Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-03-16

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Release Version: 9.3.38-4
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• fix: the mentioned room is not highlighted in policy profile page #55846
• fix: Not here page shown when navigate to Per Diem from the workspace editor #82196
• fix: selecting multiple messages doesn't work as expected #82507
• Fix: Associate error message with form field for screen readers #82964
• Multi-level categories with colons are shown with hierarchical indent… #83200
• Refactor ConfirmModal usage to useConfirmModal in Discard change modal #83297
• refactor: IOURequestStepScan clean-up, phase 3: Consolidate isMobile() and add useDragAndDropSupport #83380
• Extend useDocumentTitle hook to all remaining pages #83388
• [Part 3c] Pass policyTags to getLastMessageTextForReport from getAlternateText and createOption #83545
• [Odometer] Image stitching #83556
• Check policy feature flags instead of card feeds for require company … #83696
• Fix : Not able to focus on main composer while edit composer is open. #83824
• Clear stale bankAccountID when starting new bank account setup #83893
• Show Submit/Approve/Pay options when all expenses within a report are selected #84077
• [No QA] Update article and rename TravelPerk.md to Perk.md #84223
• Migrate workspace address payload to discrete fields #84380
• Add caching for images with authentication on web #84409
• Refactor: Deprecate getPolicy (part 18) #84487
• Refactor: make changeMoneyRequestHoldStatus pure function receive iouTransaction #84507
• [Final PR]refactor: remove the module-level SESSION Onyx connection #84508
• Fix focus not landing on first item when search query is cleared #84597
• [NoQA] Removed RenameEmojiSkinTone migration #84607
• Filter time expenses from workspaces with disabled time tracking #84655
• Fix Not Here page after removing split expense #84656
• refactor navigateToAndOpenReport to use isSelfTourViewed from useOnyx #84710
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator in settings pages #84711
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator in ReimbursementAccount #84712
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usage sites (Subscription + Wallet) #84713
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usage sites #84715
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usages in workspace pages #84717
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usage sites #84719
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to ActivityIndicator usages #84724
• [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to ActivityIndicator usage sites #84727
• Filter recent waypoints with missing coordinates to prevent Null Island error #84795
• Hide InteractiveStepSubHeader from assistive technology #84824
• fix: Amount is out of view when max number of digits #84851
• [No QA] Update Set-Up-and-Manage-the-Expensify-Card.md #84862
• [Home Page][V2] Time Sensitive - User Needs To Validate Account #84923
• Pass userBillingGracePeriods to shouldRestrictUserBillableActions in ReportChangeWorkspacePage #85028
• Refactor Sage Intacct and NetSuite connection checks to useOnyx #85029
• Part 6 - Thread betas through getGuidedSetupDataForOpenReport to prepareOnboardingOnyxData #85039
• Refactor: isolate setContactMethodAsDefault from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY #85046
• [NO QA] Add Propagation of Derived Parameters to Dynamic Routes State #85079
• Remove Policy.setWorkspaceErrors #85086
• Add AI Etiquette document #85129
• Add null checks for rail PNR journey data to prevent crash #85143
• [No QA] Fix jest tests - job7 and job8 #85147
• [NoQA] fix: settlement frequency API call when value is not changed #85153
• [No QA] Update reviewer bot to reference helpsite governance files  #85172
• Revert "Respect mute preference for iOS foreground notification sounds" #85264
• [NO QA] Update PAYMENT_VIA_EXPENSIFY.md #85267
• [No QA] Fix flaky IOURequestStepConfirmationPageTest by mocking getCurrentPosition #85329
• [CP Staging] Revert: fix selecting multiple messages (PR \#82507) #85366
• [CP Staging] fix: add exactlyMatch to workspace description mention context #85369
• Revert "Multi-level categories with colons are shown with hierarchical indent…" #85433
• [CP Staging] Revert "[Home Page][V2] Time Sensitive - User Needs To Validate Account" #85520

Deploy Blockers:

• Tab name does not persist after changing section and back to the previous section #85352
• Category - Category appears as disabled when the category is A: B: #85357
• Expense - Expense report RHP shows empty space above expense details #85358
• Category - Parent category is disabled when selected #85359
• Category - Subcategory with empty parent can be created #85361
• [Due for payment 2026-03-25] Workspace - Non-existing room mention shows green highlight after saving description #85363
• Category - Parent category is separated from subcategories when searched #85364
• [$250] Odometer - Photo is not cropped after saving cropped photo #85365
• [CP Staging] Revert: fix selecting multiple messages (PR \#82507) #85366
• Odometer - Removed photo is shown on confirm page when it is removed from Distance page #85368
• Home - Validate account widget appears for a user with validated account #85391
• Odometer - Unexpected error when submit expense with image #85405
• Android - Expense - After navigating back from the Workspace Chat, the “Not here” page appears #85408
• Report - "Pay" options are not disabled in selection mode while offline. #85413
• Chat - Website crashes after deleting a comment #85424

