Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-01-08

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.2.96-6
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:

• Include workspace feed cards too for finding card name for money request views #75637
• fix: show tag validation error when moving expenses between workspaces #76016
• Allow zero-amount expenses - ROUND 4 #77238
• fix: save the scroll position in workspace list screen #77313
• Fix 75496: Android-Chat-using header markdown, typing texts from the third line not fit on composer box #77607
• Fix the From field automatically change to the current user when opening a report from the Reports–Expense page #77731
• Update MoneyRequestView for time expenses #77748
• Support Time expense type in Search #77753
• Remove unnecessary custom types from translations - batch 5 #77786
• refactored ConfirmModal usage to useConfirmModal #77945
• Refactored ConfirmModal usage to useConfirmModal #77950
• Fix LHN: Empty no activity chat appearing in LHN when a report or chat is removed (e.g., by merging two reports or leaving a room, etc) #77961
• Remove unnecessary custom types from translations - batch 6 #78268
• GPS distance request tab - desktop content #78287
• Add missing header back button in Success page #78303
• [No QA] ReportNextStep: Add waitingToSubmit and submittingToSelf #78314
• Bring approval overLimitForwardsTo configuration V2 #78350
• 78309: Added top Spenders default report #78410
• fix: Change copy of system message that generates when a previously uncategorized expense is categorized #78457
• Remove distance rate index translations and fix enabled message copy #78467
• Company card - After resetting card filter, All card is not selected #78470
• fix/78099: Fix spacing between merchant and input #78491
• [NoQA][AI Reviewer] Add rules based on you-might-not-need-an-effect #78563
• fix: Keep this one button opens not here page after deleting split and duplicating expense #78565
• fix: Category no longer valid violation does not appear on expense preview at first #78566
• update shouldAutoFocus #78572
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in ReportActionUtils.ts #78744
• Remove cardholder label from card assignment #78764
• [Part 2] Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.NEXT_STEP in src/libs/actions/IOU.ts #78925
• Remove navigation to Concierge report after app review modal interaction #78934
• fix:78593: Web - Expense - Pressing Enter on no result page proceeds to next page instead of blocking it #78947
• fix console errors #78954
• feat: add close icon to header for concierge chat in desktop #78955
• fix iOS crash when attempting to insert an empty buffer #78976
• [NO QA][Time Tracking] Add params to RequestMoney #78994
• [No QA] remove all desktop-related code #79019
• Refactor: TaskUtils from translateLocal to translate from hook #79023
• [No QA]Update actions/cache and actions/setup-node to latest #79049
• Properly handle distance requests when determining available recipients #79085
• [No QA] [Release 1] [Domain Control] fix: add userToInvite option when adding admin #79089
• Fix personal rule tags #79101
• [No QA] Update version to 9.2.96-0 #79107
• [CP Staging] Revert 79085 & 77238 #79145
• Revert few modals after Refactoring ConfirmModal usage to useConfirmModal in Report and Home pages #79155
• [CP Staging] Revert "Merge pull request #78268 from software-mansion-labs/mrejdak/… #79162
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #79162 to staging 🍒 #79164
• Revert "[Internal QA] Don't count CSV uploads in Classic as a feed in ND" #79206
• Revert 79155 & 77950 #79219
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #79219 to staging 🍒 #79223

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13818

Internal QA:

• [Internal QA] Don't count CSV uploads in Classic as a feed in ND #77117 - @MariaHCD

Deploy Blockers:

• Report - "Cash" is missing next to amount on expense report #79118
• Expense - Unreported expense with 0 amount can be added to IOU report #79124
• Distance - "changed the expense" message is shown after saving 0 mile distance #79125
• Expense - User can click Split expense when split amount is 0.00, which causes error #79126
• Expense - IOU expense amount can be edited to 0 #79127
• Reports - Report details RHP does not close after deleting the expense #79128
• Expense - Unable to delete expense from expense preview #79129
• Workflows - RHP back button on confirm page closes workflow setup #79131
• Workflows - Error shows up when saving workflow when the report limit is not saved #79133
• Distance - No "Unexpected error message" after create invalid address and going online #79135
• Tag - App crashes when import multi-level tags #79136
• Workflows - "Reports above x forward to y" persists when approver is removed from workspace #79142
• Workflow - The removed second approver reappears after navigating back to edit approval page #79151
• Expense - Unable to find recipient when creating scan/ distance expense #79152
• Workflow - Clicking Next with a limit set but no approver does not return to workflow editor #79154
• Reports - Expense that was removed from report, is still displayed on "Top Spenders" section #79158
• Reports - Expense not automatically seen on "Top Spenders" after editing date to last month #79160
• Confirm page reopens when swiping right twice from Confirm page after changing Approver #79167
• Reports-After moving expense to new report on "Top Spenders", menu only shows "Export" option #79170
• Company cards - Infinite loading on Add cards page when adding direct feed #79182
• Travel - User not redirected to "https://staging.travel.expensify.com/" with existing account #79187
• iOS - Expense - Unable to see receipt when open expense offline #79191

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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[JS00001]

Demoted #79133

[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 61%

PRs Failing:
#76016 on Web, iOS and Android ##79136
#77945 on Web and iOS #79129
#78350 on Web,iOS and Android #79151
#78410 on Web, iOS and Android with #79138
#78467 on iOS
#78470 on iOS

[Valforte]

Demoting #79135 and #79118

[arosiclair]

#79136 fixed by #79162

[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 91%

PRs Failing:
#76016 on Web, iOS and Android ##79136
#77945 on Web and iOS #79129
#78350 on Web,iOS and Android #79151
#78410 on Web, iOS and Android with #79138
#78467 on iOS
#78470 on iOS

PRs Untested:
#78268 pending validation on Android and iOS

[arosiclair]

#79124, #79125, #79126, #79127 fixed by #79145

[MariaHCD]

Checked off #77117 as it was already QA'd internally: #77117 (comment)

[mollfpr]

Checked #79152, it's not reproducible anymore.

[JS00001]

Demoted #79110

[JS00001]

Demoted #79142

[JS00001]

Demoted #79167