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fix: stop showing the canceled status on expense previews - #99097

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Explanation of Change

#98758 moved Canceled from the expense preview line up to the report level, but dropped the precedence it had before.

On production, Canceled was the last branch in the if/else chain. Cancelling a payment in a workspace with approvals puts the report back in APPROVED/APPROVED, so the Approved branch matched first and Canceled was never shown for that flow. Moving it to the report level made it show for the first time, and only in the Inbox, which is the inconsistency QA reported.

Fix: Keep the approved report-level placement, but don't show it when the badge is already Approved.

So:

  • Approval flow → [Approved] 1 expense
  • Other flows that don't end up approved, like optional approvals or Send Money → [Done] Canceled • 1 expense

Fixed Issues

$ #99091
PROPOSAL:

Tests

Canceled must NOT show

  1. Workspace with approvals enabled: manual expense, submit, approve, mark as paid, go offline, cancel the payment.
  2. Workspace chat preview shows 1 expense with the Approved badge — no Canceled • prefix.
  3. Spend → Filters → Type: Chats — same, no Canceled. Both surfaces match.

Canceled MUST show (optimistically), at report level

  1. Workspace with approvals disabled (optional approval): manual expense, mark as paid
  2. Go offline Cancel the payment. The report preview header reads Canceled • 1 expense next to a Done badge.
  3. Check Spend → Type: Chats shows the same thing as the inbox
  4. Confirm Canceled never appears on the expense preview's supporting line in any of these — only at report level.

Regression checks

  1. For an ordinary expense (not cancelled, not held), the supporting line reads Date • Category, with no stray when the category is missing.
  2. The expense report page still shows • Canceled on the expense itself (MoneyRequestView unchanged).
  3. Pending and Pending match still appear where applicable.
  4. Hold an expense: red RBR row reads This expense was put on hold, not repeated on the supporting line. With an extra violation: Category missing • This expense was put on hold.
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

  • Same as tests

QA Steps

  • Same as tests

  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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I'm a bit confused by this. With approvals enabled, why wouldn't we show [Approved] Canceled * 1 expense like we do if approvals are disabled: [Done] Canceled * 1 expense`?

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I'm a bit confused by this. With approvals enabled, why wouldn't we show [Approved] Canceled * 1 expense like we do if approvals are disabled: [Done] Canceled * 1 expense`?

That is indeed confusing and even with approvals disabled it disappears once API is successful, I'm just trying to match the prod behaviour in this PR. If we want to completely remove the "Canceled" text (for now), we can do that here and discuss the actual intended behaviour in a follow-up.

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Both blockers were demoted so no need to hurry up merging this PR.
We can discuss the expected behavior here and update accordingly.

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@Expensify/design, bump on this when you get a chance: #99097 (review)

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dannymcclain commented Aug 26, 2026

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I'm a bit confused by this. With approvals enabled, why wouldn't we show [Approved] Canceled * 1 expense like we do if approvals are disabled: [Done] Canceled * 1 expense`?

I'm not sure I'm totally following, and honestly didn't even know we displayed Canceled anywhere aside from the system message that records the action. But I think Tom's suggestion makes sense. Maybe a stupid question: why do we even need to show Canceled on the preview? Also, is it supposed to only show on the preview until you open the report?

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With approvals enabled, why wouldn't we show [Approved] Canceled * 1 expense like we do if approvals are disabled: [Done] Canceled * 1 expense`?

You got a screenshot of this Tom?

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@dubielzyk-expensify @trjExpensify I think this is what Tom is talking about? Please correct me if I'm wrong!

CleanShot.2026-08-27.at.08.10.46.mp4

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Okay cool, that seems good to me? So no need to show it in the expense preview, just show it at the top report title line.

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