Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-08-12

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.4.53-0
Compare Changes: production...staging
Mobile-Expensify Changes: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/compare/production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• [No QA] Update help docs for Release 2: the new free Submit workspace #92944
• Remove Onyx.connect() usage for ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORTS from src/libs/actions/IOU/Transaction.ts #93734
• [No QA] Rename BugZero Checklist to Contributor+ Checklist #93986
• Migrate useSingleExecution off InteractionManager #95391
• fix: Preserve all matching selection after deselecting an expense #95902
• Fix: Total spend footer does not always appear when all expenses are selected #96120
• Add alternate route for map-based mileage expenses #96169
• Migrate report secondary actions archived checks #96242
• Migrate outstanding report archived checks #96244
• (Part 6) Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.PERSONAL_DETAILS_LIST in src/libs/actions/Report.ts #96355
• upgrade react native to 0.86.0 #96372
• Concierge optimistic reveal: flat cadence #96508
• Show Smart Limit card option disabled when approvals are optional #96567
• Fix selection jump in rule and currency pickers #96587
• [Part 2.3] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: thread currentUserAccountID through isWhisperActionTargetedToOthers #96615
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#96042 Search navigation suggestions #96714
• [Payment due @situchan] Refactor Requestor PersonalInfo loader to ActivityIndicator #96837
• Quote contextual search values containing a comma #97083
• Add tag GL code display in tag picker #97094
• Preserve Search context when deleting tasks #97192
• Part 14 - Set delegateAccountID on hold/unhold/reject optimistic report actions #97227
• [Bug] Submit workspace - Fix upgrade during member import #97232
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from ten test files #97284
• "Not Here" page briefly flashes when navigating back to workspace chat after merging with a self-DM expense #97304
• Defer image loading and use original receipt image #97313
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from test files #97322
• [Payment due @QichenZhu] Add partner manager and guide Book a call buttons #97486
• Add DualEntry integration import pages #97506
• [No QA] Clean up unsafe type assertions in tests #97510
• 83362 migrate settings profile part 2 v2 #97526
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from unit tests #97530
• Fix Require receipts amount reverting when both amounts are saved together #97630
• [Part 1.3] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: thread currentUserAccountID through getReimbursedMessage- #96590 #97652
• [Part 3.4] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: thread currentUserAccountID through wasActionTakenByCurrentUser- #96702 #97659
• [Part 25] Remove Onyx.connect from LocalePhoneNumber #97680
• Persist require fields tooltip dismissal and keep a direction always selected #97726
• Fix: Web - RHP - Create expense RHP misalignment when quickly creating per diem expense #97754
• Migrate money request time step to dynamic routes (#83850 part 2 #97762
• Fix Add Approval Workflow lag #97766
• [No QA] Update iOS build workflows to Xcode 26.6 #97774
• feat: Add ManualSendMessageVisible #97789
• [Part 27] Remove Onyx.connect from LocalePhoneNumber #97800
• [NOQA] perf: restore thumbnail-gate span and attribute the confirmation receipt load #97850
• Add Canadian Multiple Tax Export template to New Expensify for workspaces using CAD #97853
• [No QA] fix: introduce useStartSpansOnRender hook that registers spans on first render #97885
• Remove ONYXKEYS.CREDENTIALS - batch 2 #97886
