Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-01-21

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.3.6-4
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:

• Fix flakiness in mandatory 2FA enforcement #77588
• Use compute function for report name in convertIOUReportToExpenseReport #77928
• fix: revert revert taxes field #78358
• Fix incorrect order of chats in LHN when concierge task status changes to complete or incomplete #78452
• Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.BETAS in src/libs/ReportUtils.ts. #78853
• Fix: Authorized payer is displayed as phone number@expensify.sms #78882
• Fix/76667 - Contact Import button not clickable due to autoscroll resets the list #78889
• fix: Auto-complete setup tags task when creating first tag #78921
• [NoQA] Feature: Travel Invoicing - Release 2.1: Opening the Travel Invoicing Page #78963
• [A11y] Roles & States #79147
• Fix that up arrow does not move keyboard focus to the composer #79359
• Add delegate access restriction checks to unhold expense actions #79369
• Change Approver dialog - make options explicit & skip when single option #79468
• Add location services check - GPS trip #79488
• Side Panel displayed without an overlay #79489
• Add secondary FAB for GPS trip #79495
• Fix filtering attendees names in the Reports page #79498
• Add public domain block #79514
• fix: Unexpected error occurs when a category/Tag approver submits an expense #79538
• fix: Report - Total amount shown as '0,00' when splitting expense offline after currency change #79547
• Refactor: getCurrencySymbol method to hook #79584
• Allow report name to take up second line #79600
• fix: the last card is covered by bottom navigation fully or partially #79726
• [No QA] Update Set-Up-SAML-Single-Sign-On.md #79747
• Perf: Split SearchRouter to State and Actions #79753
• fix: system message shows html #79755
• [Domain control] [Release 1] Remove Admins "beta" - add Admins button #79765
• feat: implement keyboard reordering for DraggableList #79793
• Add support for recursive field reference resolution in formula fields #79825
• [NoQA][AI Reviewer] Avoid static calls in array methods #79840
• [No QA] Update billing details and remove optional card mention #79848
• [No QA] Update Two-Factor-Authentication.md #79853
• [No QA] Stephanieelliott patch 28 #79858
• fix: Workspace name overflows on WorkspaceUserRestrictedAction page #79869
• [No QA] Adjust horizontal padding for GPS web screen #79879
• [Part 5]Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/actions/Report.ts  #79885
• fix: update work email modal to accept public emails #79909
• fix: padding between the error message and the workspace item #79910
• [No QA] Create Login-Troubleshooting.md #79923
• merge main into my branch #79925
• Flip the chevron when popover is active #79947
• fix: Infinite loading shown when deleting expense from SelfDM #79949
• [No-QA] test: Clean up SettlementButton #79953
• [NoQA] Remove PERF-4 rule from ai reviewer #79958
• [NO QA] add home BETA to beta const #79973
• fix: Remove hold message appears each time held expense is moved to different report #79975
• refactor: Navigation TabBar Indicator status hooks and tests #79987
• Fix/78849 - Enable scrollbar on Reports pages for accessibility #79998
• Revert "fix: Auto-complete setup tags task when creating first tag" #80055
• [NoQA] Add reaction footer to reviewer #80099
• [NO QA] Update sentry profiling rate #80112
• bump version to 9.3.5-6 #80152
• Update Mobile-Expensify submodule to latest main #80162
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix filtering attendees names in the Reports page" #80207
• [CP Staging] fix: do not recalculate tax rate, fix tracked distance #80212
• [CP Staging] Revert "Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.BETAS in src/libs/ReportUtils.ts." #80238
• Revert "[No-QA] test: Clean up SettlementButton" #80252

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13825

Deploy Blockers:

• [$250] [Due for payment 2026-03-11] Distance- "Please remove duplicate waypoints" remains after rearranging waypoints via keyboard #80165
• [Due for payment 2026-03-11] Distance - Waypoint cannot be dragged after rearranging via keyboard #80166
• [Due for payment 2026-03-11] Distance - Waypoints auto change to previous waypoints after pressing Tab #80167
• Couldn’t add work email displayed when enter public email #80168
• Expense - Converted amount is the same as unconverted amount for unedited split #80170
• When using Help menu & edit conversation on new account, focus in help wont toggle #80174
• Reports - Name and phone number disappear from Attendees list after reset app/relogin #80175
• [Due for payment 2026-01-30] Expense - Tax amount in expense thread and confirm page is different #80176
• Reports - Tax is 0.00, Tax rate is empty for unreported expense #80177
• Expense - "Uncategorized" shown on track expense and error appears when submitting it. #80178
• [Due for payment 2026-01-30] Expense - Unable to create unreported distance expense when account has workspace #80179
• [Due for payment 2026-03-02] [$250] 2FA - After clicking Got it on the success screen, the user is redirected to the Inbox #80187
• [$250] [Due for payment 2026-01-30] Invoice - App freezes when opening invoice room as invoice receiver #80189
• Report-Expense details disappear, only total shown when opened in Reports/ Approve and Pay #80191
• [$250] Expenses - Unable to create an expense after selecting a valid tax rate #80192
• Android - Expense report - Reports disappear when employee create expense #80194
• Report - Report closes automatically, after opening expense in WS with workflows disabled. #80223

Deployer verifications:

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[lakchote]

Demoted #80170 (comment)

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression progress is at 98%

PRs Failing:
#77928 failed on Web and Native apps with #80197
#78358 on Web and Native apps with #80192 and #80176
#78853 faced on Native apps with #79872
#78882 faced with #80202
#78921 failed with an original issue, comment
#79147 failed with #80203, #80204 and with several original issues, comment
#79359 faced on Web with #80174
#79547 failed on Native apps with #80170
#79765 failed on Android with #80206
#79869 faced on Android #80205
#79909 failed with #80168

PRs Untested:
#77588 pending validation on Native apps
#79765 pending validation on iOS
#79987 no QA steps, comment

[m-natarajan]

Regression completed

PRs Failing:
#77588 failed on Native apps with #80226
#77928 failed on Web and Native apps with #80197
#78358 failed on Web and Native apps with #80192 and #80176
#78853 faced on Native apps with #79872
#78882 faced with #80202
#78921 failed with an original issue, comment
#79147 failed with #80203, #80204 and with several original issues, comment
#79359 faced on Web with #80174
#79547 failed on Native apps with #80170
#79765 failed on Native with #80206
#79869 faced on Android #80205
#79909 failed with #80168

PRs Untested:
#77588 pending validation on iOS (Tester working on it, waiting for final results)
#79987 no QA steps, comment

[Beamanator]

Demoted #80187

[lakchote]

Demoted #80175 (comment)

[cristipaval]

Checked off #78358, #80176 and #80179

[Beamanator]

#80189 fixed by #80252

[Beamanator]

[mallenexpensify]

@MelvinBot automation failed on this deploy, issues linked in the checklist in the OP weren't updated, ie. Reviewing label wasn't removed, Awaiting Payment label wasn't added and titles weren't updated to add "due for payment". An example issue is #80197

Why did the automation fail and how can we fix it in the future?