Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-03-19

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Release Version: 9.3.41-4
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: [Web] Focus restoration mechanism on back navigation (#76921) #79834
• Upgrade React Native to v0.83 #79962
• fix: Animation: Many Pages: The displayed animation cannot be stopped or paused #80454
• fix: Color: Onboarding: The status of the progress bar relies only on the use of color #80460
• [No QA] Update Share-a-Business-Bank-Account.md #81350
• Fix ExpensiMark formatting display in MODIFIEDEXPENSE messages #82057
• Migrate ShareTab from useOptionsList to useFilteredOptions #82509
• fix: android - save button floats in center of the screen after edit #82536
• fix: the input field is announced without entered value #82651
• [No QA] ci: Add Sentry build size analysis #82952
• Fix: Reports RHP briefly opens then closes when accessing expense details #83034
• Align device and in-app back navigation in "Paid" filter section #83154
• Prevent OD api calls during SSO sign out #83440
• refactor getSections to use conciergeReportID from useOnyx #83814
• Perf: skip reportAttributes full recompute on initial locale load #83828
• Refactor search functionality to improve loading state handling #83917
• [No QA][Part 3g] Remove Onyx.connect from ModifiedExpenseMessage #83931
• Fix double-computation of requiresAttentionFromCurrentUser in LHN filter loop #84005
• [No QA] perf: Isolate GPS wait from ManualCreateExpenseSubmit telemetry span #84415
• Expense - Duplicate not resolve when admin "Keep this one" for duplicated expenses on 2 reports #84476
• fix: resolve deploy blockers and add hover/tooltip to receipt action buttons #84497
• perf: remove draftTransactions collection subscriptions from expense creation flow #84601
• Add screen reader focus to emoji category shortcuts #84629
• [NO QA] Remove ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT_VIOLATIONS #84673
• [Sentry] enable android profiling #84708
• Fix distance rate not selected after creating new rate from self DM #84850
• Fix ReferralProgramCTA close button accessibility label #84970
• [CP Staging] Revert "Create a flow to replace the user's two-factor device" #85001
• refactor findPreviousAction and findNextAction to use isOffline from useOnyx #85022
• [No QA] Refine card expense and reconciliation help articles #85023
• Fix/67778 final #85024
• migrate REPORT_SETTINGS_VISIBILITY #85111
• Bring back Replace Two Factor Device Flow #85134
• Fix: Surface specific payment error from backend instead of generic fallback #85154
• Show the date picker modal on focus #85181
• fix: current active menu button not getting announced in settings profile page #85193
• follow up: GBR appears when there is report field error #85199
• Hide member 2FA toggle when domain 2FA is not enabled #85241
• [No QA] merge main with my branch  #85286
• Migrated RoomInvitePage.tsx from useOptionsList to usePersonalDetailOptions #85344
• [No QA] Make reasonAttributes mandatory #85348
• [NO QA] Track when we show the scan test tooltip #85409
• [No QA] fix: Downgrade some navigation warn logs to hmm #85422
• [Odometer] Photo is not cropped after saving cropped photo #85438
• [NoQA] Removed ConvertPolicyChatReportIDsToString migration #85439
• Normalize odometer input to reject non-numeric characters #85483
• Use ActivityIndicator in BaseLegalNamePage #85516
• Replace FullScreenLoadingIndicator with ActivityIndicator in WorkspacesListPage #85518
• Replace FullScreenLoadingIndicator with ActivityIndicator in NewReportWorkspaceSelectionPage #85519
• fix: Display the validity dates in the card RHP for Single-use cards #85524
• Navigate to Home instead of Inbox from NotFoundPage #85526
• fix: 85431 Improve animations for flows using useSubPage #85531
• fix: Assignee avatar is inconsistent in task & assignee page #85539
• Bump FlashList to v2.3.0 #85541
• [No QA] fix: add span lifecycle cleanup for ManualNavigateToInboxTab #85542
• Update country and state when the draft is updated #85547
• Fix Next button is unresponsive after going online on Manually add BA page #85559
• [Odometer] Unexpected error when submit expense with image #85574
• Re-add missing CSV member import column mapping options with scroll fix #85575
• [No QA] Add disabled reimbursements next step test #85587
• [No QA] Merge main into my branch  #85610
• Preserve disabled category/tag/taxCode during duplicate resolution #85612
• Pass userBillingGraceEndPeriods from useOnyx in QuickCreationActionsBar & EmptySearchView #85617
• [No QA] Remove unused policy alertMessage #85621
• Web - Expense - Stray "0" displayed in expense details panel for User B  #85622
• Remove getAdminPolicies usage from createWorkspace #85636
• [No QA] Update explanation for account name match failure #85644
• fix: Reports - Keyboard navigation does not work at the first/last item of Column list #85662
• [Home Page][V2] Time Sensitive - User Needs To Validate Account + fixes #85674
• [No QA] Make reasonAttributes required #85680
• [No QA][Sentry] Disable unnecessary logs #85694
• Part 8 - Thread betas through navigateToAndOpenReportWithAccountIDs #85707
• [NoQA] Rename const that had a typo in its name #85713
• Fix : Assign new cards - Assign new cards tab with infinite spinner #85717
• [NoQA] fix: Downgrade Onyx to v3.0.45 to resolve deploy blockers [1/2] #85766
• [CP Staging] Revert "fix: [Web] Focus restoration mechanism on back navigation (#76921)" #85887
• Revert "Fix distance rate not selected after creating new rate from self DM" #85890
• [CP Staging] Revert "[NO QA] Track when we show the scan test tooltip" #85934
• [CP Staging] Fix deploy blocker #85985
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #85985 to staging 🍒 #86077

