[Due for payment 2025-09-22] Merge expense - Cat on the empty state is cut off differently on web and native apps

[vincdargento]

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Version Number: 9.2.9-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #68204
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): dsjionsjosdijdso@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: iPhone 15 Pro Max / iOS 26.0
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• Account has no expense.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Submit a manual expense.
4. Open the expense report.
5. Click More > Merge.

Expected Result:

The cat in the empty state should have consistent view on both web and native apps.

Actual Result:

On web, the cat tail is cut off.
On native apps, the cat tail is shown but the cat head is cut off.

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

bug.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @garrettmknight

[melvin-bot]

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

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[melvin-bot]

💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source

[vincdargento]

@trjExpensify FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[samranahm]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Merge expense - Cat on the empty state is cut off differently on web and native apps

What is the root cause of that problem?

This happen because we use justifyContentStart instead of justifyContentCenter here

App/src/pages/TransactionMerge/MergeTransactionsListContent.tsx

Lines 162 to 164 in 11ff8e8

	headerStyles={[styles.emptyStateCardIllustrationContainer, styles.justifyContentStart]}
	headerContentStyles={styles.emptyStateCardIllustration}
	/>

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should use justifyContentCenter here on headerStyles

App/src/pages/TransactionMerge/MergeTransactionsListContent.tsx

Lines 162 to 164 in 11ff8e8

	headerStyles={[styles.emptyStateCardIllustrationContainer, styles.justifyContentStart]}
	headerContentStyles={styles.emptyStateCardIllustration}
	/>

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

N/A

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

We can consider removing justifyContentStart from from headerStyles to let the emptyStateCardIllustrationContainer handle it as we do on other locations.