submit] Fix regressions from the "Submit to my employer" flow (#94319) #96136
• Replace user-facing "Magic code" copy with "Security code" #96181
• [No QA] Upgrade Node to 26.5.0 and npm to 11.17.0 #96205
• You appear to be offline message not shown in RHP chats #96218
• Let users pick a letter avatar color #96269
• Make Destroy debug button force an observable sign out #96322
• [Split #94595] Batch D - Remove useOnyx deps from MR headers and preview #96382
• feat: derive app-load skeleton gates from the request queue #96394
• Fix Submit plan welcome modal: navigate to existing Submit workspace and remove double bottom safe-area padding #96459
• Use compact search input size in lists, popovers, and emoji picker #96499
• fix: only treat a reachability confirmation as a recovery when the app was offline #96504
• Skip non-existent categories when importing merchant rules from spreadsheet #96522
• Replace getDisplayNameOrDefault with temporaryGetDisplayNameOrDefault - batch 11 #96564
• Replace getDisplayNameOrDefault with temporaryGetDisplayNameOrDefault - batch 12 #96586
• Fix submit via PDF cancelation #96602
• perf: share scans across useShortMentionsList instances #96617
• Fix magic code navigates back on payment (SettlementButton) v2 #96622
• [No QA] Update Agent Device interaction safety instructions #96635
• Rules -"Enter valid amount" error is still visible after "Require Receipt" field is disabled #96645
• Allow payments admin to update workspace payer #96662
• Fix scrollbar position on Rules Agents tab when rules exist #96666
• [NoQA] Bump eslint-config-expensify to v4.0.8 #96719
• fix: Prevent "Maximum update depth exceeded" crash when selecting the same workspace while creating consecutive reports #96720
• Allow re-verifying an already-validated domain for non-admin domain members instead of showing a NotFoundPage page #96721
• refactor getWorkspaceIcon to use translate from useLocalize #96723
• perf: use per-login selector for DelegateOnBehalfOfText personal details #96725
• [Copy Workspace Settings] Fix hidden currency in copy settings #96730
• [No QA] Remove unused eslint-disable for no-negated-variables #96758
• [No QA] Remove rental cars from Consolidated Travel Billing help doc #96765
• Fix QBO connect on Android by authenticating the native setup WebView #96768
• [CP Staging] Revert "Show GL code when selecting a category" #96852

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2026-08-21] Rules - Receipt require tooltip appears for the second time after dismissal #96795
• [Due for payment 2026-08-07] Expense - RHP back button on confirm page changes report from expense thread to self DM #96796
• Profile - Avatar changes to non-letter avatar after saving letter avatar #96797
• [Due for payment 2026-08-07] Expense - Report field shows "None" when submitting track expense to employer. #96798
• [Due for payment 2026-07-30] Category - GL code for subcategory does not have left indentation #96799
• [Due for payment 2026-07-30] Expense - Parent category does not show GL code when searching for subcategory #96808
• [Due for payment 2026-07-30] Category list does not show GL code when inline category list is opened on Spend > Expenses #96810
• [Due for payment 2026-08-21] Rules - Unable to save Don't require for Description and Attendees #96814
• [Due for payment 2026-07-30] Categories - No "Show GL codes when categorizing expenses" toggle for Expensifail account #96816
• Rules - Edited rule is crossed out after changing category offline #96817

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. Let users pick a letter avatar color #96269
2. fix: only treat a reachability confirmation as a recovery when the app was offline #96504
3. Allow payments admin to update workspace payer #96662
4. feat: derive app-load skeleton gates from the request queue #96394
5. R3: Rename Require fields to Field requirements and add waive path #95312
6. iImplement fullStory analytics instrumentation #93051
7. Rules -"Enter valid amount" error is still visible after "Require Receipt" field is disabled #96645
8. Replace getDisplayNameOrDefault with temporaryGetDisplayNameOrDefault - batch 11 #96564
9. Replace getDisplayNameOrDefault with temporaryGetDisplayNameOrDefault - batch 12 #96586
10. Fix submit via PDF cancelation #96602
11. [Split #94595] Batch D - Remove useOnyx deps from MR headers and preview #96382
12. [Submit] Fix regressions from the "Submit to my employer" flow (#94319) #96136
13. Fix Submit plan welcome modal: navigate to existing Submit workspace and remove double bottom safe-area padding #96459
14. [NoQA] Add unit tests for getDomainByFundID #95507
15. Fix - Agents - New agent RHP opens after refreshing edit photo RHP #95789
16. You appear to be offline message not shown in RHP chats #96218
17. Show GL code when selecting a category #94596
18. perf: use per-login selector for DelegateOnBehalfOfText personal details #96725
19. [NoQA] Bump eslint-config-expensify to v4.0.8 #96719
20. [Split #94595] Batch B - Remove useOnyx deps from transaction/report/policy hooks #95621
21. [Split #94595] Batch F - Remove useOnyx deps from Report/Inbox chat #95624
22. [No QA] Upgrade Node to 26.5.0 and npm to 11.17.0 #96205
23. perf: share scans across useShortMentionsList instances #96617
24. Allow re-verifying an already-validated domain for non-admin domain members instead of showing a NotFoundPage page #96721
25. [No QA] Remove unused eslint-disable for no-negated-variables #96758
26. Skip non-existent categories when importing merchant rules from spreadsheet #96522
27. fix: Prevent "Maximum update depth exceeded" crash when selecting the same workspace while creating consecutive reports #96720
28. fix: Message, sent in a new chat, displayed in the compose box after opening #95471
29. Replace user-facing "Magic code" copy with "Security code" #96181
30. refactor getWorkspaceIcon to use translate from useLocalize #96723
31. Fix magic code navigates back on payment (SettlementButton) v2 #96622
32. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.42-1 — Adhoc Build
33. [No QA] Remove rental cars from Consolidated Travel Billing help doc #96765
34. [No QA] Update Agent Device interaction safety instructions #96635
35. [Copy Workspace Settings] Fix hidden currency in copy settings #96730
36. Fix QBO connect on Android by authenticating the native setup WebView #96768
37. Fix scrollbar position on Rules Agents tab when rules exist #96666
38. Make Destroy debug button force an observable sign out #96322
39. Use compact search input size in lists, popovers, and emoji picker #96499
40. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.43-0 — Adhoc Build
41. [CP Staging] Revert "Show GL code when selecting a category" #96852
42. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.43-1 — 39f7a50

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[kavimuru]

Regression is 61% completed.

PRs failing:
#96136 failing with the original bug #96200 and #96813 #96798

Untested PRs:
There are several PRs are still not validated

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is completed

PRs Failing:
#95312 faced with #96857
#96136 failed with #96813 and #96798, also failed with one of original issues, comment
#96522 faced with #96842
#96721 faced on iOS with #96847

PRs Untested:
#96504 Web was passed, asked about Native apps

Critical TCs that are failing:
Onboarding with #96291 and #96378
Account Settings / Copilot with #93458

[yuwenmemon]

For #96504 I think that as long as web is passing, that's sufficient.

[yuwenmemon]

Looked through the failing cases. None of them are blockers.

[yuwenmemon]

[os-botify]

This issue either has unchecked items or has not yet been marked with the :shipit: emoji of approval. (The emoji needs to be the last comment before closing)
Reopening!

[yuwenmemon]

Fuck me, second time this week

[yuwenmemon]