Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-01-22

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.3.7-3
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:

• Update create transaction Manual flow to ask for merchant after asking for amount #76595
• Fix inconsistent Expenses footer behavior when returning from saved search #78398
• new Onyx Derived Value VISIBLE_REPORT_ACTIONS #78634
• [A11y] Labels & Descriptions #79146
• [A11y] Keyboard & Inputs #79149
• Remove Onyx connect for PERSONAL_DETAILS_LIST key part 1 #79173
• Add warning when editing transaction start date #79295
• Fix report field is enabled when there are no outstanding reports #79415
• Fix: Reimbursable field is present in unreported expense when account has no workspace #79521
• fix: Offline expense shows Outstanding from report but Paid from chat #79536
• fix: Self DM appears twice in Recents section #79640
• fix: The links are focused and announced twice #79644
• [No QA]: Move split functions to a new file #79648
• Expense rules phase 2 #79659
• bump react-native-onyx to 3.0.30 #79690
• Fix GL code gating in formula fields #79836
• Accessibility/prevent date picker modal auto open on small devices #79892
• Fix optimistic participant is not removed #79941
• Fix: Removed approver reappears after navigating back from approval page #79985
• fix: make Expensify card confirmation text dynamic based on card type #80030
• [No QA] [NO QA] Update redirects.csv for broken in-product links  #80040
• [No QA] Update images on Workspace-Workflows.md #80054
• fix: Complete SETUP_CATEGORIES_AND_TAGS onboarding task when  #80070
• Fix: Display MoneyRequestReport as single transaction after deleting others #80107
• fix: pass transaction data for unreported expenses #80120
• [NoQA][AI Reviewer] Fix footer formatting #80149
• [No QA] Remove transaction date update warning (straight revert) #80159
• Revert "fix: Self DM appears twice in Recents section" #80257
• Revert "Update create transaction Manual flow to ask for merchant after asking for amount" #80286
• [CP Staging] Revert #78634  #80318

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13821

Deploy Blockers:

• Expense - Merchant page opens when expense already has merchant when submitting expense #80279
• Merchant page opens after selecting workspace chat when submitting distance expense #80280
• Expense - Report shows skeleton loader when opening unreported expense for the first time #80281
• Expense - App returns to merchant page after selecting a user on confirm page #80282
• Merchant page does not open after entering amount when creating expense from empty report #80283
• Invoice - Merchant page opens when sending from FAB, but does not open when sending from invoice room #80284
• Expense - Expense briefly disappears from background when deleting expense #80288
• Report - Empty report disappears after moving expense to a new report. #80289
• Per diem - Merchant field opens and can be edited when submitting from self DM #80291
• Chat - Whisper to invite member reappears after inviting member to submit expenses #80292
• Expense - After selecting category from Concierge message, Concierge message becomes blank #80293
• [$250] Task complete sound is heard after adding tag when there is no Set up tags task in #admins #80294
• Report - "Moved this expense" without link, shown on report of track expense submitted to WS #80299
• Expense - Transaction thread is blank when quickly opening expense after splitting #80300
• Expense - Expense disappear from workspace after editing any fields in expense details #80301
• LHN - Self DM preview show HTML tags when description has mark down after removing from report #80302
• Expense - Expense preview persists and opens not here page after deleting moved IOU expense #80305
• Expense- Expense preview disappears instead of showing strikethrough after deleting it offline #80307
• Reports - “Marked as paid” system message does not appear while offline #80308
• Per diem - Report from other workspace is missing in report list when moving per diem expense #80309
• LHN - Workspace chat preview on LHN shows "owes 0.00" after creating a new report #80310
• Expense - Retracted message with RBR does not appear in expense report when retracting fails #80312
• Track expense - "tracked 0.00" is shown in LHN after creating scan expense in OD #80313
• Chat - User´s name and avatar still visible with no message after moving track expense to WS #80317
• Expense Rules - New category added is not arranged in alphabetical order in Category list #80327
• [$250] LHN-User owes amount is shown in LHN after IOU is paid #80334
• The "No" button doesn't work on the Concierge whisper for creating a room #80348
• Blank expense details when creating track distance offline, then going online #80366
• Expense - In LHN, amount is shown in chat instead last message "moved this expense" #80371

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Firebase Crashlytics 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 Firebase Crashlytics for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
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[kavimuru]

#79295 from the past build checking it off

[blimpich]

Demoted #80294

[kavimuru]

Regression is 65% completed

Failing PRs:
#76595 failing with #80280, #80282, #80279, #80284
#79146 (comment)

Unchecked PRs:
#78634 iOS validation is pending
#79149 pending validation on all the platforms
#79536 iOS validation is pending
#79640 web and android validation are pending
#79644 android validation pending
#79659 iOS validation is pending
#79690 android validation is pending
#79836 android validation is pending
#79985 android validation is pending
#80070 android validation is pending
#80120 validation pending on all the platforms
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13821 iOS validation is pending

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is almost completed, several steps are left in BS

Failing PRs:
#76595 failing with #80280, #80282, #80279, #80283 and #80284
#78634 faced with #80288
#79146 failed on Android with several issues, comment
#79149 failed with several issues, comment
#79536 failed on iOS with #80308
#79836 failed on Android with #80197
#80070 faced on Web with #80303
#80107 faced on Web with #80288
#80120 faced with #80313
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13821 failed with an original issue, comment

Unchecked PRs:
#79640 pending validation on the Native apps

[kavimuru]

Regression is completed.

Unchecked failing PRs:

#76595 failing with #80280, #80282, #80279, #80283 and #80284
#78634 failing with #80288
#79146 failed on Android with several issues, #79146 (comment)
#79149 failed with several issues, #79149 (comment)
#79536 failed on iOS with #80308
#79836 failed on Android with #80197 repro in PROD checking it off
#80070 failing on Web with #80303 reprod in PROD checking it off
#80107 failing on Web with #80288
#80120 failing with #80313
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13821 failed with an original issue, https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13821#issuecomment-3789641381

[Beamanator]

Demoted #80334

[Beamanator]

Closed and checked off #80371 as reproducible in prod