Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-08-18

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Release Version: 9.4.55-4
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:

• optimistically update some columns in offline #95383
• Onboarding: capture accounting system name for Other #96160
• [Payment due @eh2077] Exclude all-held reports from the Inbox to-do, keep them for whoever placed the hold #96178
• Group bulk export options by integration for multi-workspace selections #96728
• fix: number commercial card feed default names #97065
• [Payment due @cretadn22] Feat/93155 show gl code category v2 #97071
• Fix/96257 optimistic move scan failed on pay approve #97084
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#96981 Document RuleBot removal guard for Agent rules #97390
• 83858 migrate money request part 2 v3 #97521
• Docs updates for E/A#97017 merge duplicate expenses error message #97548
• Migrate Button to ButtonComposed (batch 9) #97606
• [No QA] [Payment due @truph01] [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97319 add Save step for theme, priority, timezone #97622
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97634
• [No QA] [Part 3.3] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: refactored getReasonAndReportActionThatHasRedBrickRoad to use object params #97653
• [Download receipts] Add "Download receipts" to the Expenses and Reports search pages #97671
• Migrate money request distance, manual distance and rate steps to dyn… #97780
• Fix infinite loading page after unlinking secondary login from email #97803
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#95631 agent creation opens the agent DM immediately #97831
• perf: add getStablePermissions #97863
• Move selected cardholder to the top of the assignee list #97872
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#96497 mention agents in Copilot delegated access #97918
• Part 4: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/ReportUtils.ts #97938
• Fix invoice "marked as paid" copy diverging from displayed message #97999
• Remove REPORT_ACTIONS Onyx reference from hasReportBeenForwardedSinceLastSubmit - 1 #98000
• Remove allReportActions from Report/index.ts #98119
• Replace getPersonalDetailByEmail with usePersonalDetailByLogin in Workflows page #98124
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97333 AUS Corpay certification TMD, illion report, bank statement #98209
• Docs updates for E/A#97921 rename Scheduled Submit to Submissions #98214
• Add Next button to company card assignee step instead of tap-to-advance (redo with regression fixes) #98220
• 83858 migrate money request part 2 v5 #98255
• [Payment due @abdulrahuman5196] Send the view's expense columns when exporting a grouped current view #98291
• Remove ineffective receipt Image.prefetch blocking scan navigation #98315
• [NO QA] Reword stale removed-from-QBO vendor comment to reference the accounting integration generically #98388
• Migrate money request merchant, description and date steps to dynamic #98393
• Fix new manual expense flow regressions (Part 3) #98405
• Change Update required view on web #98407
• Auto-focus Legal first name input on legal name page #98418
• Hide the ProductMarketingWindowManager when user is inside 2FA flow #98441
• Use 20px horizontal margin for Section cards to match standard spacing #98443
• [No QA] Update Complete-a-Hotel-Stay-Using-Consolidated-Travel-Billing.md #98454
• [Payment due @QichenZhu] [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97486 extend Book a call to partner manager and guide #98471
• Refactor: migrate getCurrencySymbol to useCurrencyListActions hook (part 2) #98473
• Refactor: migrate getCurrencySymbol to useCurrencyListActions hook (part 3) #98487
• [No QA] Update Login-Troubleshooting.md #98501
• Scroll forward immediately on approve/pay/submit instead of after button animation #98515
• Use inset style for illustrations in card section headers #98517
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions in hook tests #98530
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98531
• [No QA] Clean up unsafe type assertions in tests #98532
• [No QA] Fix unsafe type assertions in tests #98555
• [No QA] Extend request-phase telemetry spans to Search #98577
• fix: resize Concierge chart to fit RHP width #98618
• Render receipt image immediately when there is no transition #98630
• [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertion from focused leaf navigation test #98636
• Fix - Add domain does not create the domain after magic code verification #98646
• [Payment due @abzokhattab] Remove the submit2026 beta #98656
• [No QA] Prune stale eslint-seatbelt entries for deleted files on merge to main #98665
• [NO QA] Rename TravelInvoicing identifiers to TravelBilling #98673
• Show "Add category" button for Submit workspace editors in IOU category step #98713
• Remove OnyxUtils.get() from backgroundLocationTrackingTask (use connectWithoutView) #98714
• Refactor IOU default expense-policy logic to distinguish personal and group policies #98730
• Refactor report change-workspace eligibility to use group-policy checks #98732
• Refactor search submit CTA eligibility to use group-policy checks #98734
• [Snyk] Security upgrade react-native-google-places-autocomplete from 2.5.6 to 2.6.4 #98735
• Show Concierge Help button on Workspace HR page #98750
• [NO QA] fix: Updating and persisting Metro server/bundle location #98794
• [CP Staging] fix - Android - Distance - Address suggestion list loads infinitely #98836
• [CP Staging] fix: gate Download receipts on receipt presence in Search #98849
• [CP Staging] Indent GL code subtitle to match the subcategory name in list rows #98850
• [CP Staging] Revert optimistic scan-failed expense move on pay #98914