• Update getReportPreviewAction function to pass chatReportAction - 1 #97888
• Migrate ActionableItemButtons to composition #97905
• Implement policy changelog report action system messages for: Categories: Enabling/Disabling "Require description" and "Require attendees" #97919
• [No QA] Create Suggested agent rules reference doc #97941
• Show Pay option in bulk actions dropdown while offline #97942
• fix: Learn more banner is broken after rotating device to portrait #97953
• Refactor avatar tooltips to remove shouldShowTooltip #97961
• Replaced Str.removeSMSDomain with formatPhoneNumber in temporaryGetDisplayNameOrDefault #97995
• Update getReportPreviewAction function to pass getCleanUpTransactionThreadReportOnyxData - 1 #97996
• Show the More option on every Rules tab #98056
• Remove AI-generated jargon from comments [No QA] #98062
• Fix Spend tab date rendering in the previous language after a locale switch #98075
• [No QA] Settle agent-device drive actions and preserve sign-in replay diagnostics #98094
• [Payment due @huult] Allow the Bank account filter on Expensify Card statement exports #98128
• Add Sentry monitoring for OnyxDerived recompute loops #98133
• [No QA] Skip report collection scan in useSelfDMReport when cached ID exists #98134
• [No QA] Fix OnyxDerived compute span parenting #98141
• Clear stale approvalWorkflow when abandoning create flow #98143
• [No QA] Use server agent identity in App #98151
• [No QA] Fix mixed clock domains in span duration logs #98152
• Move short mention logins cache out of PersonalDetailsUtils #98157
• Refactor: migrate convertToDisplayString to useCurrencyListActions hook (part 19) #98158
• Add "Download workflows" button to Workflows More menu #98161
• [No QA] Document that OSBotify bumps the Mobile-Expensify submodule pointer #98163
• Keep icon for 3 suggested rules after copy update #98199
• [No QA] Fix CP retest filer skipped on every staging deploy #98205
• Fix Rules revamp regressions on Collect workspaces #98236
• Fix: use server-rendered message for moved-report action when destination policy is unavailable locally #98238
• Fixed toLocaleOrdinal by using Intl.PluralRules instead of fixed rules #98265
• [No QA] Revise Expensify training webinar details and links #98267
• [No QA][Sentry] - add startup prewarm guard #98277
• [Commuter Mileage Exclusion] Block invalid distance report moves #98281
• Do not show link in members' message #98286
• [Commuter Mileage Exclusion] Fix distance tab visibility #98287
• Hoist the active policy subscription out of Search rows #98299
• Use allReportActionsList param instead of module-level getAllReportActions in updateSplitTransactions #98301
• fix: stop Search re-firing an identical query on unrelated Onyx updates #98305
• Expand feed removal confirmation copy to mention deleted unsubmitted transactions #98307
• Resolve PER_DIEM policyTags in createExpenseByType from the caller's … #98309
• [No QA] Add DualEntry action tests and docs #98316
• Do not use commuter exclusions for self-DMs #98321
• Fix: "disabled submissions" system message thread header shows "turned Scheduled Submit off" #98340
• Fix distance row unit labels #98350
• Skip PR author checklist when melvin-bot[bot] is the author #98353
• [No QA] Fail loudly when a Mobile-Expensify PR has cherry-pick conflicts #98366
• [No QA] Rename ExportDownloadStatusContext.tsx to ExportDownloadStatusProvider #98367
• Revert "Fix: "disabled submissions" system message thread header shows "turned Scheduled Submit off"" #98375
• [No QA] Drop obsolete expo-modules-jsi Xcode 26.2 type-inference patch #98379
• Parse markdown in agent custom instructions on the profile page #98380
• [No QA] Make the html-entities worklet patch idempotent #98395
• [No QA] Disable redux devtools by default #98399
• [NO QA] Drop browser extension errors from Sentry with denyUrls #98417