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13823
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13872
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13893

Internal QA:

• Fix canEditMoneyRequest for policies with Dynamic External Workflow #85495 - @yuwenmemon

Deploy Blockers:

• IOU - Pressing Enter after pressing Enter on Merchant opens Merchant instead of creating expense #85866
• Chat - Skeleton loader appears when refreshing app #85867
• Report field & Taxes - Name field auto throws error #85868
• Troubleshoot - Blank page opens when opening test tools via CMD+D #85871
• Onboarding - Onboarding modal is aligned to top #85872
• Reports - Blue highlight navigates separately from keyboard arrow selection #85873
• Reports - Blue highlight appears on divider between LHN & central pane after closing report with ESC #85874
• [Due for payment 2026-03-31] Android - Composer - "Write something" is stuck to the top of the composer #85877
• Web - Expense - To field is highlighted after returning to confirm page #85878
• [Due for payment 2026-04-02] Distance - Confirm page auto selects distance rate instead of showing "Rate not valid" #85879
• Expense-Category has a blue frame on confirmation page when selected via search #85881
• Reports - Pagination does not appear after moving expense to a new report #85884
• Categories/tags - The list auto scroll when deleting one item from the category/tag/member lists #85886
• IOU - Page jumps when Hold expense #85888
• [$250] Attachment - Keyboard doesn't close after entering password of protected PDF #85889
• mWeb - Onboarding - App freezes when create new account #85895
• Web - Workflows - Workflow preview is not entirely clickable #85896
• [Due for payment 2026-03-31] [Due for payment 2026-03-30] Expense - App crashed when tap on "Try it out" button #85926
• Web - SSO - Unable to sign out #85937
• Expense - Wrong attachment size limit is shown when uploading from add receipt button #85953
• [Due for payment 2026-03-31] [Due for payment 2026-03-30] mWeb - Create Expense - “Hmm It's Not Here” page appears after deleting an expense #85954
• mWeb - Create Expense - “Hmm It's Not Here” page appears after deleting an expense. #85961