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14049
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14053
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14058
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14059
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14060

Internal QA:

• [Payment due @suneox] Mask delegate auth tokens and password in Onyx state export #98159 - @Valforte

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2026-08-25] Expense - New report with failed scan expense changes to not here page #98821
• Categories - No "Show GL codes when categorizing expenses" toggle for Expensifail account #98823
• [Due for payment 2026-08-25] Android - Distance - Address suggestion list loads infinitely #98825
• [Due for payment 2026-08-25] Spend - Wrong message when draft expense with receipt is downloaded with deleted expense #98827
• [Due for payment 2026-08-25] Category - GL code for subcategory does not have left indentation #98828
• Android - Accounting software field is not visible when keyboard is opened in landscape mode #98832
• [Due for payment 2026-08-25] Spend - Download receipts option is shown when there is no receipt #98833

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. 83858 migrate money request part 2 v3 #97521
2. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to dff308a — Adhoc Build
   ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14053
3. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions in hook tests #98530
4. [No QA] Clean up unsafe type assertions in tests #98532
5. [Payment due @abdulrahuman5196] Send the view's expense columns when exporting a grouped current view #98291
6. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.54-1 — Adhoc Build
7. Fix/96257 optimistic move scan failed on pay approve #97084
8. [No QA] Fix unsafe type assertions in tests #98555
9. [No QA] Prune stale eslint-seatbelt entries for deleted files on merge to main #98665
10. Remove ineffective receipt Image.prefetch blocking scan navigation #98315
11. Migrate money request distance, manual distance and rate steps to dyn… #97780
12. Render receipt image immediately when there is no transition #98630
13. [Download receipts] Add "Download receipts" to the Expenses and Reports search pages #97671
14. Remove REPORT_ACTIONS Onyx reference from hasReportBeenForwardedSinceLastSubmit - 1 #98000
15. [NO QA] Reword stale removed-from-QBO vendor comment to reference the accounting integration generically #98388
16. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#95631 agent creation opens the agent DM immediately #97831
17. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#96497 mention agents in Copilot delegated access #97918
18. [Payment due @QichenZhu] [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97486 extend Book a call to partner manager and guide #98471
19. [No QA] Update Complete-a-Hotel-Stay-Using-Consolidated-Travel-Billing.md #98454
20. Docs updates for E/A#97921 rename Scheduled Submit to Submissions #98214
21. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97333 AUS Corpay certification TMD, illion report, bank statement #98209
22. [No QA] Update Login-Troubleshooting.md #98501
23. [Payment due @abzokhattab] Remove the submit2026 beta #98656
24. Use inset style for illustrations in card section headers #98517
25. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to fdf786d — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14049
26. [No QA] [Payment due @truph01] [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97319 add Save step for theme, priority, timezone #97622
27. Move selected cardholder to the top of the assignee list #97872
28. perf: add getStablePermissions #97863
29. Migrate money request merchant, description and date steps to dynamic #98393
30. Show "Add category" button for Submit workspace editors in IOU category step #98713
31. Fix infinite loading page after unlinking secondary login from email #97803
32. Part 4: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/ReportUtils.ts #97938
33. Hide the ProductMarketingWindowManager when user is inside 2FA flow #98441
34. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.54-2 — Adhoc Build
35. [Payment due @cretadn22] Feat/93155 show gl code category v2 #97071
36. fix: resize Concierge chart to fit RHP width #98618
37. 83858 migrate money request part 2 v5 #98255
38. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to cbb6616 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14059
39. Change Update required view on web #98407
40. [No QA] Extend request-phase telemetry spans to Search #98577
41. [No QA] [Part 3.3] Remove Onyx.connect(ONYXKEYS.SESSION) in ReportActionsUtils: refactored getReasonAndReportActionThatHasRedBrickRoad to use object params #97653
42. Add Next button to company card assignee step instead of tap-to-advance (redo with regression fixes) #98220
