[Exploratory] Workspace Setting - Empty category page shown briefly after clicking category section

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Version Number: v9.3.70-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #89961
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Pull Request QA execution
Device used: Windows 11 / Chrome, iPhone 13 / iOS 26.5, Samsung Galaxy A52 / Android 14
App Component: Workspace Settings

Action Performed:

Preconditions

• Logged in to any user that own lot of workspaces and has many categories added

Steps:

1. Go to account settings -> troubleshoot -> clear cache and restart
2. Navigate to workspace
3. Click on any workspace
4. Click on categories section
5. Do step 3-4 to several other workspaces

Expected Result:

after clicking categories section, the empty category page shouldn't shown briefly if user has many categories added in it

Actual Result:

Empty category page shown briefly after clicking category section

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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