Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-08-14

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Release Version: 9.4.54-1
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• Name the required deposit currency in the waiting-for-submitter-account next step #94786
• Clear expense report hasOutstandingChildRequest optimistically on approve #95636
• [Payment due @ZhenjaHorbach] Render DELEGATESUBMIT report action as muted system message #96766
• fix: show scan error instead of populating $0 amount when scan fails #96772
• [Payment due @situchan] Refactor BusinessInfo IncorporationStateBusiness loader to ActivityIndicator #96831
• [Payment due @situchan] Refactor BusinessInfo PhoneNumberBusiness loader to ActivityIndicator #96832
• Refactor Account settings menu data into a shared hook #96870
• fix super wide RHP closing after merging an expense on Search #96910
• Keep merchant rules import button active offline for the all-skipped path #96976
• [Search Router] Add Create actions to navigation suggestions #97086
• Migrate Button to ButtonComposed (batch 8) #97089
• [INP] Improve UserListItem-Checkbox INP: paint the checkmark optimistically and run the selection update as a transition #97140
• Video orientation changes after editing a message #97174
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from ten test files #97285
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97286
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from policy, workflow, navigation, and utility tests #97317
• Migrate Button to ButtonComposed (batch 5) search+reports #97336
• [No QA] MenuItem decomposition - simplest usages #97339
• Fix: patch react-native-vision-camera to avoid AVCaptureSession configuration crash #97499
• [Payment due @mkhutornyi] Add policy change logs for the categorize and tag requirements #97505
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97509
• Fix: Expense Rules Without Reimbursable/Billable in Classic Default to “No” in New Expensify #97522
• 83858 migrate category v3 #97524
• Turn native startup markers into ManualAppStartup child spans (iOS startup p90 instrumentation) #97565
• Remove onboarding progress bar #97590
• Patch Search snapshot when submitting a tracked expense (offline Spend > Expenses) #97618
• Expense -Deleted split moved from 1:1 chat to Self DM with negative amount after clear cache #97645
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97676
• Fix keyboard focus not returning to FAB and composer + after Back #97678
• Fix: show receipt thumbnail on Expenses tab when receipt has a file but no scan state #97687
• Filter DELETE-pending transactions out of LHN RBR aggregation #97706
• [Payment due @huult] [NO QA] Add Amount debited and Amount reimbursed filters, columns and sorting #97708
• [Release 3] feat: Active/Archived sections + Select all in Spend workspace filter #97773
• Fix receipts dropping after iOS app upgrade due to stale container paths #97814
• Take the user into the Concierge thread after asking a question #97816
• Update conciergeReportID to remove Onyx.connect - 34 #97822
• Fix: return focus and soft keyboard to description input on iOS after canceling discard modal #97823
• Name assigned company card after the selected employee, not the admin #97925
• Show Edit comment for text and attachment messages while the attachment uploads #97935
• Resume add-card flow after acknowledging company cards upgrade #97937
• Surface over-limit error when moving an expense to a report at the 500-transaction limit #97998
• Convert Workflows page to a tabbed layout behind the rulesRevamp beta #98004
• Guard FlashList ViewHolderCollection render against stale layout index (web crash) #98015
• Keep the time picker's AM/PM period locale-independent #98110
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98111
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98116
• Surface Expensify Card monthly settlement date on card settings page #98164
• Fix: Multi-level tags show "Required" on all levels when only some are required #98247
• Scope agent-device text-input macros per platform #98272
• [Payment due @ZhenjaHorbach] [No QA] Log the two unreproducible hangs from Expensify/Expensify#667674 #98279
• fix: Home - Extra padding is shown in More menu in offline mode #98290
• [No QA] Update help docs for Release 3: Submit via PDF for the Submit workspace #98295
• Fix Global Reimbursement incorrectly appearing disabled for fully set-up US Corpay accounts #98347
• Preserve custom report name when duplicating a report and editing expenses #98387
• Fix incorrect currency symbol in distance rate update changelog message #98389
• getPolicyTags cleanup #98400
• Fix Android device back button on the public room sign-in modal #98401
• [No QA] Migrate GitHub Actions and scripts tests from Jest to bun:test #98402
• [NoQA] Add spans for app-startup network request phases #98413
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from UI tests #98415
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from unit tests #98428
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98431
• [NO QA][HOME] Replace right caret with new window icon on announcements row #98435
• [No QA] Clean up unsafe type assertions in UI tests #98436
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from UI tests #98440
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from unit tests #98447
• Center Home page contents on wider screens #98449
• [No QA] Fix unsafe type assertions in unit tests #98452
• [No QA] Clean up unsafe assertions in unit tests #98453
• [No QA] Replace softprops/turnstyle with GitHub-native concurrency in createNewVersion #98458
• Clean up page header styles and remove header illustrations #98461
• [Payment due @Ollyws] Do not show onboarding options in concierge for submit2026 workspaces #98470
• [No QA] Remove unsafe assertions from shared test utilities #98485
• Persist reimbursable selection on optimistic CSV import card #98486
• Rewrite default custom agent prompt as a personal copilot example #98508
• [No QA] Fix typecheck and test failures from PR #94786 #98512
• [No QA] Cleanup CLAUDE.md #98514
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98533
• Re-add Rotate and Crop buttons for stitched odometer receipt images #98540
• Bring back Top merchants insight to the Home page #98557
• fix: reland Search re-fire fix with the deploy blocker regressions closed #98558
• [No QA] Fix flaky SignInBackButtonTest caused by the openApp Onyx race #98586
• [NoQA] Add logging for silent exits in Search page pay flows #98597
• Limit displayed Exchange Rate values to 4 decimals in expense tables #98620
• [NO QA] Use correct melvin actor to ignore checklist #98642
• [No QA] Fix main typecheck: add required email to QBO vendor mock #98670
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix keyboard focus not returning to FAB and composer + after Back" #98693

