Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-08-20

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.4.57-2
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: Tax name missing and tax unselected after changing tax code #92750
• Use ActivityIndicator for embedded IOURequestStepConfirmation loading-transaction early return #96825
• Use ActivityIndicator for the IOURequestStepConfirmation scan/loading overlay #96827
• Use ActivityIndicator for embedded withFullTransactionOrNotFound loader #96835
• Split held expenses onto a new Draft report when submitting offline #96922
• [Home Page] Fix: Your spend section does not update after updating expense offline V2 - Greyed out #96966
• Fix iOS Track distance screen blink on swipe back #97020
• Fix workspace keyboard focus not returning to 3-dot trigger after Back #97171
• [No QA] Migrate ProposalPolice to Responses + Conversations API #97199
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from test fixtures #97287
• refactor: move split navigation to the UI #97367
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#95566 magic code prompt when changing wallet phone #97545
• Reduce left margin on the multi-expense report view #97817
• [Payment due @ikevin127] Render the currency conversion fee payer changelog entry #97897
• [No QA] Fix Pusher onResubscribe firing twice on web and on the first handshake on native #98006
• refactor: thread onboarding status into openReport for callers #98077
• refactor function getGroupChatName to use data from useOnyx part 2 #98083
• Add search this user/agent to ProfilePage #98091
• fix: Pay button is shown for expense creator in 1:1 chat after visiting Spend tab #98260
• [No QA] Add characterization tests for NumberWithSymbolForm #98292
• [No QA] Prevent sticky disks from growing unboundedly #98422
• Show an error when the default workspace does not have travel enabled #98484
• Add August product marketing window #98565
• Fix agent chat RHP background reverting to Inbox on refresh #98589
• fix: chart glyph fallback for currency symbols missing from the display font #98621
• fix: use-after-free in react-native-screens removal listener (Sentry: APP-9Y9) #98632
• fix (batch 4): isNewManualExpenseFlowEnabled beta flag regressions #98635
• [Payment due @mkhutornyi] [No QA] Handle POLICYCHANGELOG_ADD_RULE, UPDATE_RULE, REMOVE_RULE report actions #98689
• refactor: derive a group's rows once, by the list that renders them #98716
• refactor: align expense preview card metadata line with mobile row styling, fix scanning and split layouts #98758
• Do not block Search page payments on a missing chat report #98760
• Preserve openReport's shouldRetry:false opt-out for deep links #98772
• Add declared shouldSaveRecentSearch flag to Search payload #98775
• Fix Consolidated Travel Billing toggle lock icon flashing while loading #98800
• [No QA] Explain what a Copilot agent can edit and its by-design limits #98807
• Fix cursor jumping to end when editing the middle of the Merchant field #98841
• [No QA] Fix is_warm labeling on report-open spans #98852
• Fix: include 1:1 DM participants in OpenReport so stale optimistic reportIDs self-heal #98855
• [No QA] stop the pong watchdog from reconnecting Pusher #98884
• [No QA] Remove redundant unscoped sign-in.ad and dead sign-in-drive.sh (agent-device) #98917
• Docs updates for E/A#98666 Rillet Consolidated Travel Billing settlement setting #98929
• [No QA] Fix latent lint errors that only surface on an uncached lint #98943
• [No QA] Follow-up: Add unit tests comments #98959
• [No QA] Revert "Prevent sticky disks from growing unboundedly" #98991
• [CP Staging] Use Mark as done copy in the held and pending expense block modals #99032
• Revert "Reduce left margin on the multi-expense report view" #99076

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14057

Deploy Blockers:

• After dismissing Vendor marketing window, Agents marketing window does not appear #99027
• Spend- Unable to submit report modal does not open when one of the reports cannot be submitted #99028
• Expense - "Unable to submit report" is shown when action button is Mark as done #99029
• Try it out button opens More features page of invited workspace as member #99034
• Expense - Expense report RHP goes out of view when Concierge RHP is opened #99035
• Agents - Verify account page opens after swiping back three times from View agent history #99073
• Android & iOS - Agents - Back button on Profile reopens Profile after copiloting into agent #99074
• Personal Card ; Adding personal card disabled error message displayed #99081
• Expense preview- "Canceled • 1 expense" is not shown in Spend/ Chats #99091

