Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-12-12

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.2.78-8
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:

• feat: Show page to link existing account when attempting to pay #71659
• Replace @react-native-community/geolocation with expo-location #73757
• Fix/72129 - No checkmark displayed for selected recipient in choose recipient page #74964
• [NoQA] [AI Reviewer] Validate AI reviewer comments #75424
• Fix - Expense - Error submitting expense after changing submission frequency from Manual to Instant  #75792
• Add delegate access restriction checks to search page actions #75821
• Add Super Wide RHP Routes #75886
• Fix/74024 error is dismissed when returning to the main chat #76034
• fix: expense preview doesn't show paid tag offline #76149
• Moving Per Diem expense from self DM #76159
• [No QA] Upgrade react-native-safe-area-context to latest #76247
• [Policy Change Logs] Implement policy change log for: Workflows - Adding or modifying workflows #76260
• fix: added distance param in transaction, when submitting track expense to workspace #76423
• Send optimistic CLOSED reportAction ids #76449
• fix: blank white space is shown below the composer #76482
• fix Room - You appear to be offline message appears briefly when view avatar in offline #76498
• Search - Profile name change not reflected instantly in search results #76546
• Fix: Prevent changing currency on unreported distance expenses #76577
• fix: Flagged message "Concierge: joined the chat" appears on LHN before opening chat #76597
• Fix the tappable nested rows on group by results on mobile. #76608
• Tax field on unreported expense #76636
• [No QA] Part 1: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/actions/Session/index.ts #76704
• Disabled list-type report fields remain visible in the expense report #76713
• fix: Add receipt from manual expense, QAB is scan receipt but confirm detail display as manual #76799
• Show error when enabling SAML required with empty identity provider metadata #76825
• Make AddUnreportedExpense use new SelectionList - fixing deploy blocker issues #76832
• Fix - legal name - Legal name fields don't allow hyphen so composed names can't be properly introduced #76842
• adding travel-terms url to olddot public urls const #76860
• fix: Reports - Workspace name in search input, changes to a code when member is removed #76879
• fix: Join button incorrectly displaying when workspace member leaves restricted room #76960
• Migrate icons integration - status & indicators to lazy loading #76965
• fix: Duplicate Self DM chat displayed in LHN after unreporting an expense #76966
• fix: Not here page on Invite your team appears again when tap back device #76970
• Use canReject property to determine if a transaction can be rejected in Reports page #76998
• Make SetDefaultWorkspacePage use new SelectionList #77015
• Make SearchFiltersHasPage use new SelectionList #77020
• [NO QA] Add time to Policy Object #77028
• Remove onDismiss, trigger onModalHide on Android; fix early-unmount setReadyToFocus #77104
• fix: - When leaving WS, user avatar disappears from chat preview #77111
• Fix/70233 - After turning internet connection on again, expense still doesn´t appear on Reports section #77118
• Fix empty task and profile image showing on secondary device after leaving group #77122
• fix: Header does not update after changing to workspace with rules not enabled #77161
• Fix receiver not auto-selected when creating IOU via deep link #77162
• fix: Right-facing chevron (>) isn't shown on all member items in the list #77199
• Remove SearchTransaction > canDelete #77207
• [No QA] Add GPS key to Onyx #77249
• "Create per diem" is shown under Quick action after deleting all rates #77268
• Migrate selectPaymentType to use Navigation-Based Validation #77270
• Update FORMS.md to add character limit guidelines #77282
• [NoQA] Remove duplicated key #77284
• Remove desktop platform from issue template #77291
• fix: Report link in moved this expense does not open in Reports when opened from Reports #77309
• Bump onyx to 3.0.23 #77344
• [No QA] fix: Handle newline markers in Git.parseDiff #77354
• [No QA] Update compiled JS actions file #77431
• [No QA] Add scripts folder to trigger 'Validate Github Actions' action #77436
• [NoQA] Fix prettier #77440
• fix menu scroll issue #77444
• [NoQA] Bump version to 9.2.75-6 #77475
• [No QA] Prettier fix on main #77478
• Enable shouldUseAutoHitSlop to auto-calculate hitSlop #77481
• fix: Verify domain warning text is cut off #77503
• [CP Staging] Revert "Merge pull request #75886 from software-mansion-labs/swrhp-v2" #77649
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix/72129 - No checkmark displayed for selected recipient in choose recipient page" #77652
• [CP Staging] Revert "fix: Duplicate Self DM chat displayed in LHN after unreporting an expense" #77686
• [CP Staging] Revert "Merge pull request #75821 from mukhrr/fix/75171" #77690
• [CP Staging] Revert "Merge pull request #71659 from callstack-internal/feat/65912-reapply-followup" #77691
• [CP Staging] fix: navigation issue when reject all expenses of report #77696
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #77691 to staging 🍒 #77712
• [CP Staging][Fix Deploy Blocker] Revert "Tax field on unreported expense" #77741
• [CP Staging] Revert "Merge pull request #77207 from DylanDylann/remove-candelete" #77787
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #77787 to staging 🍒 #77811

