Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-01-28

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Release Version: 9.3.11-17
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:

• Update approval-mode changes to refresh submitted report next steps #75090
• Show confirmation modal for distance rate error and block expense split #75984
• Fix: When auto-reporting is disabled, user cannot submit expense to 1:1 DM from FAB #77149
• Fix - Expense - Missing Add expense button when report is created offline on instant submission #77976
• Fix/74569 - Deleting IOU's in bulk shows empty report briefly #78271
• Improve UX for scanned receipts on Reports #78301
• Show Submit/Approve/Pay actions for selected transactions when all expenses are selected #78426
• fix: show map receipt full hight in Wide RHP #78980
• Add DEW support for approve action #79165
• fix: Refetch expanded group data on toggle to prevent stale transactions after date edits #79207
• fix: Delete option is not available in group-by filter #79280
• perf: Add NON_PERSONAL_AND_WORKSPACE_CARD_LIST derived value #79347
• fix: refactor modals part 2 (DisablePage, EnabledPage, LockAccountPage, InitialSettingsPage) #79550
• Fix/77133 - Duplicate Expense created after merging expenses on Reports #79554
• Feat: existing personal cards #79562
• Clear GPS data upon expense submission #79658
• Support displaying a pending state in the report status for To-Do search results when an action is pending #79736
• [NoQA] Feature: Travel Invoicing - Release 2.3: Update Settlement Account Flow #79809
• fix: Expense-Keep this one option doesn't resolve duplicates in trackmap expense #79871
• [No QA] Add dot at the end of broken cc import message #79905
• Fix company cards endless skeleton for domain feeds #79937
• Fix/74127 Invoicify related bugs #79950
• refactor initMoneyRequest #79960
• [No QA] HelpDot: add New Expensify domain admins doc (Release 1) #79989
• Fix uber infinite loading button #79997
• Refactor: isolate importPolicyMembers from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY #80008
• Refactor: isolate removeMembers from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY #80015
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.NVP_RECENT_WAYPOINTS from updateMoneyRequestDistance function  #80037
• Fix Android waypoint jumping when dragging starts #80068
• fix: Violations are not visible on expense preview on Top Spenders section #80074
• Refactor: isolate buildUpdateWorkspaceMembersRoleOnyxData from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY #80109
• Cleanup platform specifics from hermes build #80110
• Update Say hello! to Ask me anything! in Conceirge in all languages #80172
• [No QA] Virtual CFO: Create NewExpensify/hubs/Insights and View-the-Top-Spenders-report.md #80181
• Update transaction date update flow #80184
• Fix split input and show a warning when the split total exceeds the original transaction #80188
• Fix missing tag violation not shown for first expense #80190
• Refactor ContextProviders with AI #80196
• refactor getMemberInviteOptions #80201
• Refactor: isolate buildAddMembersToWorkspaceOnyxData from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY #80221
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.NVP_RECENT_WAYPOINTS from trackExpense function #80237
• [Part 6]Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/actions/Report.ts  #80242
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.NVP_RECENT_WAYPOINTS from createDistanceRequest function #80248
• Filter by subsidiary for journal entries tax posting account #80260
• [No QA] Create and update Automatic Report Submissions docs  #80296
• [No QA] [NO QA] Stephanieelliott patch 26 #80297
• fix: update export icons to use the colored versions #80311
• fix: Self DM appears twice in Recents section #80316
• [CP Staging] Revert #78634  #80318
• Make EditReportFieldDropdown use new SelectionListWithSections #80321
• Fix/79181 - "Pay with business account" option reappears in IOU preview after user re-login. #80330
• Create Time Tracking settings page #80331
• Refactor: isolate updateDescription from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT #80336
• Reverted new Onyx Derived Value VISIBLE_REPORT_ACTIONS, blockers fix #80343
• [No QA] Change report:newStatus export formula to report:displaystatus #80402
• fix: company card - 3 Dot menu is still clickable in offline mode #80439
• Can't send message on Android when Talkback is enabled #80446
• fix: user can select revoked admin while offline #80465
• Fix Manual/Scan tab buttons clipping at bottom in Create Expense flow #80472
• Make TagPicker use new SelectionListWithSections #80477
• Make AddDelegatePage use new SelectionListWithSections #80484
• Make WorkspaceWorkflowsPayerPage use new SelectionListWithSections #80488
• [HomePage] Foundation: Add Home Navigation (1/2) - Core #80504
• [Suggested Follow-ups][R1] Render follow‑up buttons + optimistic resolution in App #80539
• feat: add view parameter to search query grammar #80541
• Create merchant rule #80545
• [Sprint] [CSV Card Import] Properly display CSV cards in Newdot #80556
• [No QA] Prioritize workspace expenses over individual expenses #80558
• [NO QA] Add an “applied a workspace rule” system message in expense details #80562
• [No QA] Implement Revoke Access logic #80570
• [No QA][Home Page] Foundation: Add Home Navigation (2/2) - Rename the home directory to inbox #80571
• Bump onyx to 3.0.32 #80574
• Fix missing key console error when opening the copilot popover #80578
