[Due for payment 2026-05-20] Workspace chat is auto selected in participant list after removing distance expense from report

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: 9.3.68-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #87087
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): josdjnosdjionjsdonjisod@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Mac 26.2 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Create a distance expense.
4. Open the expense.
5. Click Report > Remove from report.
6. Go to self DM.
7. Open the distance expense.
8. Click on the header > Submit it to someone.

Expected Result:

Workspace chat will not be auto selected in participant list.

Actual Result:

Workspace chat is auto selected in participant list after removing distance expense from report.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7146633_1778111443945.11.mp4

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[mhawryluk]

created a fix PR (as a follow-up to the Consistent checkboxes and radio buttons UI
one): #90165

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Beamanator, see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

Reviewing label has been removed, please complete the "BugZero Checklist".