[Due for payment 2025-11-07] [$250] Android - Expense - Infinite loading when moving negative expense to new report offline

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Version Number: 9.2.28-0
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 BrowserStack: #65001
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): ibellicotest+1897@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Motorola MotoG60 / Android 12 (Hybrid app)
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Prerequisite: Account has at least one workspace.

1. Open the Expensify app.
2. Open any workspace chat.
3. Create a manual expense with negative amount.
4. Turn off internet connection.
5. Open the just created expense.
6. Tap on the report field.
7. Tap on "Create Report"
8. Note that infinite loading is displayed when expense is moved.

Expected Result:

When moving expense to a new report while offline, user should automatically land on the now empty report.

Actual Result:

Infinite skeleton loader is displayed when moving an expense with negative amount to a new report while offline. App keeps loading until internet connection is recovered.

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

Bug6969137_1759965497587.Negative.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @muttmuure

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

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