Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-01-05

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.2.93-1
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:

• Upgrade @react-native-community/netinfo to latest. #75864
• Remove BETA_PLAID_COMPANY_CARDS #77205
• Fix expense status badge not appearing until report chat is opened #77350
• [Policy Change Logs] Implement policy change log for: Reports - Changing the default report title #77434
• Old merchant shown on the expense row in the report when edited in Reports #77892
• Allow negative per diem amounts #77974
• fix: Error message after going back online when sharing a picture #78087
• fix: missing error message and x button in failure chat thread #78094
• [Uber for business] Remove the promotional banner #78168
• [NoQA] Split by percentage Refactoring #78237
• Fix/74125 - Details report page is not scrollable #78283
• Remove SearchTransaction > canDelete #78325
• Refactor: isolate deleteAppReport from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.TRANSACTION_VIOLATIONS #78495
• Refactor: isolate updateChatName from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT #78501
• [Part 4]: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.RECENTLY_USED_CURRENCIES in src/libs/actions/Policy/Policy.ts #78516
• [NO QA] Making tags modal clearer #78609
• fix - Confirm page loads infinitely after opening scan shortcut and opening create manual from QAB #78752
• fix: Card column changes to card number and reverts to card name after editing expense #78769
• [NoQA] Fix displayNames in components #78799
• fix "Can't enable workspace Tags feature" #78825
• fix: Add new per diem expense redirects to workspace chat #78827
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix/74125 - Details report page is not scrollable" #78866

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13816

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2026-01-14] [Due for payment 2026-01-13] Report - Only total amount is visible when adding an expense to an empty report #78860

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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[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 58%

Unchecked PRs:
#77350 - pending validation on iOS
#78325 - pending validation on Web
#78769 - pending validation on iOS

[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 91%

PRs Unchecked:
#78325 failing on Web #78863 (Repro in production)

[marcochavezf]

Checked off #78860

[arosiclair]

#78325 checked off - bug is nab

[arosiclair]

@m-natarajan is regression testing complete?

[izarutskaya]

Regression complete.

[arosiclair]

Firebase and GitHub are all 🟢

[arosiclair]

[os-botify]

This issue either has unchecked items or has not yet been marked with the :shipit: emoji of approval.
Reopening!