[$250] Debug - After adding expense to the report type changes from expense to chat for both

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Version Number: 9.2.63-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Unable to validate in Prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #73748
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Sign in to ND
2. Create a manual expense in the workspace chat
3. Enable Debug mode
4. Open expense details, click the header, then Debug
5. Scroll down to the constant fields, observe the "type" row - it shows "expense"
6. Add a distance expense to the report
7. Repeat steps 3-4 with any expense in the report - type row shows "chat" now

Expected Result:

"type" row shows "expense" for the expenses in the report

Actual Result:

"type" row shows "chat" for the expenses in the report, when there are more than one expense

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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Bug7012452_1764017741310.Debug_type.mp4

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