[Due for payment 2025-06-18] [$250] Approve Button Still Visible After Approval Workflow Changed

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Version Number: 9.1.39-4
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @shawnborton
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): #Expensify Bugs

Action Performed:

1. Be an original approver and approve a report.
2. Have the approval workflow updated so you are no longer the approver.
3. View the same report again.
4. Note that the "Approve" button is still visible.
5. Click the button.

Expected Result:

The "Approve" button should no longer be visible if the user is not a current approver.
The UI should reflect the updated workflow state and user permissions.

Actual Result:

Button remains visible.
Clicking it results in an error The report status has changed since you started reviewing it. Please refresh the page to view the current status.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Triggered auto assignment to @NicMendonca (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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@s77rt Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

[ganzz4]

Hi! I'm trying to reproduce this bug, but I can't anymore — the "Approve" button no longer appears when I'm removed from the approval workflow.
Has this issue already been fixed?

[s77rt]

The approve button is removed from the report but the report preview still has it

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