Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-06-24

[github-actions]

Release Version: 9.1.71-11
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• Add PlusMinus icon and allow negative values in MoneyRequestAmountInput #56092
• Bump React Native to 0.79 #60421
• [Vacation delegate] add ability to set a vacation delegate #61845
• fix: Reports - No spinner on receipt thumbnail. #62696
• Fix missing merchant field when using QAB after login #62718
• Incorrect Labeling of Workspace Owner in Approval Workflow #63060
• Company cards - Swiping to right returns to "Who needs a card assigned" after assigning card #63425
• fix: paying elsewhere and cancelling payment gets button reset #63539
• refactor acknowledgement splitphrase in RequestEarlyCancellation page #63565
• Fix deprecated Google reindexing for help site #63715
• Enable direct taps on private domain buttons while keyboard is open. #63725
• Tasks are duplicated for invited member #63832
• Show only attachment drop zone for paid requests #63834
• [Multi-Scan] Bulk create expenses #63848
• perf: improve calculating displayed reports in LHN #63980
• reports-From and date bottom modal able to be opened together by tapp… #63996
• fix: Guide message contains undefined #64146
• [NoQA] Add some logs before Queue is pause #64178
• Fix - Remove call to getReportNameValuePairs() in canEditWriteCapability() #64186
• fix: contact list search field not auto focused #64207
• Improve export and action component list performance #64213
• [No QA] Update Managing-Expenses-in-a-Report.md #64214
• 64021 bring design patterns inline for all search filters #64240
• Retract bugs - submit button preview, and retract condition #64256
• Make GetGuideCallAvailabilitySchedule a READ API command #64275
• fix: missing credentials during re-authentication #64280
• [No QA] Patch @Octokit/plugin-paginate-rest library to support compare endpoints #64287
• Fix extra expense is moved to self DM when deleting expense report #64303
• [No QA] Update Reimburse-Reports.md #64305
• Fix - Invoice-Inconsistency in exporting unpaid invoice depending on where export button is accessed #64377
• Fix - Expense - In add Unreported expense page, error is not cleared after selecting an expense #64379
• [Lock Account] Update LockAccount button copy  #64398
• fix: Deleted report is shown when admin opens member's workspace chat #64410
• Fix report Content Pushes Composer Slightly Out of View During Loading #64422
• feat: 62281 Business tax id description #64450
• Fix moving to workspace if old expense chat already exists #64456
• fix: pressing enter in import per diem page does not work #64492
• Fix infinite loader on company card page with only domain Feed #64495
• Split - Markdown is rendered as HTML tags after splitting expense with markdown description #64527
• 63642: There is a line trash pixel on the Scan tooltip #64538
• Update pending field for prohibited expense toggle #64566
• [No QA] Add octokit test script #64609
• Fix - Remove "Go to [room]" options from Workspace overflow #64610
• [No QA] Run generateTranslations dry run on every pull request #64611
• Merge Account - Add merge account blocking view #64612
• [No QA] [Manual Distance Tracking] - Add manual distance beta #64613
• fix(64243): Expense - Can't edit single-digit amount near 0.00 in split #64615
• fix(scan): apply flex: 1 to <View> wrapping Webcam to eliminate layout gap #64621
• Fix emoji with markdown doesn't show in large size in composer #64628
• Fix track expense can't be deleted when offline #64632
• [CP Staging] Onboarding-Concierge test drive task in Test drive receiver account directs to hmm not here #64633
• Fix view button is shown briefly when submitting expense #64634
• Delete original transaction thread when doing split #64639
• Expense preview disappears in workspace chat after report workspace change fails #64668
• Test drive modal appears briefly when closing the validation page #64674
• Remove BETA_RETRACT_NEWDOT #64681
• Login - Incorrect ND onboarding modals when selecting Manage company expenses (10+) option #64710
• Fix SMS delivery failure reset message flashes for a moment before displaying the time left #64716
• Revert "[HybridApp] Implement POC of NewDot SignIn on HybridApp" #64729
• fix: show change workspace option for paid IOU #64737
• Fix missing report name in Reports > Chats page #64739
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #64729 to staging 🍒 #64745
• Remove beta check in locale picker #64747
• [NO QA] Update Create-a-company-workspace.md #64762
• [ImgBot] Optimize images #64763
• fix: Reports - Columns are misaligned. #64770
• Fix negative report total caused by unreported distance IOU expense #64791
• [No QA] More memory for desktop build #64832
• Vacation Delegate - Fix empty display name #64844
• Vacation delegate - add fallback login for non existent users #64869
• fix: start test drive close the modal and do nothing #64905
• [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #64919 to staging 🍒 #64958
• [CP Staging] Update Sidebar when switching reports #64960
• Check for object type to prevent crash #64970
• [CP Staging] Revert vacation delegate #65035
• fix: close modal before navigating in search filters bar #65067