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. [CP Staging] Revert "Create a flow to replace the user's two-factor device" #85001
2. [No QA] merge main with my branch  #85286
3. [No QA] Merge main into my branch  #85610
4. [No QA] Make reasonAttributes mandatory #85348
5. Migrated RoomInvitePage.tsx from useOptionsList to usePersonalDetailOptions #85344
6. refactor findPreviousAction and findNextAction to use isOffline from useOnyx #85022
7. fix: Display the validity dates in the card RHP for Single-use cards #85524
8. fix: Assignee avatar is inconsistent in task & assignee page #85539
9. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to e8d9bf4 — Adhoc Build
   ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13893
10. Update country and state when the draft is updated #85547
11. Migrate ShareTab from useOptionsList to useFilteredOptions #82509
12. fix: the input field is announced without entered value #82651
13. [No QA] Add disabled reimbursements next step test #85587
14. Perf: skip reportAttributes full recompute on initial locale load #83828
15. Show the date picker modal on focus #85181
16. fix: resolve deploy blockers and add hover/tooltip to receipt action buttons #84497
17. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-1 — Adhoc Build
18. Refactor search functionality to improve loading state handling #83917
19. [No QA] Update Share-a-Business-Bank-Account.md #81350
20. fix: Animation: Many Pages: The displayed animation cannot be stopped or paused #80454
21. Fix canEditMoneyRequest for policies with Dynamic External Workflow #85495
22. Fix ExpensiMark formatting display in MODIFIEDEXPENSE messages #82057
23. [NO QA] Track when we show the scan test tooltip #85409
24. Bring back Replace Two Factor Device Flow #85134
25. [No QA] Make reasonAttributes required #85680
26. [No QA] ci: Add Sentry build size analysis #82952
27. perf: remove draftTransactions collection subscriptions from expense creation flow #84601
28. Replace FullScreenLoadingIndicator with ActivityIndicator in WorkspacesListPage #85518
29. Replace FullScreenLoadingIndicator with ActivityIndicator in NewReportWorkspaceSelectionPage #85519
30. Prevent OD api calls during SSO sign out #83440
31. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 7c10bda — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13872
32. Hide member 2FA toggle when domain 2FA is not enabled #85241
33. Fix: Reports RHP briefly opens then closes when accessing expense details #83034
34. [No QA] perf: Isolate GPS wait from ManualCreateExpenseSubmit telemetry span #84415
35. Use ActivityIndicator in BaseLegalNamePage #85516
36. Web - Expense - Stray "0" displayed in expense details panel for User B  #85622
37. Fix: Surface specific payment error from backend instead of generic fallback #85154
38. Re-add missing CSV member import column mapping options with scroll fix #85575
39. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-2 — Adhoc Build
40. [Odometer] Photo is not cropped after saving cropped photo #85438
41. [No QA] Refine card expense and reconciliation help articles #85023
42. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-3 — Adhoc Build
43. Navigate to Home instead of Inbox from NotFoundPage #85526
44. Fix : Assign new cards - Assign new cards tab with infinite spinner #85717
45. [No QA] Update explanation for account name match failure #85644
46. [NoQA] Rename const that had a typo in its name #85713
47. fix: current active menu button not getting announced in settings profile page #85193
48. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-4 — Adhoc Build
49. [No QA][Sentry] Disable unnecessary logs #85694
50. [No QA][Part 3g] Remove Onyx.connect from ModifiedExpenseMessage #83931
51. Bump FlashList to v2.3.0 #85541
52. [No QA] fix: add span lifecycle cleanup for ManualNavigateToInboxTab #85542
53. Fix Next button is unresponsive after going online on Manually add BA page #85559
54. refactor getSections to use conciergeReportID from useOnyx #83814
55. fix: [Web] Focus restoration mechanism on back navigation (#76921) #79834
56. [NoQA] fix: Downgrade Onyx to v3.0.45 to resolve deploy blockers [1/2] #85766
57. migrate REPORT_SETTINGS_VISIBILITY #85111
58. Part 8 - Thread betas through navigateToAndOpenReportWithAccountIDs #85707
59. Fix ReferralProgramCTA close button accessibility label #84970
60. [No QA] fix: Downgrade some navigation warn logs to hmm #85422
61. Fix/67778 final #85024
62. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-5 — Adhoc Build
63. Upgrade React Native to v0.83 #79962
64. fix: Reports - Keyboard navigation does not work at the first/last item of Column list #85662
65. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-6 — Adhoc Build
66. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-7 — Adhoc Build
67. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-8 — Adhoc Build
68. Remove getAdminPolicies usage from createWorkspace #85636
69. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to d3345e3 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13823
70. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-9 — Adhoc Build
71. Preserve disabled category/tag/taxCode during duplicate resolution #85612
72. [No QA] Remove unused policy alertMessage #85621
73. [Home Page][V2] Time Sensitive - User Needs To Validate Account + fixes #85674
74. follow up: GBR appears when there is report field error #85199
75. fix: 85431 Improve animations for flows using useSubPage #85531
76. Align device and in-app back navigation in "Paid" filter section #83154
77. fix: android - save button floats in center of the screen after edit #82536
78. Pass userBillingGraceEndPeriods from useOnyx in QuickCreationActionsBar & EmptySearchView #85617
79. Fix double-computation of requiresAttentionFromCurrentUser in LHN filter loop #84005
80. [NoQA] Removed ConvertPolicyChatReportIDsToString migration #85439
81. Normalize odometer input to reject non-numeric characters #85483
82. [Odometer] Unexpected error when submit expense with image #85574
83. Fix distance rate not selected after creating new rate from self DM #84850
84. Add screen reader focus to emoji category shortcuts #84629
85. [Sentry] enable android profiling #84708
86. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-10 — Adhoc Build
87. fix: Color: Onboarding: The status of the progress bar relies only on the use of color #80460
88. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.40-11 — Adhoc Build
89. [NO QA] Remove ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT_VIOLATIONS #84673
90. Expense - Duplicate not resolve when admin "Keep this one" for duplicated expenses on 2 reports #84476
91. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-0 — Adhoc Build
92. Revert "Fix distance rate not selected after creating new rate from self DM" #85890
93. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-1 — b66b295
94. [CP Staging] Revert "fix: [Web] Focus restoration mechanism on back navigation (#76921)" #85887
95. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-2 — 443cd7d
96. [CP Staging] Revert "[NO QA] Track when we show the scan test tooltip" #85934
97. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-3 — eee26d4
98. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-4 — ef485ff
99. [CP Staging] Fix deploy blocker #85985
100. 🍒 Cherry pick PR #85985 to staging 🍒 #86077