• Support groupBy:month and date:year-to-date in Search #80584
• Refactor: isolate removeFromRoom from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT #80595
• fix Company cards - RHP closes when navigating back from export option hyperlink #80607
• Fix wrong avatar shown after submitting report in Self DM #80611
• Fix navigation to transaction details when GPS distance is 0 #80612
• Fix SearchMoneyRequestReport page calls openReport at least once #80613
• Make CategoryPicker use new SelectionListWithSections #80623
• [No QA] IOURequestStepScan clean-up, Phase 1: Add comprehensive test coverage for multi-scan receipt handling #80628
• [No QA] Docs: Remove the retain channel from Onboard/Offboard issue template #80633
• fix: Imported contacts do not appear in the contact list #80634
• Add group-by:tag #80638
• [Sprint] Release 3.1 - Creating a new Personal Card Feed #80648
• Add basic rule management: edit + delete #80655
• [NoQA] Update the xero referral link #80657
• feat: implement SearchBarChart component #80658
• perf: use lookup maps and for-in loops for faster data access #80660
• [NoQA] Increase the max warnings count #80667
• feat: [Insights] [Release 2] Top Merchants - Add group-by:merchant and suggested search #80672
• [No QA] Add personalCardImport beta #80681
• Add support for groupBy week in Search #80684
• [No QA] Update E/App version #80694
• [No QA] Bump Mobile-Expensify submodule to 9.3.10-2 #80695
• [NO QA] Create HOW_TO_BECOME_A_BACKEND_CONTRIBUTOR.md #80699
• [No QA] Add ReportAction in NewDot for PLAIDBALANCEFAILURE #80700
• [Home Page][Bug] Two Nav Bars shown on inbox page on desktop #80701
• [No QA] Fix runtime crash #80702
• [Home Page] Display Topbar on Home Page #80704
• [Suggested Follow-ups][R2] Disable onboarding completion list when landing in #admins #80707
• [No QA] use getpersonalDetailByEmail in getAccountIDsByLogins #80717
• Perf: Split WideRHPContext into State and Actions #80726
• Fix that user couldn't open controls on android #80728
• feat: Add frontend error for card feed backend load issue (AFTER REVERT) #80734
• Update parser files for group-by:tag #80737
• Remove scopeTagsEnricher middleware from the telemetry #80746
• [No QA] Address follow-up feedback on MFA Revoke #80752
• [No QA] Correct MobileExpensify version #80753
• [NO QA] Add preview expenses to merchant rules #80758
• [No QA] Add support for SETTLEMENTACCOUNTLOCKED actions #80764
• Add support for view:line and view:pie #80768
• [No QA] [ECUK In-App 3DS] Add NSFaceIDUsageDescription Info.plist entry #80770
• [No QA] Update API param names #80771
• Fix badly merged branch in #80237 PR #80775
• Improve merchant matching robustness by adding Match type options: Is exactly & Contains #80778
• Add view selector to search with group-by #80779
• [Suggested Follow-ups][R1] Update the buttons styling & refactor #80782
• Support groupBy:year and groupBy:quarter in the App #80800
• [Home Page] Create DiscoverSection Component #80807
• [CP staging] Fix colon escaping for group by tag #80820
• [CP Staging] Revert "Add support for groupBy week in Search" #80824
• [Home Page] Create ForYouSection Component #80829
• fix: regression fixes for Top Categories (#80668, #80709) #80830
• Add support for groupBy week in Search - v2 #80833
• feat: [Insights] Extend Year to date to the other date filters #80835
• lint: require sentryLabel on new pressables #80841
• Add a duplicate warning to prevent accidental conflicting rules #80847
• [CP Staging] fix: Delete option is missing for unreported expense #80848
• Allow admins to apply rule changes to existing unsubmitted expenses #80851
• Remove dev lock from merchant rules #80853
• fix: [Insights] Prevent empty limit from polluting query and add description to Limit filter #80867
• Revert "Show Submit/Approve/Pay actions for selected transactions when all expenses are selected" #80871
• [No QA] perf: optimize useTodos hook #80882
• [CP Staging] Fix app crashing when sharing videos on iOS #80884
• [No QA] perf: fix compiler in components that use archivedReportsIdSet #80888
• fix: Expense - Selecting all data report level in offline shows Export in progress #80891
• show Expense Rules tab in Account settings #80915
• [NoQA] Update Mobile-Expensify to 9.3.11-2 #80917
• [Suggested Follow-ups][R3] Implement instant reply + optimistic reconciliation  #80918
• [Sprint] Release 3.3 - Deleting Personal Card Feed #80927
• [Home Page] Create AnnouncementsSection Component  #80931
• [No QA] Add log for credentials changes #80932
• [CP-stag] Removing admins title from payers screen #80933
• [No QA] Bump version to 9.3.11-2 #80935
• [No QA] Better typing for string ops #80936
• Manually bump version to 9.3.11-5 #80938
• Revert "Merge pull request #79073 from callstack-internal/szymonzalarski/sentry/track-memory-usage-in-sentry-attributes" #80950
• [Home Page] [Release 2] Create TimeSensitiveSection Component #80951
• [Home Page] Remove Beta Gate for Release 1 #80965
• feat: patch Victory Native to fix X axis label rendering issues #80967
• [CP Staging] Fix translating you #80973
• [No QA] Include link to workflow run in PolyglotParrot comments #80981
• [CP Staging] Revert "Cleanup platform specifics from hermes build" #80984
• [NoQA] Version bump to v9.3.11-14 #80987
• Fix FE routing for preview expenses #81039
• [Sprint] Release 3.2 - Editing existing Personal Card Feed #81047
• [No QA] Add guidelines for working with Sentry issues #81059
• [No QA] Update Mobile-Expensify submodule version to 9.3.11-15 #81060

