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Add additional contraints for Claude when removing blocker labels - #81538

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Explanation of Change

This prevents Claude from removing the label if the issue is not in production, thereby avoiding the deployment of broken features.

Moreover, it prevents Claude from overwriting internal employee decisions to add the label, rather than constantly removing it.

Fixed Issues

$ https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/595830
PROPOSAL:

Tests

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  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

N/A

QA Steps

Note: This requires an internal employee to test it

  1. Find an issue where Melvin removed a deploy blocker label. (Check previous blocker labels)
  2. Add the DeployBlockerCash label. Melvin should NOT add it back.
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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  • I linked the correct issue in the ### Fixed Issues section above
  • I wrote clear testing steps that cover the changes made in this PR
    • I added steps for local testing in the Tests section
    • I added steps for the expected offline behavior in the Offline steps section
    • I added steps for Staging and/or Production testing in the QA steps section
    • I added steps to cover failure scenarios (i.e. verify an input displays the correct error message if the entered data is not correct)
    • I turned off my network connection and tested it while offline to ensure it matches the expected behavior (i.e. verify the default avatar icon is displayed if app is offline)
    • I tested this PR with a High Traffic account against the staging or production API to ensure there are no regressions (e.g. long loading states that impact usability).
  • I included screenshots or videos for tests on all platforms
  • I ran the tests on all platforms & verified they passed on:
    • Android: Native
    • Android: mWeb Chrome
    • iOS: Native
    • iOS: mWeb Safari
    • MacOS: Chrome / Safari
  • I verified there are no console errors (if there's a console error not related to the PR, report it or open an issue for it to be fixed)
  • I verified there are no new alerts related to the canBeMissing param for useOnyx
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      • If any non-english text was added/modified, I used JaimeGPT to get English > Spanish translation. I then posted it in #expensify-open-source and it was approved by an internal Expensify engineer. Link to Slack message:
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    • I verified any copy / text that was added to the app is grammatically correct in English. It adheres to proper capitalization guidelines (note: only the first word of header/labels should be capitalized), and is either coming verbatim from figma or has been approved by marketing (in order to get marketing approval, ask the Bug Zero team member to add the Waiting for copy label to the issue)
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Android: Native
Android: mWeb Chrome
iOS: Native
iOS: mWeb Safari
MacOS: Chrome / Safari

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@hungvu193 Please copy/paste the Reviewer Checklist from here into a new comment on this PR and complete it. If you have the K2 extension, you can simply click: [this button]

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@hungvu193 No need for your review, this can be reviewed by an internal employee since it doesn't involve App changes.

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**DO NOT:**
- Remove `DeployBlockerCash` if there's an App PR that caused or contributed to the issue
- Remove `DeployBlockerCash` if the issue is not reproducible on production

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P1 Badge Allow removing DeployBlockerCash for staging-only backend bugs

This new constraint conflicts with the decision tree that explicitly removes DeployBlockerCash for backend-caused issues, and it will force the agent to keep the App deploy blocked whenever an issue reproduces only on staging. In that scenario, the investigation can still confidently classify the bug as backend (per the tree), but this rule prevents the required label correction and can unnecessarily block App releases.

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Yes, on purpose, this is to avoid deploying broken new features

**DO NOT:**
- Remove `DeployBlockerCash` if there's an App PR that caused or contributed to the issue
- Remove `DeployBlockerCash` if the issue is not reproducible on production
- Remove any of the blocker labels if it has been added by an internal employee

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P1 Badge Permit blocker label corrections even if employee added label

This blanket prohibition overrides the label decision logic and prevents cleanup of incorrect blocker labels solely based on who added them. If an internal employee adds the wrong blocker label, the investigator is now instructed to keep it even after finding evidence to the contrary, which can leave unrelated deploys blocked and undermines the triage workflow described earlier in this file.

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That's the point of it 😄

**DO NOT:**
- Remove `DeployBlockerCash` if there's an App PR that caused or contributed to the issue
- Remove `DeployBlockerCash` if the issue is not reproducible on production
- Remove any of the blocker labels if it has been added by an internal employee

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Might have to check the runs from this because not sure if it has the permission to see who added the label

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this shouldn't touch a remote build so ignoring

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thienlnam merged commit 56e8c77 into main Feb 5, 2026
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@thienlnam looks like this was merged without a test passing. Please add a note explaining why this was done and remove the Emergency label if this is not an emergency.

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🚀 Deployed to staging by https://github.com/thienlnam in version: 9.3.13-1 🚀

platform result
🕸 web 🕸 success ✅
🤖 android 🤖 success ✅
🍎 iOS 🍎 success ✅

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🚀 Deployed to staging by https://github.com/thienlnam in version: 9.3.15-0 🚀

platform result
🕸 web 🕸 success ✅
🤖 android 🤖 success ✅
🍎 iOS 🍎 success ✅

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🚀 Deployed to production by https://github.com/lakchote in version: 9.3.15-10 🚀

platform result
🕸 web 🕸 success ✅
🤖 android 🤖 success ✅
🍎 iOS 🍎 success ✅

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