[Due for payment 2025-05-08] [Due for payment 2025-04-18] Expense - Empty space instead of "Pay" button on expense preview after payment is cancelled

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Version Number: 9.1.25-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N/A
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): ibellicotest+536@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Motorola MotoG60 - Android 12 - Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Open the staging.new.expensify.com website.
2. Open any workspace chat.
3. Tap on "+" button and select "Create Expense"
4. Complete the creation flow and submit the expense.
5. Once redirected to chat, tap on dropdown menu on "Pay" button on expense preview and select "Pay Elsewhere"
6. Pay the expense elsewhere and note that "Pay" button becomes "View"
7. Open the expense report.
8. Tap on "More"
9. Cancel the payment.
10. Return to conversation using device´s back button.
11. Note that an empty space is now displayed instead of "Pay Elsewhere" button.

Expected Result:

"Pay Elsewhere" button should reappear on expense preview after the payment is cancelled.

Actual Result:

Empty space is displayed on expense preview instead of "Pay Elsewhere" button after the payment is cancelled on expense report and the user returns to chat using device´s back button. "View" button disappears, but "Pay Elsewhere" button doesn´t reappear after that.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6797057_1744206092045.Device_s.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @adelekennedy

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @tgolen (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @adelekennedy (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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[nlemma]

@adelekennedy FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.