Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-01-17

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Release Version: 9.0.87-3
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• Use POST for SAML login #52658
• Update "Hold expense" modal copy and icons #53354
• Move free trial banner to #admins room for users selecting MANAGE_TEAM onboarding intent #53895
• Adding animation for children of switch components #53938
• Create Expense Part 2 - Clean up #54201
• [HybridApp] Necessary copilot changes #54296
• Use invoiceTransferBankAccountID to determine default badge for a payment method on Invoices page #54619
• Implemented BE part of Per Diem Request #54760
• Fix can't open emoji picker when edit composer is focused #54858
• Fix hidden shows when sending invoice to new user #54868
• [No QA] Add violations to inline submit #54898
• Add a new patch to temporary disable suggestion pop up #54957
• Add space between destination and subrate #54984
• fix: Android - Create Chat - "You appear to be offline" is displayed floating on room creation #55047
• [No QA] Add unit test for getSubmitToAccountID and getApprovalChain #55062
• Reduce string unions in Route type (part 2) #55065
• Align default IDs in ReportScreen file #55074
• Fix offline indicator is not displayed at the bottom in the Get physical card page #55146
• fix: Improve visibility of tooltips #55148
• Hide pay button if submit button is visible #55150
• add workspace setting link to the Create a workspace task desc #55190
• Add tooltip for the inactive tab in the create expense page when the tab title is hidden #55216
• Fixed double clicking behavior on pronouns page #55225
• Bump fullstory to 1.7.2 #55272
• Clear the search input when the modal is closed #55277
• [no QA] Images for help article - commercial feeds in NewDot #55279
• Hide not activated physical cards on search #55281
• Update CONST.ts #55305
• [NO QA] Add additional checklist verification for previous app crashes #55306
• Update CONST.ts #55307
• [No QA] Update en.ts #55339
• Update Create-a-company-workspace.md #55354
• Revert "[HybridApp] Necessary copilot changes" #55363
• [ImgBot] Optimize images #55364
• Revert "Fix hidden shows when sending invoice to new user" #55374
• [No QA] Update en.ts #55376
• [No QA] Update en.ts #55379
• [CP Staging] Revert "Use POST for SAML login" #55432
• [CP Staging] Revert 53938 #55451
• [CP Staging] Fix undefined inside backTo parameter for export accounts #55472

Internal QA:

• [InternalQA] fix: always send feedType with the order number for custom feeds #55223 - @mountiny
• [Internal QA]: Fix bank name pick from url during goBack from export item #55209 - @mountiny
• Update the direct bank connection flow on desktop #55203 - @mountiny

Deploy Blockers:

• [ON HOLD for Payment 2/24/25] [$250] Per diem - Quantity field shows error after selecting a subrate #55399
• [Due for payment 2025-02-18] Per diem - Amount initially does not reflect the amount that matches the subrate quantity #55402
• [Due for payment 2025-03-03] Per diem - Negative amount turns to positive amount after sorting duplicates #55404
• Per diem - Inconsistency in description formatting when submitting per diem offline and online #55406
• [HOLD for payment 2025-01-30] [HOLD for payment 2025-01-28] iOS Workspace features - No animation in workspace editor after enabling feature #55413
• iOS - Swiping back after enabling feature returns to features page instead of workspace list #55414
• [$250] mWeb/Chrome - Chat - 1:1 chat displayed as group for a second when created offline with an expense #55416
• Netsuite/Intacct/Xero - Page not found when click Back error on Export tab #55417
• [$250][not here] iOS Hybrid - Onboarding Task - Not here page is displayed when clicking on "Check it out" link #55423
• [$250] Per diem - Date in the receipt is truncated #55428
• [$750] [HOLD on Mobile-Expensify/pull/13404] Android - Login - Unable to log in using Magic Link received via Email #55447
• Per diem - Per diem expense amount can be manipulated by modifying the link #55448
• [Due for payment 2025-02-18] Per diem - Tax fields are absent on confirmation page but present in transaction thread #55450

Deployer verifications:

• I checked the App Timing Dashboard and verified this release does not cause a noticeable performance regression.
• 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.
• I checked GitHub Status and verified there is no reported incident with Actions.

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[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #55209

[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #55223

[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #55203

[neil-marcellini]

I checked off all per diem deploy blockers and removed the labels because it's a feature behind a beta.

[jasperhuangg]

Demoting #55416 from #55416 (comment)

[mvtglobally]

Regression is at 95% completed

Blockers
#55413
#55414
#55417
#55423

Unchecked PRs
#53895 - Pending validation on Android
#54619 - Pending validation on Android
#55150 - Pending validation on Web
#55190 - is failing with #55423
#55272 - Checking off #55272 (comment)
#55281 - Pending validation on IOS

[mvtglobally]

Regression is completed

Blockers
#55413
#55414
#55417
#55423
#55447
#55448
#55450

Unchecked PRs
#54619 - It is not possible to add bank account in Hybrid app due to the following KI's: #52199 #55318. Is it ok to check this off?
#55150 - is failing with original issue. #55150 (comment)
#55190 - is failing with #55423

[Beamanator]

Checked off #55448 and #55450 and marked NAB b/c "Per diem" is behind a beta

[Beamanator]

Checking off #55150 b/c 1 of 2 bugs were fixed, so bug still exists on prod (see my comment here)