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14021
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14039
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14047
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14052
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14054
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14055

Internal QA:

• fix: dedupe OpenApp against an in-flight OpenApp #98266 - @mountiny
• [Payment due @dmkt9] Show a needs re-auth message for card scrape codes 438/532 (NewDot) #97893 - @tgolen
• [Payment due @abzokhattab] Add vendorID action field to merchant coding rules (vendor matching R5, Phase B) #97811 - @mollfpr

Deploy Blockers:

• Rules - Different system message thread header for required attendee system message #98482
• Tags - GL code option is shown for dependent tags when not available #98488
• Expensify Card - Not here page opens when card admin clicks Enable approvals #98490
• Distance - Distance badge overlaps with one another #98492
• iOS - Account - The page is greyed out when swiping back. #98493
• Spend - Submit, Hold and Move to report option are missing after moving expense to report #98494
• Android - Expensify Card - "Your data is" is shown instead of "Your data is secure" #98499
• Spend - Unable to submit expense by bulk select #98502
• Android - Expensify Card - Workflows page is shown briefly before navigating to More features #98504

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. upgrade react native to 0.86.0 #96372
2. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to fccb5f6 — Adhoc Build
   ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14021
3. Fix Spend tab date rendering in the previous language after a locale switch #98075
4. [No QA] Document that OSBotify bumps the Mobile-Expensify submodule pointer #98163
5. Remove AI-generated jargon from comments [No QA] #98062
6. [No QA] Use server agent identity in App #98151
7. Fix Require receipts amount reverting when both amounts are saved together #97630
8. [No QA] Rename BugZero Checklist to Contributor+ Checklist #93986
9. [No QA] Fix CP retest filer skipped on every staging deploy #98205
10. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 7d586de — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14039
11. "Not Here" page briefly flashes when navigating back to workspace chat after merging with a self-DM expense #97304
12. [No QA] Update iOS build workflows to Xcode 26.6 #97774
13. [Payment due @huult] Allow the Bank account filter on Expensify Card statement exports #98128
14. [No QA] fix: introduce useStartSpansOnRender hook that registers spans on first render #97885
15. Remove Onyx.connect() usage for ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORTS from src/libs/actions/IOU/Transaction.ts #93734
16. [No QA] Update help docs for Release 2: the new free Submit workspace #92944
17. Fix selection jump in rule and currency pickers #96587
18. [No QA] Skip report collection scan in useSelfDMReport when cached ID exists #98134
19. 83362 migrate settings profile part 2 v2 #97526
20. [No QA] Fix OnyxDerived compute span parenting #98141
21. Migrate money request time step to dynamic routes (#83850 part 2 #97762
22. [No QA] Settle agent-device drive actions and preserve sign-in replay diagnostics #98094
23. Show the More option on every Rules tab #98056
24. Add DualEntry integration import pages #97506
25. Implement policy changelog report action system messages for: Categories: Enabling/Disabling "Require description" and "Require attendees" #97919
26. [Payment due @QichenZhu] Add partner manager and guide Book a call buttons #97486
27. Replaced Str.removeSMSDomain with formatPhoneNumber in temporaryGetDisplayNameOrDefault #97995
28. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 8f6b081 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14052
29. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-1 — Adhoc Build
30. fix: Preserve all matching selection after deselecting an expense #95902
31. [Payment due @situchan] Refactor Requestor PersonalInfo loader to ActivityIndicator #96837
32. Move short mention logins cache out of PersonalDetailsUtils #98157
33. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-2 — Adhoc Build
34. Show Pay option in bulk actions dropdown while offline #97942
35. fix: dedupe OpenApp against an in-flight OpenApp #98266
36. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-3 — Adhoc Build
37. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 6078ea0 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14055
38. (Part 6) Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.PERSONAL_DETAILS_LIST in src/libs/actions/Report.ts #96355
39. Migrate report secondary actions archived checks #96242
40. [No QA] Clean up unsafe type assertions in tests #97510
41. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-4 — Adhoc Build
42. [NOQA] perf: restore thumbnail-gate span and attribute the confirmation receipt load #97850
43. [Part 25] Remove Onyx.connect from LocalePhoneNumber #97680
44. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from ten test files #97284
45. Keep icon for 3 suggested rules after copy update #98199
46. Part 14 - Set delegateAccountID on hold/unhold/reject optimistic report actions #97227
47. Migrate outstanding report archived checks #96244
48. Concierge optimistic reveal: flat cadence #96508
49. [Part 27] Remove Onyx.connect from LocalePhoneNumber #97800
50. Update getReportPreviewAction function to pass getCleanUpTransactionThreadReportOnyxData - 1 #97996
51. Defer image loading and use original receipt image #97313
52. Refactor avatar tooltips to remove shouldShowTooltip #97961
53. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-5 — Adhoc Build
54. [Bug] Submit workspace - Fix upgrade during member import #97232
55. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-6 — Adhoc Build
56. Add tag GL code display in tag picker #97094
57. Fix: "disabled submissions" system message thread header shows "turned Scheduled Submit off" #98340
58. Quote contextual search values containing a comma #97083
59. feat: Add ManualSendMessageVisible #97789
60. [No QA] Fail loudly when a Mobile-Expensify PR has cherry-pick conflicts #98366
61. Revert "Fix: "disabled submissions" system message thread header shows "turned Scheduled Submit off"" #98375
62. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-7 — Adhoc Build
63. Fixed toLocaleOrdinal by using Intl.PluralRules instead of fixed rules #98265
64. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#96042 Search navigation suggestions #96714
65. [No QA] Create Suggested agent rules reference doc #97941
66. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-8 — Adhoc Build
67. Fix: use server-rendered message for moved-report action when destination policy is unavailable locally #98238
68. [No QA] Revise Expensify training webinar details and links #98267
69. [No QA] Drop obsolete expo-modules-jsi Xcode 26.2 type-inference patch #98379
70. [No QA] Disable redux devtools by default #98399
71. [Payment due @abzokhattab] Add vendorID action field to merchant coding rules (vendor matching R5, Phase B) #97811
72. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-9 — Adhoc Build
73. Add "Download workflows" button to Workflows More menu #98161
74. Add Canadian Multiple Tax Export template to New Expensify for workspaces using CAD #97853
75. Persist require fields tooltip dismissal and keep a direction always selected #97726
76. Expand feed removal confirmation copy to mention deleted unsubmitted transactions #98307
77. Fix Rules revamp regressions on Collect workspaces #98236
78. Clear stale approvalWorkflow when abandoning create flow #98143
79. Add alternate route for map-based mileage expenses #96169
80. Resolve PER_DIEM policyTags in createExpenseByType from the caller's … #98309
81. [No QA] Make the html-entities worklet patch idempotent #98395
82. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 6a12e9d — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14054
83. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to c5ac172 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14047
84. fix: Learn more banner is broken after rotating device to portrait #97953
85. Fix distance row unit labels #98350
86. [Commuter Mileage Exclusion] Fix distance tab visibility #98287
87. [Commuter Mileage Exclusion] Block invalid distance report moves #98281
88. Fix: Total spend footer does not always appear when all expenses are selected #96120
89. Add Sentry monitoring for OnyxDerived recompute loops #98133
90. Preserve Search context when deleting tasks #97192
91. [NO QA] Drop browser extension errors from Sentry with denyUrls #98417
92. Skip PR author checklist when melvin-bot[bot] is the author #98353
93. [Part 2.3] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: thread currentUserAccountID through isWhisperActionTargetedToOthers #96615
94. [No QA] Add DualEntry action tests and docs #98316
95. Do not show link in members' message #98286
96. fix: stop Search re-firing an identical query on unrelated Onyx updates #98305
97. Refactor: migrate convertToDisplayString to useCurrencyListActions hook (part 19) #98158
98. Show Smart Limit card option disabled when approvals are optional #96567
99. Migrate ActionableItemButtons to composition #97905
100. Fix Add Approval Workflow lag #97766
101. [Payment due @dmkt9] Show a needs re-auth message for card scrape codes 438/532 (NewDot) #97893
102. [No QA][Sentry] - add startup prewarm guard #98277
103. Migrate useSingleExecution off InteractionManager #95391
104. Update getReportPreviewAction function to pass chatReportAction - 1 #97888
105. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-10 — Adhoc Build
106. Remove ONYXKEYS.CREDENTIALS - batch 2 #97886
107. Do not use commuter exclusions for self-DMs #98321
108. [Part 3.4] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: thread currentUserAccountID through wasActionTakenByCurrentUser- #96702 #97659
109. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from test files #97322
110. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from unit tests #97530
111. Use allReportActionsList param instead of module-level getAllReportActions in updateSplitTransactions #98301
112. Hoist the active policy subscription out of Search rows #98299
113. [No QA] Fix mixed clock domains in span duration logs #98152
114. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.52-11 — Adhoc Build
115. Parse markdown in agent custom instructions on the profile page #98380
116. [No QA] Rename ExportDownloadStatusContext.tsx to ExportDownloadStatusProvider #98367
117. Fix: Web - RHP - Create expense RHP misalignment when quickly creating per diem expense #97754
118. [Part 1.3] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: thread currentUserAccountID through getReimbursedMessage- #96590 #97652
119. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-0 — Adhoc Build

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Sentry 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 Sentry for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. Because mobile deploys use a phased rollout, completing this checklist will deploy the previous release version to 100% of users. 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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[blimpich]

demoted #98488

[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 51%

PRs Failing:
#97919 with #97650
#98133 on Web
#98161 on Web
#98380 on iOS

PRs Untested:
Multiple PRs pending validation across all platforms