Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-11-26

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.2.64-5
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• fix:67029: allow focus composer on mobile when there is a draft message #70281
• fix: Moved expense to personal space seen on admin side #71041
• Jakubkalinski0/fix console errors related to forward ref batch8 #72072
• Update approval mode in upgrade #72550
• feat: [CFI] Add group-by report layout feature #72943
• Report - "It´s not here" briefly seen when deleting report with more than one expense #73311
• Fix - Updates to "Contact method" section of New Expensify profile #73464
• Self approval stays enabled if all members are removed by multi selection #73676
• fix create report becomes unresponsive after deleting workspace #74010
• Revert "Remove openReport calls from the merge transaction flows - Part 1" #74212
• [2] Remove openReport calls from the merge transaction flows - Part 1 #74307
• [No QA] Add optional ccache setup in SETUP_ANDROID.md #74574
• Two updates to workspace Overview page #74667
• Android & iOS - Expense - Report subtitle "From #report in workspace" is aligned to the left  #74712
• Fix approve button not shown because of invisible broken card connection violation #74738
• Android - Reports -Empty space created at the end of filters row when clearing "From" filter #74920
• fix: Initial page opens instead of confirm page when submit distance from self DM to user #75028
• fix: Not Found Page briefly seen after deleting workspace from Overview #75085
• Normalize SMS invite logins when building contact options #75348
• Revert "Merge pull request #74356 from callstack-internal/VickyStash/… #75356
• Support domain and workspace feed with the same name under one workspace #75438
• fix: No results found is shown when searching for already selected user #75519
• Use 'Collect' pricing for reporting upgrade path #75594
• fix: Distance - The track distance receipt in the preview is not centered on the route #75652
• Fixed search icon and placeholder in help.expensify.com #75703
• [NO QA] Add new reportAction for automatic descriptions #75715
• fix: workspace chat in the LHN shows as unread after creating an empty report #75724
• Fix - #admins - “Invite your team” deeplink redirects to Workspaces instead of Home #75732
• Fix user is navigated to the thread when it's a one transaction report #75745
• [No QA] Update links for Global Reimbursements section #75784
• Fixed Card feed name is displayed partially with blank space #75795
• Add standardize the pay button help article image #75797
• fix: Prevent self approval is changed after approvalMode or scheduled submit are changed #75812
• fix: Reports - Default report title field accepts multiline title and renders mark down #75815
• fix: Scan icon and bottom navigation button shown briefly in concierge chat #75848
• feat: Remove GRs beta #75884
• [NO QA] chore(deps): bump eslint-config-expensify to 2.0.99 #75887
• fix: updated getCashExpenseReimbursableMode to accept policy instead of policyID #75901
• fix: update UK regulatory language to use Expensify Limited #75929
• [NO QA] Resolve broken and flakey tests #75932
• fix:75534: Replaced FullscreenLoadingIndicator with ActivityIndicator in MapView component #75946
• Deprecate DeleteMoneyRequestOnSearch #75972
• [NoQA] Fix lint on main  #76007
• [Sentry] add cohort user tag #76024
• [No QA][Sentry] Finish navigation spans when empty results #76030
• [No QA] Create collect-upgrade.md hidden help page #76065
• [CP Staging] revert: feat: [CFI] Add group-by report layout feature #76098
• Revert "Merge pull request #73676 from mkzie2/mkzie2-issue/70286" #76153
• Fix Company card - Settings button is hidden when workspace name is long #76157
• [CP Staging] Revert "Update approval mode in upgrade" #76182
• [CP Staging] fix Background illustration not displayed in workspace overview #76184

Internal QA:

• [DEW] Add workspace settings UI for Dynamic External Workflow #75619 - @francoisl

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2025-12-10] [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Report - Negative amount is displayed as positive next to the expense category. #76075
• [Due for payment 2025-12-10] [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Report - Amount next to category, shows "0,00" if expenses are created offline. #76077
• [Due for payment 2025-12-10] [Due for payment 2025-12-05] [$250] Expense - Total next to category checkbox doubles after splitting expense offline #76078
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Expense - No category checkbox is shown when category cannot be set for IOU expense #76079
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Expense - Long category is not truncated and amount is not seen #76082
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Expense - Expense without category is grouped as "No category" when created offline #76084
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Expense - Navigation via arrows does not sync with the order of expenses in the expense report #76085
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Workflow - The default workflow disappears after removing the default approver #76086
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Expense - A: B tag is displayed as A\: B #76087
• [Due for payment 2025-12-10] [Due for payment 2025-12-05] ANDROID 16 ONLY - Expense - Amount next to category is hidden when device font size is minimum #76089
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Multi tags - Tag is followed by a colon, colon is shown before tag if previous tag is empty #76091
• [Due for payment 2025-12-10] [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Expense - Total amount next to category is incorrect after editing split amount #76093
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Web - Company card - Settings button is hidden when workspace name is long #76142
• [Due for payment 2025-12-05] Infinite loop: SetPolicyRulesEnabled endpoint repeatedly called when upgrading a policy and enabling a Control-Plan–only feature #76180
• [Due for payment 2025-12-31] [Due for payment 2025-12-05][$125] Background illustration not displayed in workspace overview #76181

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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[IuliiaHerets]

Regression progress is at 90%

Multiple PRs are still pending validation

[rlinoz]

Checked off #76089

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is completed in BS

PRs Failing:
#73676 failed with #76086

PRs Untested:
#73464 asked
#74738 pending validation on Web
#75348 pending validation on Web
#75356 comment
#75732 pending validation on Android
#75797 comment

[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #75797

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is complete, except for PR #74738

PRs Failing:
#73676 failed with #76086
#75732 faced on Android with #76132

PRs Untested:
#74738 seems steps are not correct, comment
#75356 comment
#75797 comment

[arosiclair]

#76086 fixed

[m-natarajan]

Regression is complete

PRs Failing:
#73676 failed with #76086
#75732 faced on Android with #76132

PRs Untested:
#75356 comment
#75797 comment

[marcaaron]

Crashlytics assessment

Current (9.2.64)

iOS

None

Android

None

Previous (9.2.63)

iOS

None

Android

None

[marcaaron]

Checklist is closed. We are holding the deploy on merging #76169

[rayane-d]

Hi! please see this reported deploy blocker: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1764190630532719