Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-09-05

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.2.2-8
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:

• fix: Validate registration number for EU countries #62566
• Show the custom rules in overview and call it policy #66143
• Removed Onyx.connect from PolicyUtils (part 1) #67918
• fix: TextWithEmojiFragment for IOS and add global create emoji in chat intro and empty state component #68311
• fix: Expense status is not automatically displayed #68420
• Sage Intacct Accounting Method #68453
• Fix/circular deps #68582
• Focused inputs in split expense page are always visible above the keyboard on mobile devices #68645
• Fix/64631 Added delay for suggestion on appearance #68732
• Fix/68494 - After adding the emoji, the cursor starts overlapping with the message text #68764
• Extra padding in money report header when selecting the expense in medium screen and small screen #68844
• [Part 3 of Migrating LoginUtils from Onyx.connect] Migrate filterOptions to use new method appendCountryCodeWithCountryCode #68899
• fix(control-workspace): correct Whisper link to open More Feature instead of mWeb #69101
• fix scroll reset on back #69128
• [No QA] fix: Add selector function on fundList to have only p2p cards in wallet page #69150
• Enable report fields for unreported Expense  #69155
• [No QA] Remove redundant space from translation key integrationsMessage #69206
• fix send invoice to correct recipient after changing destination from room to user #69324
• fix: connect your corporate card task is shown even the user disabled this feature #69336
• Reports - Details of last created expense, are not seen on preview on "Submit" while offline #69355
• Update Email-Notifications.md to incorporate all secondary login logi… #69429
• Feature: Display Custom Tag Name on Tags Page for Single-Level Tags  #69438
• Resolving issues regarding the dysfunctional autoFocus #69446
• Add total calculations when selecting rows #69459
• Update Booking-Travel-for-Event-Attendees.md #69517
• refactor: Refactor types and structure of AttachmentModalScreen component #69524
• Extra space between menu items on the Rules page #69526
• Add purchase-currency and purchase-amount #69532
• Follow up: make SEARCH_REPORT and REPORT_WITH_ID routes compliant with routing philosophies #69536
• [Pre RN 0.81] Bump react-native-advanced-input-mask #69538
• Add 'action' to the UI filters, and add 'action:submit' #69540
• [Pre RN 0.81] Bump react-native-keyboard-controller #69547
• [Pre RN 0.81] Bump react-native-svg #69555
• [Pre RN 0.81] Bump react-native-screens #69557
• improve chatgpt prompting #69577
• fix: App crashes when submitting distance expense #69582
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.RESET_REQUIRED in src/libs/actions/App.ts #69592
• chore(63871): update react-native-pdf to 6.7.7 #69600
• [Internal QA]: Uber disconnect follow up #69603
• Disable default SignInModal hardware Android button behaviour #69609
• Remove beta & check for vacation delegate #69618
• Update MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH to 15k to match with BE limitation #69653
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.HAS_LOADED_APP in src/libs/actions/App.ts #69654
• fix: do not show notFound page on report change from searchView #69678
• Omit default csv option from user exports #69686
• fix: infinite loading after removing a member #69714
• fix: After setting status in advance filter there is no save search button #69718
• fix: revert change in pr 63943 #69733
• Follow-up: stop returning promise #69738
• [No QA] [Expensify Cards UK/EU] Add Biometrics packages to the App #69740
• Fix: Black and white avatar is shown briefly when starting new chat with new user #69747
• [NoQA] Bump onyx to 2.0.138 #69748
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.IS_USING_IMPORTED_STATE in src/libs/actions/App.ts #69759
• [No QA]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.IS_SIDEBAR_LOADED in src/libs/actions/App.ts #69771
• Imported tag page: double opacity when the confirm modal is open #69793
• [No QA] Cleanup advanced filters code for a ton of filters #69800
• [No QA] Bump version to 9.2.1-7 #69819
• [NO QA] Create Switch-between-New-Expensify-and-Expensify-Classic.md #69836
• Fix highlight for workspace list #69848
• [NOQA] fix: SidebarLink performance test #69849
• add try again button to failed attachment view #69865
• [No QA] Add ability to build remote with specific Mobile-Expensify version #69873
• Mock useRootNavigationState in SearchRouter.perf-test.tsx #69882
• [No QA] Fix reassure workflow by using explicit PR #69947
• [No QA] [Expensify Cards UK/EU] Update Podfile.lock with biometrics packages #69948
• Introduce temporary workaround for SVG wordmark issue #69958
• Create Delegate-when-out-of-office.md #69968
• Fix prettier #69973
• [CP Staging] Revert #69986 "Expense - Violations only show up after making changes to the field" #69994
• [CP Staging] Revert: chore(63871): update react-native-pdf to 6.7.7 #70039
• Revert "Feature: Display Custom Tag Name on Tags Page for Single-Level Tags " #70053
• Fix highlight for Workspace list row #70071
• [CP Staging] Revert "fix(control-workspace): correct Whisper link to open More Feature instead of mWeb" #70076
• [CP Staging] Revert #69324 "fix send invoice to correct recipient after changing destination from room to user" #70129
• [CP Staging] Revert #69355 'Reports - Details of last created expense, are not seen on preview on "Submit" while offline' #70148

