[$250] Merge - Chat background disappears after merging expenses.

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Version Number: 9.1.91-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #65596
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): ibellicotest+1544@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Motorola MotoG60 / Android 12 / Chrome ( mWeb / Hybrid app)
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Prerequisite: Account has at least one workspace created.
Prerequisite 2: Delayed submissions and approvals enabled.

1. Open the Expensify app.
2. Open any workspace chat.
3. Submit a manual expense.
4. Tap on "Submit" on the preview of the expense.
5. Create a different manual expense.
6. Open the second created expense.
7. Tap on "More" and select "Merge"
8. Select the first created expense to merge with.
9. Select the details you want to keep and tap on "Continue"
10. Once redirected to report, tap on the back button on the top left corner to return to chat.
11. Note that when you land on chat, background disappears and only the kept expense is seen.

Expected Result:

Background and all the content in chat should still be visible after merging expenses.

Actual Result:

After merging two expenses, background and all the content in chat disappear and only the kept expense is still visible. Background return to normal after closing and reopening chat.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6911019_1754621977159.Background.mp4

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