Internal QA:

• fix: adding debit card requires bank account #64752 - @mountiny
• [Internal QA] Add new success page on the report card lost or damage flow #64156 - @mountiny

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Status - Vacation delegate without display name has a blank area instead of email as display name #64840
• [HOLD ON ##52827][$250] Android - Chat - Extra space above the emoji when composer has # with emoji #64850
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Invoice - Invoice report title shows a negative amount in "x owes -y" #64851
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - Error message when amount is missing is above currency button instead of Next button #64853
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Invoice - Negative sign can be added in invoice thread but the sign is not shown after saving #64855
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - Negative amount when expense is created without a negative sign #64856
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - Amount change system message appears when amount is saved without edit #64857
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Test drive-Test drive modal briefly appears and disappeared. #64861
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - When creating expense with negative amount, Email received, shows positive amount #64863
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Vacation delegate - Email of non-existing user is missing next to the avatar in Status page #64864
• [$250] LHN - Self DM doesn´t appear automatically on LHN after moving expenses to it. #64866
• Expense preview shows negative amount after submitting unreported distance expense to the user #64867
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - Expense with negative amount, is displayed as positive on member´s side. #64868
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense-When negative sign is removed on confirm page, the sign is still shown in previous step #64870
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Reports-After changing Type dropdown all dropdowns become unresponsive #64871
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Android - Notification - Expense with negative amount is displayed positive on notification. #64876
• User Settings - Inconsistency when setting vacation delegate without clicking save #64878
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] [$250] User Settings-Undefined is stated instead of vacation delegate email #64879
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] User Settings-Empty place on Vacation delegate push input after the member is removed #64884
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Vacation delegate - User is not navigated back to status page after assigning a delegate #64885
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Vacation delegate - App crashes after the vacation delegate splits the expense #64886
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] [$250] Vacation delegate - No results found is displayed after searching and selecting a user #64887
• Expense - Opened expense report is not shown in LHN when expense report is opened offline #64888
• [ON HOLD for ND SETUP] [Due for payment 2025-07-15] [$250] Expense - Switch from manual to scan expense can't open the camera #64889
• [Due for payment 2025-07-15] [$250] Reports - App background changes to Inbox after opening report details page on Reports page #64893
• After submitting expense to a vacation delegate, expense thread is not shown in Inbox #64897
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] LHN - Opened chat is not shown in LHN after opening the chat again #64899
• [Due for payment 2025-08-05] [$250] iOS - Chat - Expand button does not appear in composer when entering multiline text #64900
• Expense - View button is shown instead of Submit button on the expense preview after reset app #64920
• Vacation delegate - No error when deleting a vacation delegate offline #64942
• Expense - Unable to type number when numpad is out of focus #64957
• [$250] Expense - "Receipt required" error briefly appears when submitting expense with a -ve amount #64964
• [$250] Vacation delegate - "You:approved" is shown in Admin's when the report approved by delegate #64969
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Focus mode chats aren't disappearing from LHN after clicking on them #64972
• [Due for payment 2025-07-23] [$250] Android - Scan - Multi scan "send" button doesn't register the first tap #64980
• [$250] "No data found for key nvp_onboarding" error when logging in with a new account #64994
• [$250] Expense - Error after holding expense and approving unheld expense as vacation delegate #65003
• Vacation delegate - After splitting expense as vacation delegate, "Hold" is not shown, two self DMs appear in LHN #65004
• [$250] Duplicate expenses message is shown for vacation delegate, but no "Review duplicates" button #65008
• Error when assigning a user who already has a vacation delegate as your own delegate #65045

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.

cc @Expensify/applauseleads

[github-actions]

🚀 All staging deploys are complete, @Expensify/applauseleads please begin QA on version https://github.com/Expensify/App/releases/tag/9.1.71-0 🚀

[rlinoz]

Demoted #64850

[Valforte]

Demoting #64857

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is 60% completed

Blockers:

#64840
#64851
#64853
#64856
#64861
#64863
#64864
#64866
#64867
#64868
#64870
#64871
#64876
#64878
#64879
#64884
#64885
#64886
#64887
#64888
#64893
#64897
#64899

[kavimuru]

Regression is 7% left in the TR

Unchecked PRs:

