[$250] Gesture - Safari on iPhone flickers previous screen on swipe-back gesture

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 9.2.62-5
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+omqq1@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

Precondition: user is signed in

1. Open app
2. Navigate to any chat
3. Perform swipe-back gesture

Expected Result:

When performing the swipe-back gesture in Safari on iPhone, the previous screen should not appear. Navigation to the previous screen occurs smoothly, without flickering or momentary display of previous content

Actual Result:

When performing the swipe-back gesture in Safari on iPhone, the previous screen briefly flickers upon returning. This occurs on any screen of the app

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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Bug7012224_1763999993924.ScreenRecording_11-24-2025_17-52-51_1.mp4

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