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13653
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13658
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13659
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13671
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13673
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13676
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13677
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13679
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13683

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2025-09-22] [$125] Reports - "Submit" is not selected on Action field when user is on Reports > Submit tab #69981
• [Due for payment 2025-09-22] $250 - Reports - Approve tab is still highlighted when Action field is changed to Pay #69983
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Expense - Violations only show up after making changes to the field #69986
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Expense - Wrong max tax amount, error when saving tax in self DM expense #69988
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Expense - Wrong system message when adding tag and tax rate to self DM expense #69989
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Expense - Category RHP loads infinitely when workspace is deleted #69990
• Chat - The text after the user mention disappears after sending it #69991
• [$250] Chat - Incomplete whisper message when mentioning non-member user in workspace chat #69992
• [$250] Expense - Category field is missing while submitting track expense to workspace. #69993
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Report - Not here RHP shown after clicking on the Report field while Submit to someone #69995
• [Due for payment 2025-10-09] Workspace - Category intro text is missing when connected to accounting #69996
• [Due for payment 2025-10-01] [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Report - Report field is empty for the track expense when submitting to the WS without reports #69997
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Reports - Expense report has no avatar & no title appears after unreport expense/delete report #69998
• Expense- Tag and category not shown after changing WS and going back in "To" field #70001
• [$250] Expense - Not here page opens briefly when refreshing Scan confirm page #70002
• Expense - Distance rate field is empty on confirm page when submitting track distance #70003
• [Due for payment 2025-10-15] [$250] Invoice - Unexpected error shown after send invoice #70004
• Expense - After selecting category, Rate field changes to "Rate not valid for this workspace" #70005
• [$250] Create expense button loads infinitely when submitting unreported per diem expense to workspace #70006
• [$250] Expense - "Rate out of policy" & "Rate not valid" are not shown for unreported distance expense #70007
• Share - File size error is not shown, unexpected error appears for video over 24 MB #70008
• [$250] Scan - App freezes/crashes after selecting Workspace as recipient when scan #70009
• [Due for payment 2025-10-09] QBO - Categories page missing hyperlink for QuickBooks Online settings #70013
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Workspace - Workspace row shows the contrasting theme when hovered after changing theme #70017
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Attachment - Android - unable to attach PDFs #70020
• [$250] Export - Exported report can´t be downloaded from Concierge chat. #70029
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Workspace - Expense policy section is not grayed out when workspace is created offline #70036
• Reports - When selecting sent or received IOU, "total spend" amount is displayed negative. #70044
• [Due for payment 2025-09-17] Reports - Expense report is missing name and avatar and not clickable for a specific account #70057
• [HOLD][$250] Reports - Back button on report view returns to different scroll position #70080
• [Due for payment 2025-09-19] [$125] Reports - Selected expense count is only shown on small screen and not on wide screen #70094

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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[kavimuru]

Regression at 94%

Failing PRs:
#68311 failing with #70004
#68420 (comment)
#69355 failing with #69984 on desktop
#69738 failing with #70022 on mweb and #70009 on all

Unchecked PRs:
#69459 pending validation on Desktop and iOS
#69532 (comment)
#69600
#69603 Internal QA
#69653 pending desktop validation
#69848 web and desktop are pending
#69865 validation pending in web and android

[JS00001]

Demoted #69983

[JS00001]

Checked off #69996

[JS00001]

Checked off #70044

[JS00001]

Demoted #69981

[kavimuru]

Regression is left with 4 steps
Failing PRs:
#68311 failing with #70004
#68420 (comment)
#69355 failing with #69984 on desktop
#69738 failing with #70022 on mweb and #70009 on all

Unchecked PRs:
#69532 (comment)
#69603 Internal QA
#69155 is reverted #69994

[JS00001]

Demoted #70094

[mountiny]

Checked off #68420

[tgolen]

Checked off #70003 since it can no longer be reproduced

[francoisl]

#70029 is no longer repro, closing

[blimpich]

Demoting #70002

[francoisl]

Confirmed the following blockers are resolved after reverting #69994:

#69986
#69988
#69989
#69990
#70005

Confirmed on staging after CP:
#70129
#69997
#69995
#70001

#70008 not repro, demoted
#70020 confirmed fixed by 70039
#70017 fixed by #70071
#70053 was confirmed by Applause, checking
#69992 repro on production, demoting
#70004 is no longer repro, checking 68311

#69984 is not a blocker, checking #69355

#69603 - tagged internal engineer for QA, checking off
#69532 - tagged internal employee, TBD
#69738 failing on known issues, checking off

#70148 tested internally, checking it with #69998 and #70057