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. [No QA] Remove redundant unscoped sign-in.ad and dead sign-in-drive.sh (agent-device) #98917
2. Add search this user/agent to ProfilePage #98091
3. [No QA] Fix latent lint errors that only surface on an uncached lint #98943
4. [No QA] Migrate ProposalPolice to Responses + Conversations API #97199
5. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#95566 magic code prompt when changing wallet phone #97545
6. Do not block Search page payments on a missing chat report #98760
7. Split held expenses onto a new Draft report when submitting offline #96922
8. [No QA] Follow-up: Add unit tests comments #98959
9. [Payment due @ikevin127] Render the currency conversion fee payer changelog entry #97897
10. fix: Pay button is shown for expense creator in 1:1 chat after visiting Spend tab #98260
11. refactor: thread onboarding status into openReport for callers #98077
12. [Home Page] Fix: Your spend section does not update after updating expense offline V2 - Greyed out #96966
13. refactor: align expense preview card metadata line with mobile row styling, fix scanning and split layouts #98758
14. Preserve openReport's shouldRetry:false opt-out for deep links #98772
15. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.56-1 — Adhoc Build
16. Fix: include 1:1 DM participants in OpenReport so stale optimistic reportIDs self-heal #98855
17. fix: chart glyph fallback for currency symbols missing from the display font #98621
18. Fix iOS Track distance screen blink on swipe back #97020
19. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.56-2 — Adhoc Build
20. fix (batch 4): isNewManualExpenseFlowEnabled beta flag regressions #98635
21. Add declared shouldSaveRecentSearch flag to Search payload #98775
22. Use ActivityIndicator for embedded IOURequestStepConfirmation loading-transaction early return #96825
23. Use ActivityIndicator for the IOURequestStepConfirmation scan/loading overlay #96827
24. [No QA] Fix Pusher onResubscribe firing twice on web and on the first handshake on native #98006
25. Fix cursor jumping to end when editing the middle of the Merchant field #98841
26. [No QA] stop the pong watchdog from reconnecting Pusher #98884
27. [No QA] Prevent sticky disks from growing unboundedly #98422
28. refactor: move split navigation to the UI #97367
29. Use ActivityIndicator for embedded withFullTransactionOrNotFound loader #96835
30. Fix workspace keyboard focus not returning to 3-dot trigger after Back #97171
31. Fix agent chat RHP background reverting to Inbox on refresh #98589
32. Reduce left margin on the multi-expense report view #97817
33. [No QA] Revert "Prevent sticky disks from growing unboundedly" #98991
34. Fix Consolidated Travel Billing toggle lock icon flashing while loading #98800
35. [No QA] Add characterization tests for NumberWithSymbolForm #98292
36. fix: use-after-free in react-native-screens removal listener (Sentry: APP-9Y9) #98632
37. Show an error when the default workspace does not have travel enabled #98484
38. refactor function getGroupChatName to use data from useOnyx part 2 #98083
39. [No QA] Fix is_warm labeling on report-open spans #98852
40. refactor: derive a group's rows once, by the list that renders them #98716
41. [Payment due @mkhutornyi] [No QA] Handle POLICYCHANGELOG_ADD_RULE, UPDATE_RULE, REMOVE_RULE report actions #98689
42. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to c853e7b — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14057
43. Fix: Tax name missing and tax unselected after changing tax code #92750
44. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from test fixtures #97287
45. [No QA] Explain what a Copilot agent can edit and its by-design limits #98807
46. Add August product marketing window #98565
47. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.56-3 — Adhoc Build
48. Docs updates for E/A#98666 Rillet Consolidated Travel Billing settlement setting #98929
49. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.57-0 — Adhoc Build
50. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.57-1 — f675cd7
51. Revert "Reduce left margin on the multi-expense report view" #99076
52. [CP Staging] Use Mark as done copy in the held and pending expense block modals #99032
53. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.57-2 — 93214fa

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[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 51%

PRs Failing:
#97020 on iOS with #99042 Repro in Prod
#98484 on Web with #99041 Repro in Prod
#98716 on Web, Android with #99030 & #99037 Repro in Prod

PRs Untested:
#98077 (comment)

Several still pending validation: Web 7 | Android 15 | iOS 18

[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 76%

PRs Failing:
#97020 on iOS with #99042 Repro in Prod
#98484 on Web with #99041 Repro in Prod
#98621 with #99060 Repro in Prod
#98716 on Web, Android with #99030 & #99037 Repro in Prod

PRs Untested:
#98077 (comment)

Several still pending validation: Web 5 | Android 10 | iOS 13

[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 91%

PRs Failing:
#97020 on iOS with #99042 Repro in Prod
#98484 on Web with #99041 Repro in Prod
#98621 with #99060 Repro in Prod
#98716 on Web, Android with #99030 & #99037 Repro in Prod

PRs Untested:
#96966 - pending validation on Web
#97020 - pending validation on Web
#98077 (comment)
#98484 - pending validation on iOS
#98565 - pending validation on all
#98635 - pending validation on Android, iOS
#98716 - pending validation on iOS
#98758 - pending validation on all
#98775 - pending validation on Android
#98800 - pending validation on Android, iOS
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14057 - pending validation on Android, iOS

[Beamanator]

#99028 NAB