Fix expense status badge not appearing until report chat is opened

[cretadn22]

Explanation of Change

Fixed Issues

$ #72547
PROPOSAL: #72547 (comment)

Tests

Prerequisite: User has several reports with different statuses

1. Go to Reports --> Chats
2. The status badge in expense message card should be displayed without opening the report chat and back again. Also, there's no duplicate of the expense message card

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

1. Go to Reports --> Chats
2. The status badge in expense message card should be displayed without opening the report chat and back again. Also, there's no duplicate of the expense message card

QA Steps

// TODO: These must be filled out, or the issue title must include "[No QA]."

1. Go to Reports --> Chats
2. The status badge in expense message card should be displayed without opening the report chat and back again. Also, there's no duplicate of the expense message card

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

PR Author Checklist

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  • I verified that any callback methods that were added or modified are named for what the method does and never what callback they handle (i.e. toggleReport and not onIconClick)
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Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Screen.Recording.2025-12-11.at.19.02.35.mov

Android: mWeb Chrome

Screen.Recording.2025-12-11.at.19.00.55.mov

iOS: Native

Screen.Recording.2025-12-11.at.19.03.09.mov

iOS: mWeb Safari

Screen.Recording.2025-12-11.at.18.59.40.mov

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

Screen.Recording.2025-12-11.at.18.57.08.mov

[melvin-bot]

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ Changes either increased or maintained existing code coverage, great job!

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
...ReportPreview/MoneyRequestReportPreviewContent.tsx	59.66% <100.00%> (+0.33%)	⬆️
src/libs/ReportActionsUtils.ts	48.98% <100.00%> (ø)
... and 153 files with indirect coverage changes

[JmillsExpensify]

Great polish. Product approved.

[suneox]

@cretadn22 The PR no longer works as expected

CleanShot.2025-12-13.at.00.13.13.mp4

It seems something has changed since the previous review — your solution still works on my verify branch Could you please recheck?

[cretadn22]

@suneox My PR is still working as expected. You can see that although the status is not displayed, the expense count is still shown. In the original bug described in the issue, both the expense count and the status are missing.

Regarding the missing status: this is caused by a separate backend issue. In the condition that determines whether the status is displayed, we check childMoneyRequestCount, but this field is missing from the initial snapshot data.

Reference:

App/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReportPreview/MoneyRequestReportPreviewContent.tsx

Lines 702 to 715 in 0c92ee7

	{!!reportStatus && !!action?.childMoneyRequestCount && (
	<View
	style={[
	styles.reportStatusContainer,
	styles.mr1,
	{
	backgroundColor: reportStatusColorStyle?.backgroundColor,
	},
	]}
	>
	<Text style={[styles.reportStatusText, {color: reportStatusColorStyle?.textColor}]}>{reportStatus}</Text>
	</View>
	)}
	{!shouldShowAccessPlaceHolder && <Text style={[styles.textLabelSupporting, styles.lh16]}>{expenseCount}</Text>}

Because of that, the status is not rendered even though the rest of the preview data is correct.

[cretadn22]

@suneox In this commit, I pushed a fix for your bug by using expenseCount instead of childMoneyRequestCount for the check. Since expenseCount is already used to display the number of expenses in the UI, it’s a more reliable condition.

[suneox]

@suneox My PR is still working as expected. You can see that although the status is not displayed, the expense count is still shown. In the original bug described in the issue, both the expense count and the status are missing.

@cretadn22 The expected result: The status badge in expense message card should be displayed without opening the report chat and back again

Please take a look at the video — between seconds 3–6, 16–20, and 21–26, the status badge doesn’t display until the report chat is opened.

@suneox In this commit, I pushed a fix for your bug by using expenseCount instead of childMoneyRequestCount for the check. Since expenseCount is already used to display the number of expenses in the UI, it’s a more reliable condition.

Please ensure that your changes are compatible with and cover the related PR.

[suneox]

@cretadn22 One more thing — please update the Screenshots/Videos section to match the expected results. Currently, the status badge is still not displayed in your recording

[cretadn22]

@rayane-d It appears that this issue have been introduced after merging #75934 more context explained here. I’ve proposed a new fix to address this. Since you authored the change that may have led to this problem, would you mind taking a look and sharing your thoughts on the proposed update?

[cretadn22]

@suneox There are no response from the author, could you review my new change?

[rayane-d]

Hi! Sorry for the delay, I will take a look later today

[cretadn22]

@rayane-d Any chance you’ve had time to check my comment

[cretadn22]

No response from him, @suneox What should be our next step?

[suneox]

No response from him, @suneox What should be our next step?

@cretadn22 We can continue with the implementation and make sure the current changes also cover issue PR #75934. If you’d to review a new solution, could you please provide an updated approach from the previous verify branch that handles this issue? I can double-check it before implementing.

[cretadn22]

Hi @suneox, please take a look at this comment. I’ve already pushed a fix addressing it."

[suneox]

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Screenshots/Videos

Android: HybridApp

CleanShot.2026-01-02.at.22.34.33.mp4

Android: mWeb Chrome

CleanShot.2026-01-02.at.22.33.17.mp4

iOS: HybridApp

CleanShot.2026-01-02.at.22.32.13.mp4

iOS: mWeb Safari

CleanShot.2026-01-02.at.19.55.53.mp4

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

CleanShot.2026-01-02.at.19.53.30.mp4

[suneox]

Hi @suneox, please take a look at this comment. I’ve already pushed a fix addressing it."

@cretadn22 I also helped verify the current PR against the related issue #62182 on the latest main, and it still works as expected, so we can go ahead with this change
Next time, please attach the verification flow as part of this feedback.

The member was invited for issue #62182

CleanShot.2026-01-03.at.11.56.30.mp4

Report search display for issue #62182

CleanShot.2026-01-03.at.12.00.17.mp4

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