Internal QA:

• Drop the vendorMatching beta gate from QBO vendor surfaces (R1 GA) #98516 - @Beamanator

Deploy Blockers:

• Android & iOS - Expense-App crashes when creating report, expense, opening any option from FAB #98688
• Android - Onboarding - Missing "employer" in "Submit expenses to my employer" #98690
• Android & iOS - App crashes after interacting with pop-up modal #98691
• Chat - Video link disappears when editing comment for the second time #98692
• iOS - Spend - App crashes when using Bulk Select on any page #98695
• Chat - Edited file name is not saved when editing file name in offline mode #98696
• Scan - Amount shows 0.00 then reverts to empty field after editing merchant #98697
• Spend - Expenses count does not update after adding expense to report #98698
• Expensify Card - Submissions tab opens after clicking Enable approvals #98699

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. Fix: Expense Rules Without Reimbursable/Billable in Classic Default to “No” in New Expensify #97522
2. Update conciergeReportID to remove Onyx.connect - 34 #97822
3. Keep merchant rules import button active offline for the all-skipped path #96976
4. [INP] Improve UserListItem-Checkbox INP: paint the checkmark optimistically and run the selection update as a transition #97140
5. Fix: show receipt thumbnail on Expenses tab when receipt has a file but no scan state #97687
6. Remove onboarding progress bar #97590
7. Scope agent-device text-input macros per platform #98272
8. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97286
9. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from policy, workflow, navigation, and utility tests #97317
10. Fix Android device back button on the public room sign-in modal #98401
11. Name the required deposit currency in the waiting-for-submitter-account next step #94786
12. [No QA] Fix typecheck and test failures from PR #94786 #98512
13. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-1 — Adhoc Build
14. Rewrite default custom agent prompt as a personal copilot example #98508
15. [No QA] Cleanup CLAUDE.md #98514
16. [Payment due @mkhutornyi] Add policy change logs for the categorize and tag requirements #97505
17. 83858 migrate category v3 #97524
18. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-2 — Adhoc Build
19. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-3 — Adhoc Build
20. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-4 — Adhoc Build
21. Fix: patch react-native-vision-camera to avoid AVCaptureSession configuration crash #97499
22. [Search Router] Add Create actions to navigation suggestions #97086
23. Migrate Button to ButtonComposed (batch 8) #97089
24. Fix receipts dropping after iOS app upgrade due to stale container paths #97814
25. Fix: Multi-level tags show "Required" on all levels when only some are required #98247
26. Take the user into the Concierge thread after asking a question #97816
27. [No QA] Fix flaky SignInBackButtonTest caused by the openApp Onyx race #98586
28. Clear expense report hasOutstandingChildRequest optimistically on approve #95636
29. [NoQA] Add logging for silent exits in Search page pay flows #98597
30. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-5 — Adhoc Build
31. Persist reimbursable selection on optimistic CSV import card #98486
32. [No QA] Replace softprops/turnstyle with GitHub-native concurrency in createNewVersion #98458
33. [No QA] MenuItem decomposition - simplest usages #97339
34. Preserve custom report name when duplicating a report and editing expenses #98387
35. Filter DELETE-pending transactions out of LHN RBR aggregation #97706
36. [No QA] Clean up unsafe assertions in unit tests #98453
37. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from unit tests #98447
38. [No QA] Clean up unsafe type assertions in UI tests #98436
39. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98431
40. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from UI tests #98415
41. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98116
42. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98111
43. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97676
44. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97509
45. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-6 — Adhoc Build
46. Fix incorrect currency symbol in distance rate update changelog message #98389
47. [Payment due @huult] [NO QA] Add Amount debited and Amount reimbursed filters, columns and sorting #97708
48. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from unit tests #98428