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. Hide InteractiveStepSubHeader from assistive technology #84824
2. Add AI Etiquette document #85129
3. Refactor ConfirmModal usage to useConfirmModal in Discard change modal #83297
4. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to ActivityIndicator usages #84724
5. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator in ReimbursementAccount #84712
6. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator in settings pages #84711
7. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to ActivityIndicator usage sites #84727
8. fix: Not here page shown when navigate to Per Diem from the workspace editor #82196
9. Check policy feature flags instead of card feeds for require company … #83696
10. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usage sites #84719
11. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usage sites #84715
12. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usage sites (Subscription + Wallet) #84713
13. [No QA] Update reviewer bot to reference helpsite governance files  #85172
14. Add null checks for rail PNR journey data to prevent crash #85143
15. [Home Page][V2] Time Sensitive - User Needs To Validate Account #84923
16. refactor: IOURequestStepScan clean-up, phase 3: Consolidate isMobile() and add useDragAndDropSupport #83380
17. [No QA] Fix jest tests - job7 and job8 #85147
18. Pass userBillingGracePeriods to shouldRestrictUserBillableActions in ReportChangeWorkspacePage #85028
19. Show Submit/Approve/Pay options when all expenses within a report are selected #84077
20. [No QA] Update Set-Up-and-Manage-the-Expensify-Card.md #84862
21. Refactor: make changeMoneyRequestHoldStatus pure function receive iouTransaction #84507
22. Part 6 - Thread betas through getGuidedSetupDataForOpenReport to prepareOnboardingOnyxData #85039
23. [NoQA] fix: settlement frequency API call when value is not changed #85153
24. fix: the mentioned room is not highlighted in policy profile page #55846
25. [Final PR]refactor: remove the module-level SESSION Onyx connection #84508
26. Fix Not Here page after removing split expense #84656
27. Multi-level categories with colons are shown with hierarchical indent… #83200
28. Fix focus not landing on first item when search query is cleared #84597
29. Filter time expenses from workspaces with disabled time tracking #84655
30. Refactor: Deprecate getPolicy (part 18) #84487
31. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-1 — Adhoc Build
32. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-2 — Adhoc Build
33. Refactor: isolate setContactMethodAsDefault from Onyx.connect ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.POLICY #85046
34. [Part 3c] Pass policyTags to getLastMessageTextForReport from getAlternateText and createOption #83545
35. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-3 — Adhoc Build
36. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-4 — Adhoc Build
37. [Odometer] Image stitching #83556
38. Add caching for images with authentication on web #84409
39. Fix : Not able to focus on main composer while edit composer is open. #83824
40. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-5 — Adhoc Build
41. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-6 — Adhoc Build
42. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-7 — Adhoc Build
43. Clear stale bankAccountID when starting new bank account setup #83893
44. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-8 — Adhoc Build
45. Filter recent waypoints with missing coordinates to prevent Null Island error #84795
46. Extend useDocumentTitle hook to all remaining pages #83388
47. [NoQA] Removed RenameEmojiSkinTone migration #84607
48. fix: selecting multiple messages doesn't work as expected #82507
49. [No QA] Update article and rename TravelPerk.md to Perk.md #84223
50. fix: Amount is out of view when max number of digits #84851
51. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-9 — Adhoc Build
52. Revert "Respect mute preference for iOS foreground notification sounds" #85264
53. Migrate workspace address payload to discrete fields #84380
54. [NO QA] Update PAYMENT_VIA_EXPENSIFY.md #85267
55. [No QA] Add reasonAttributes to FullscreenLoadingIndicator usages in workspace pages #84717
56. [NO QA] Add Propagation of Derived Parameters to Dynamic Routes State #85079
57. Fix: Associate error message with form field for screen readers #82964
58. [No QA] Fix flaky IOURequestStepConfirmationPageTest by mocking getCurrentPosition #85329
59. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.37-10 — Adhoc Build
60. Refactor Sage Intacct and NetSuite connection checks to useOnyx #85029
61. Remove Policy.setWorkspaceErrors #85086
62. refactor navigateToAndOpenReport to use isSelfTourViewed from useOnyx #84710
63. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.38-0 — Adhoc Build
64. Revert "Multi-level categories with colons are shown with hierarchical indent…" #85433
65. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.38-1 — b3250ab
66. [CP Staging] fix: add exactlyMatch to workspace description mention context #85369
67. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.38-2 — df795d4
68. [CP Staging] Revert: fix selecting multiple messages (PR \#82507) #85366
69. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.38-3 — aa58e92
70. [CP Staging] Revert "[Home Page][V2] Time Sensitive - User Needs To Validate Account" #85520
71. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.38-4 — b664426

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Sentry 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 Sentry for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. Because mobile deploys use a phased rollout, completing this checklist will deploy the previous release version to 100% of users. 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 57%

PRs Failing:
#83388 on Web with #85352
#83556 on Android with #85405
#83893 on Web and Android with #85398
#84077 on Web #85413
#84409 on iOS #83112
#84508 on Web #85358
#84656 on Android #85408
#84923 on Web

PRs Untested:
Few PRs pending validation on different platforms

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression progress is at 95%

PRs Failing:
#83388 failed on Web with #85352
#83556 faced on Android with #85405
#83893 faced with #85398
#84077 failed with #85413, closed as WAD
#84409 failed on iOS with original issue, comment
#84508 faced on Web with #85358
#84656 faced with #85408
#84923 faced on Web with #85391

PRs Untested:
#83893 pending validation on iOS
#84487 pending validation on iOS
#84655 pending validation on iOS
#84923 pending validation on iOS
#85039 pending validation on iOS
#85143 pending validation on all
#85264 pending validation on Android

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is completed

PRs Failing:
#83388 failed on Web with #85352
#83556 faced on Android with #85405
#83893 faced with #85398
#84077 failed with #85413, closed as WAD
#84409 failed on iOS with original issue, comment
#84508 faced on Web with #85358
#84656 faced with #85408
#84923 faced on Web with #85391, blocked on iOS because of #84849
#85143 faced on Android with #85462

[cristipaval]