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13789
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13797

Deploy Blockers:

• Expense - Missing Add expense button when report is created offline on instant submission #77145
• Expense - Bulk select next to category is only shown on small screen #77583
• Expense - Unable to remove expense from report #77584
• Expense - RHP does not close and loads infinitely after splitting expense #77586
• Web - Expense - + menu appears in the middle #77587
• Expense - Expense preview appears twice after merging expenses #77589
• Expense - Missing Add expense button when report is created offline on instant submission #77591
• Expense - Missing Add expense button when report is created offline on instant submission #77592
• Expense - Wide RHP is half dimmed when change workspace modal opens #77594
• Expense - Wide RHP closes after adding unreported expense/moving expense to new report #77595
• [Due for payment 2025-12-26] [$250] Reports - Not here page opens after rejecting expenses/deleting expense #77598
• [RCA #76636] Expense - Amount input page shows USD and leads to 0.00 after refreshing the page #77599
• [Due for payment 2026-01-06] [$250] Android & iOS - Expense - Report empty state appears briefly after deleting IOU expense #77600
• Web - Expense - Nothing happens when tapping on Mark as paid button as unverified user #77601
• Expense - Report with RBR appears in LHN after deleting expense with reply #77602
• [Due for payment 2025-12-25] Invoice- "Hidden" appears on recipient list, which shows "Unavailable workspace" when selected #77603
• [Due for payment 2025-12-25] Expense - Error submitting expense after reselecting self DM on confirm page #77604
• Web - Reports - Two receipt thumbnails appear after deleting several expenses from report #77605
• Android – Add Expense (Camera Icon) – Incorrect Redirect After Selecting Recipient #77606
• Expense - Not here page opens after deleting split #77608
• Copilot with limited access can reject expense via the dropdown from Reports>Expenses #77609
• [$250] Expense - After merging expenses, deleted expense can be opened by navigation arrow #77610
• [BACK BUTTON] [HOLD on #59245] Android - Reports - Back button from single expense report, doesn´t lead to parent report. #77611
• Expense - Expense report RHP closes after resolving duplicates #77612
• Web - Expense - "Search in" button is missing when search modal is opened from wide RHP #77613
• Web - Expense - Both expense report and transaction thread RHPs close after leaving thread #77616
• [Due for payment 2025-12-25] Expense - To field resets to workspace chat after changing to self DM and reopening confirm page #77618
• [Due for payment 2025-12-25] Expense - User is marked as selected on recipient list when expense amount is negative #77619
• [Due for payment 2025-12-25] Expense - Manager McTest disappears after changing recipient and returning to recipient list #77620
• Tax - Tax rate does not change after changing currency when submitting expense from self DM #77621
• [$250] Expense - Pay with worksapce not procced to adding a bank account #77630
• Tax - Tax amount is not reset after changing workspace and can exceed tax rate limit #77631
• Android - Distance - Allow location modal appears on chat instead of expense creation page #77675
• Reports - Delete option is missing for unreported expense in Reports > Expenses #77752

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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[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 59%

Several PRs pending validation

[carlosmiceli]

Demoted #77610

[m-natarajan]

Regression completed

PRs failing
#75821 Failing on Web, iOS and Android with #77609
#75886 Failing on all with #77598, #77611, #77612
#76149 Failing on Android with #75986
#76159 Failing on all with #77584
#76879 Failing on Web with #77617
#76960 Failing on all
#76966 Failing on all with #77584
#77268 Failing on Web and iOS with #76046

6 PRs pending validation

[m-natarajan]

Regression completed

PRs failing
#71659 Failing on Web with #77626
#75792 Failing on all with #77145
#75821 Failing on all with #77609
#75886 Failing on all with #77598, #77611, #77612
#76149 Failing on Android with #75986
#76159 Failing on all with #77584
#76636 Failing on Web with #77584
#76879 Failing on Web with #77617 (Repro in production - Checked off)
#76960 Failing on all with #77625, #77627 (Repro in production - Checked off)
#76966 Failing on all with #77584
#77268 Failing on Web and iOS with #76046

[rlinoz]

Checked off #77145 as duplicate.

[francoisl]

#77618 was fixed by #77652, checking off

[blimpich]

#77602 didn't repro, so checking off

[amyevans]

Checked off #77603, #77619, #77620

[amyevans]

And #77604

[cristipaval]

Checked off #76636

[yuwenmemon]

Checking of #77609 - PR was reverted