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13830
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13832

Internal QA:

• [Home Page] Time Sensitive - Add Card Setup Items #80975 - @mountiny
• [NoQA] Show the AZ status indicator in the admin room #80947 - @inimaga

Deploy Blockers:

• Reports - Delete option is missing for unreported expense #80812
• [Insights] Reports - Expense report does not open #80814
• Reports - Tag row shows X\: Y for tag in X: Y style #80815
• Reports - Missing Group columns in Week filter #80818
• [$250] Reports - Expenses from different merchant grouped with same merchant on "Top Merchants" #80823
• [$250] Reports - Multi tags are separated by colon instead of comma #80826
• [$250] LHN - The chat is in unread status, the deleted message is still shown in LHN #80827
• [Insights] Expenses from individual chat appear in "Top Merchant" section with negative amount #80828
• Users are getting signed out of NewDot #80834
• Android and iOS - “You” label not displayed with selfDM chat #80836
• Native share - Unexpected error appears in chat when sharing an image #80838
• Expense - "Business bank account" is hidden in "Pay with personal account" #80840
• Expenses - Pay options are not disabled when foreign currency expenses are created offline #80842
• Skeleton loader is always shown when opening/refreshing ND #80843
• Tags - Import multi-level tags to workspace is failed #80844
• [Insights] Reports-Expense on Sunday is not displayed in groupby list #80846
• Reports-Search query does not update when click on week group header #80849
• [$250] Report - Skeleton loading when Admin refreshes the page and opens members's report #80850
• Onboarding - User redirected to first modal after page reload #80852
• Reports - RHP briefly opens then closes when accessing the expense details #80854
• Bank account - "Admins" title appears under the payer's name in Payments/ Payer #80856
• Expense - Pay button is still shown in dropdown menu after paying full amount #80859
• [$250] Scan expense-"Attachment ca't be downloaded" error when downloading receipt #80860
• Scan-PDF receipt is not displayed when opened for the first time #80864
• [RCA #80556] Reports - Card field is empty despite having CSV card selected #80865
• Expense - "You're all set!" RHP opens when bulk paying expenses as business #80868
• Reports - CSV card in the saved search shows ID as card name #80896
• [$250] Onboarding -"Register for webinar" appears in the thread header #81069
• Per diem -"Please fix the distance rate error" when spliting per diem expense with invalid rate #81076
• Time expense - Default hourly rate can be emptied #81078
• [$250] Company card - Company cards page loads each time opening it, error when opened offline #81080
• Reports - Week, Year and Quarter column can be unselected #81081
• Reports - Tooltip is cut off at the right end of the chart #81082
• Home - After logging in via public room and opening announcement link, app returns to login #81089
• Merchant rules - No duplicate warning when Merchant is the same with different match type #81090
• Rules - "Apply to existing unsubmitted expenses" does not apply rules to existing expenses #81091
• Onboarding - "This content is blocked" page opens when invited member opens test drive #81092
• Card - Field title shows "Card number", but description shows "Give the card a name" #81093
• Reports - view:bar is not included in the saved search name #81095
• Home - "Pay 1 report" is shown after approver leaves workspace #81096
• LHN - Self DM preview show HTML tags when description has mark down after removing from report #81097
• Reports - Clicking on amounts on the left side of chart on "Bar" view, leads to an expense #81099
• Expensify Card - Expensify Card subtitle shows expensify-policy.exfy instead of workspace name #81101
• LHN - "Owes 0,00" remains displayed on chat preview on LHN after deleting an empty report. #81102
• Report - Invisible report created if submitting track expense to WS with "Create report" rule #81103
• Rerun - Wallet - Card display name does not appear when opened for the first time after import #81104
• LHN - Expense report preview shows system message instead of latest message in LHN #81106
• Rules - Rules are not applied to all merchants after saving merchant with an asterisk (*) #81107
• Web - Reports - "Pie" and "Line" autocomplete options not displayed #81108
• Login - Unable to sign in with magic link #81109
• Reports - Deleted expense is still visible on chart on "Bar" view mode. #81110
• Expense - In view:bar, rupee symbol is not displayed correctly. #81112
• Rules - Merchant rule is still applied when Rules are disabled #81119
• Rules-Merchant Rule created in offline is not greyed out & strikethrough when deleted #81138
• Rules - Merchant Rule with special characters saved without error but disappeared later #81140
• Time - Default hourly rate shows decimals in VND when VND does not support decimals #81142

