[Due for payment 2025-06-24] [Due for payment 2025-06-23] Expense - Unreported distance expense is auto linked to a workspace report in self DM

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Version Number: 9.1.66-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Exp
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sdjsiojnonsdidjos2@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.5 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Submit two distance expenses to the workspace chat.
4. Open expense report.
5. Click More > Delete.
6. Delete the report.
7. Create an empty report in the workspace chat via + > Create report.
8. Go to self DM.
9. Click on any unreported distance expense from Step 6.
10. Click Report field.

Expected Result:

Report field will not show any report as selected because the unreported distance expense is in self DM.

Actual Result:

Report field shows the empty report as selected when the unreported distance expense is in self DM.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6858682_1749784290806.20250613_110711.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @johncschuster

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Triggered auto assignment to @johncschuster (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @MarioExpensify (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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