43. optimistically update some columns in offline #95383
44. Replace getPersonalDetailByEmail with usePersonalDetailByLogin in Workflows page #98124
45. Refactor: migrate getCurrencySymbol to useCurrencyListActions hook (part 2) #98473
46. Refactor: migrate getCurrencySymbol to useCurrencyListActions hook (part 3) #98487
47. Refactor search submit CTA eligibility to use group-policy checks #98734
48. Fix - Add domain does not create the domain after magic code verification #98646
49. [NO QA] Rename TravelInvoicing identifiers to TravelBilling #98673
50. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 65e2cc2 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14060
51. Docs updates for E/A#97017 merge duplicate expenses error message #97548
52. Remove OnyxUtils.get() from backgroundLocationTrackingTask (use connectWithoutView) #98714
53. Fix new manual expense flow regressions (Part 3) #98405
54. Group bulk export options by integration for multi-workspace selections #96728
55. Use 20px horizontal margin for Section cards to match standard spacing #98443
56. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #98531
57. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertion from focused leaf navigation test #98636
58. Migrate Button to ButtonComposed (batch 9) #97606
59. [No QA] Remove unsafe type assertions from tests #97634
60. Refactor report change-workspace eligibility to use group-policy checks #98732
61. [Payment due @suneox] Mask delegate auth tokens and password in Onyx state export #98159
62. Refactor IOU default expense-policy logic to distinguish personal and group policies #98730
63. [Payment due @eh2077] Exclude all-held reports from the Inbox to-do, keep them for whoever placed the hold #96178
64. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.54-3 — Adhoc Build
65. Show Concierge Help button on Workspace HR page #98750
66. [Snyk] Security upgrade react-native-google-places-autocomplete from 2.5.6 to 2.6.4 #98735
67. Remove allReportActions from Report/index.ts #98119
68. Scroll forward immediately on approve/pay/submit instead of after button animation #98515
69. [NO QA] fix: Updating and persisting Metro server/bundle location #98794
70. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to f591203 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14058
71. Auto-focus Legal first name input on legal name page #98418
72. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.54-4 — Adhoc Build
73. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#96981 Document RuleBot removal guard for Agent rules #97390
74. Onboarding: capture accounting system name for Other #96160
75. fix: number commercial card feed default names #97065
76. Fix invoice "marked as paid" copy diverging from displayed message #97999
77. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.55-0 — Adhoc Build
78. [CP Staging] fix: gate Download receipts on receipt presence in Search #98849
79. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.55-1 — 3d1651a
80. [CP Staging] fix - Android - Distance - Address suggestion list loads infinitely #98836
81. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.55-2 — 729989c
82. [CP Staging] Indent GL code subtitle to match the subcategory name in list rows #98850
83. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.55-3 — 02fcb78
84. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.55-4 — ab71a57
85. [CP Staging] Revert optimistic scan-failed expense move on pay #98914

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[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 67%

PRs Failing:
#96160 with #98832, #96160 (comment)
#97780 on Web with #98834
#98220 with #97410
#98418 with original issue ID #98404

PRs Untested:
Several still pending validation: Web 8 | Android 19 | iOS 16

[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 80%

PRs Failing:
#96160 with #98832, #96160 (comment)
#97780 on Web with #98834
#98220 with #97410
#98418 with original issue ID #98404

PRs Untested:
Several still pending validation: Web 6 | Android 13 | iOS 16

[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 90%

PRs Failing:
#96160 with #98832, #96160 (comment)
#97780 with #98834
#97999 with #97152
#98220 with #97410
#98418 with original issue #98404
#98735 with #98825

PRs Untested:
Several still pending validation: Web 4 | Android 10 | iOS 11

[m-natarajan]

Regression completed

PRs Failing:
#96160 with #98832, #96160 (comment)
#97780 with #98834
#97803 with #96073 (Android device) and #98872
#97999 with #97152
#98220 with #97410
#98418 with original issue #98404
#98735 with #98825

PRs Untested:
#97521 (comment)
#98214 (comment)
#98443 (comment)
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14059#issuecomment-5330312891
#98291 Pending validation in iOS and Android

[Beamanator]

#98827 and #98833 fixed by #98849

[m-natarajan]

Checkoff #98291