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

[lakchote]

Demoted #80828 (comment)

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression progress is at 96%

PRs Failing:
#79960 faced with #80838
#80611 faced on Native apps with #80836
#80612 failed on Android with an original issue, comment
#80613 faced on Web and iOS with #80814
#80638 faced with #80854
#80672 failed with #80828 and #80823
#80684 failed with #80846 and #80849
#80775 faced on Native apps with #80836

PRs Untested:
#78426 pending validation on Native apps
#79073 pending validation on all, waiting for the full regression to be completed
#79950 pending validation on Native apps
#80196 pending validation on all, waiting for the full regression to be completed
#80330 pending validation on iOS
#80539 pending validation on all
#80545 looks like an internal PR, comment
#80574 pending validation on Android
#80655 pending validation on all
#80655 no merchant section, asked
#80672 pending validation on iOS
#80699 no QA steps, asked
#80726 pending validation on Android
#80737 pending validation on iOS

[lakchote]

Demoted #80849 (comment)

[lakchote]

Demoted #80846 (comment)

[m-natarajan]

Regression completed

PRs Failing:
#78426 failed on iOS with #80814
#79960 faced with #80838
#80611 faced on Native apps with #80836
#80612 failed on Android with an original issue, comment
#80613 faced on Web and iOS with #80814
#80638 faced with #80854
#80672 failed with #80828 and #80823
#80684 failed with #80846 and #80849
#80775 faced on Native apps with #80836

PRs Untested:
#79950 looks like an internal PR #79950 (comment)
#80539 pending validation on all, #80539 (comment)
#80545 looks like an internal PR, #80545 (comment)
#80655 pending validation on all, #80655 (comment)
#80699 no QA steps, #80699 (comment)

[Valforte]

Demoting #80860, reproduceable in prod

[Beamanator]

#80812 fixed by #80848

[inimaga]

Ticked off 80539

[neil-marcellini]

Checking off #80896

[grgia]

Triage for remaining blockers:

QA asked to test fix in review :

• [$250] LHN - The chat is in unread status, the deleted message is still shown in LHN #80827

Fix pushed / Awaiting QA retest from revert:

• Native share - Unexpected error appears in chat when sharing an image #80838
• Scan-PDF receipt is not displayed when opened for the first time #80864
• Tags - Import multi-level tags to workspace is failed #80844

No fix:

• [RCA #80556] Reports - Card field is empty despite having CSV card selected #80865
  • Likely demote