#56092 pending validation on iOS
#61845 Pending validation on Desktop and iOS and failing with #64885, #64840, #64864 and #64884
#62696 validation pending on android
#62718 Validation pending on iOS
#63425 Validation pending on android and iOS
#63539 Validation pending on iOS
#63565 Validation pending on all platforms
#63725 Validation pending on iOS
#63832 Validation pending on android
#63834 Validation pending on web
#63848 Validation pending on all the platforms
#63980 Validation pending on android
#64146 Validation pending on android
#64186 Validation pending on android
#64207 Validation pending on mweb and android
#64213 Validation pending on native apps
#64240 Validation pending on web mweb android and iOS
#64256 Validation pending on mweb android and iOS
#64275 Validation pending on web mweb android and iOS
#64303 Validation pending on web mweb android and iOS
#64377 Validation pending on all platforms
#64410 Validation pending on all but web
#64422 (comment)
#64450 Validation pending on all the platforms
#64456 Validation pending on desktop
#64492 Validation pending on mweb android and iOS
#64495 Validation pending on all the platforms
#64527 Validation pending on desktop
#64538 Validation pending on desktop and android
#64615 Validation pending on desktop
#64621 Validation pending on mweb and android
#64668 Validation pending on mweb and desktop
#64710 Validation pending on desktop
#64716 Validation pending on web mweb android and iOS
#64747 Validation pending on native apps
#64770 Validation pending on desktop
#64791 failing with #64867

[roryabraham]

Quick summary of unresolved deploy blockers:

• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Status - Vacation delegate without display name has a blank area instead of email as display name #64840 : 🟢 solution merged and is currently CPing
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Invoice - Invoice report title shows a negative amount in "x owes -y" #64851 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - Error message when amount is missing is above currency button instead of Next button #64853 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - Negative amount when expense is created without a negative sign #64856 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Test drive-Test drive modal briefly appears and disappeared. #64861 : 🟡 fix is awaiting review
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - When creating expense with negative amount, Email received, shows positive amount #64863 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Vacation delegate - Email of non-existing user is missing next to the avatar in Status page #64864 : 🟡 fix is awaiting review
• [$250] LHN - Self DM doesn´t appear automatically on LHN after moving expenses to it. #64866 🔴 no status
• Expense preview shows negative amount after submitting unreported distance expense to the user #64867 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - Expense with negative amount, is displayed as positive on member´s side. #64868 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense-When negative sign is removed on confirm page, the sign is still shown in previous step #64870 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Reports-After changing Type dropdown all dropdowns become unresponsive #64871 : 🔴 no status
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Android - Notification - Expense with negative amount is displayed positive on notification. #64876 : 🟢 should be fixed by [CP Stag]Revert "Merge pull request #56092 from callstack-internal/feature/all… #64919
• User Settings - Inconsistency when setting vacation delegate without clicking save #64878 : ✅ not a bug, expected behavior
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] [$250] User Settings-Undefined is stated instead of vacation delegate email #64879 : 🔴 no status
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] User Settings-Empty place on Vacation delegate push input after the member is removed #64884 : 🟢 allegedly has been fixed already, maybe need to CP something
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] [$250] Vacation delegate - User is not navigated back to status page after assigning a delegate #64885 : ✅ demoted
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] Vacation delegate - App crashes after the vacation delegate splits the expense #64886 : 🔴 no status
• [Due for payment 2025-08-13] [$250] Vacation delegate - No results found is displayed after searching and selecting a user #64887 : ✅ demoted
• Expense - Opened expense report is not shown in LHN when expense report is opened offline #64888 : 🔴 no status
• [Due for payment 2025-07-15] [$250] Reports - App background changes to Inbox after opening report details page on Reports page #64893 : 🔴 no status
• After submitting expense to a vacation delegate, expense thread is not shown in Inbox #64897 : 🔴 no status (but maybe a back-end issue)
• [Due for payment 2025-07-04] LHN - Opened chat is not shown in LHN after opening the chat again #64899 : 🔴 no status
• [Due for payment 2025-08-05] [$250] iOS - Chat - Expand button does not appear in composer when entering multiline text #64900 : 🔴 no status
• Expense - View button is shown instead of Submit button on the expense preview after reset app #64920 : 🔴 no status

[lakchote]

Demoted #64893 (comment)

[roryabraham]

#64861 is resolved, checking it off

[srikarparsi]

Checking off #64868

[blimpich]

Demoting #64900

[kavimuru]

Regression is 2% left

Unchecked PRs:
#61845 failing with #64885, #64840, #64864 and #64884
#63425 Validation pending on android and iOS
#63565 Validation pending on all platforms
#63832 Validation pending on android
#63848 Validation pending on all the platforms
#63980 Validation pending on android
#64186 Validation pending on android
#64213 Validation pending on native apps
#64240 Validation pending on web mweb android and iOS
#64275 Validation pending on web mweb android and iOS
#64422 (comment)
#64492 Validation pending on iOS
#64495 Validation pending on all the platforms
#64621 Validation pending on mweb and android
#64716 failing with #64954 repro on PROD checking it off
#64747 (comment)
#64791 failing with #64867
#64844 Validation pending on all the platforms
#64905 Validation pending on all the platforms

Blockers:
#64840
#64853
#64856
#64863
#64864
#64866
#64870
#64871
#64876
#64879
#64884
#64886
#64888
#64899
#64957