49. Keep the time picker's AM/PM period locale-independent #98110
50. Bring back Top merchants insight to the Home page #98557
51. Clean up page header styles and remove header illustrations #98461
52. [Payment due @ZhenjaHorbach] Render DELEGATESUBMIT report action as muted system message #96766
53. Re-add Rotate and Crop buttons for stitched odometer receipt images #98540
54. [Payment due @situchan] Refactor BusinessInfo PhoneNumberBusiness loader to ActivityIndicator #96832
55. Turn native startup markers into ManualAppStartup child spans (iOS startup p90 instrumentation) #97565
56. Refactor Account settings menu data into a shared hook #96870
57. Video orientation changes after editing a message #97174
58. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-7 — Adhoc Build
59. [No QA] Fix unsafe type assertions in unit tests #98452
60. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98533
61. Show Edit comment for text and attachment messages while the attachment uploads #97935
62. Surface over-limit error when moving an expense to a report at the 500-transaction limit #97998
63. [Payment due @situchan] Refactor BusinessInfo IncorporationStateBusiness loader to ActivityIndicator #96831
64. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-8 — Adhoc Build
65. Name assigned company card after the selected employee, not the admin #97925
66. fix super wide RHP closing after merging an expense on Search #96910
67. Fix Global Reimbursement incorrectly appearing disabled for fully set-up US Corpay accounts #98347
68. [NO QA] Use correct melvin actor to ignore checklist #98642
69. [No QA] Update help docs for Release 3: Submit via PDF for the Submit workspace #98295
70. [No QA] Migrate GitHub Actions and scripts tests from Jest to bun:test #98402
71. Resume add-card flow after acknowledging company cards upgrade #97937
72. fix: show scan error instead of populating $0 amount when scan fails #96772
73. [Release 3] feat: Active/Archived sections + Select all in Spend workspace filter #97773
74. Convert Workflows page to a tabbed layout behind the rulesRevamp beta #98004
75. getPolicyTags cleanup #98400
76. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from UI tests #98440
77. Fix keyboard focus not returning to FAB and composer + after Back #97678
78. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from ten test files #97285
79. [No QA] Remove unsafe assertions from shared test utilities #98485
80. Limit displayed Exchange Rate values to 4 decimals in expense tables #98620
81. fix: reland Search re-fire fix with the deploy blocker regressions closed #98558
82. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-9 — Adhoc Build
83. Patch Search snapshot when submitting a tracked expense (offline Spend > Expenses) #97618
84. [NoQA] Add spans for app-startup network request phases #98413
85. [Payment due @Ollyws] Do not show onboarding options in concierge for submit2026 workspaces #98470
86. Drop the vendorMatching beta gate from QBO vendor surfaces (R1 GA) #98516
87. Fix: return focus and soft keyboard to description input on iOS after canceling discard modal #97823
88. [Payment due @ZhenjaHorbach] [No QA] Log the two unreproducible hangs from Expensify/Expensify#667674 #98279
89. Guard FlashList ViewHolderCollection render against stale layout index (web crash) #98015
90. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.53-10 — Adhoc Build
91. Surface Expensify Card monthly settlement date on card settings page #98164
92. [No QA] Fix main typecheck: add required email to QBO vendor mock #98670
93. Center Home page contents on wider screens #98449
94. Migrate Button to ButtonComposed (batch 5) search+reports #97336
95. fix: Home - Extra padding is shown in More menu in offline mode #98290
96. [NO QA][HOME] Replace right caret with new window icon on announcements row #98435
97. Expense -Deleted split moved from 1:1 chat to Self DM with negative amount after clear cache #97645
98. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.54-0 — Adhoc Build
99. [CP Staging] Revert "Fix keyboard focus not returning to FAB and composer + after Back" #98693
100. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.54-1 — e4a27dc

Deployer verifications:

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• 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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Checked off #98516 b/c it has been tested pretty thoroughly 👍

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