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.
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[mvtglobally]

Regression progress is at 51%

PRs Failing:
#84497 on Web (#84356)
#85199 on Web (#82676)

PRs Untested:
Several still pending validation: Web 11 | Android 30 | iOS 46

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is already completed, just several steps are left

PRs Failing:
#82057 failed on Native apps with #85904
#84497 failed on Web with an original issue, comment
#85199 failed with #82676
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13872 failed on iOS with an original issue, comment

PRs Untested:
#85717 PR was reverted, comment. Can we check it off?

Several PRs are still pending validation: Web 6 | Android 5 | iOS 20

[mvtglobally]

Regression is 99% complete

PRs Failing:
#79834 - Pending validation on Web
#79962 - Steps refer to a full regression. Are we ok to check it off?
#82057 failed on Native apps with #85904. repro in PROD. checking off
#83440 - failing because of the issue #85937
#84497 failed on Web with an #84356, #84497 (comment), #85953
#85199 failed with #82676
#85519 (comment) - Can you please check internally?
#85717 (comment) - Checking off
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13872 failed on iOS with an #83056, https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13872#issuecomment-4097395417

PRs Untested:
#83814 - Validating intermittent issue.
#83828 - Pending validation on IOS
#83917 - Pending validation on IOS
#84005 - Pending validation on IOS
#85241 - Pending validation on IOS
#85483 - Pending validation on IOS
#85531 - Pending validation on IOS
#85547 - Pending validation on IOS
#85574 - Pending validation on IOS
#85575 - Pending validation on IOS

Several PRs are still pending validation: Web 2 | Android 1 | iOS 13

Following critical test cases are failing:
Account Settings - TC failing with KI - Security - 2FA - Activate 2FA - Log in with account that activated 2FA #84849
Login - TC failing with KI - #76229
Onboarding - TC failing with KI - #84839
Travel - TC Failing with KI - #85944
Onboarding - TC failingwith KI - #85895