[Due for payment 2026-01-06] [$250] iOS - In offline mode workspace chat does not appear in LHN after creating WS

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.2.75-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #74632
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Pull Request QA execution
Device used: iPhone 15 iOS 26.1, Pixel 5 Android 14
App Component: Left Hand Navigation (LHN)

Action Performed:

1. Sign in to ND
2. Go offline
3. Create a workspace.
4. Open "Inbox" tab and verify, that workspace chat appears in "Inbox"

Expected Result:

Workspace chat appears in Inbox after creating the workspace offline

Actual Result:

Workspace chat does not appear in Inbox after creating the workspace offline

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

Bug7026318_1765417371115.NO_WS_chat_offline.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @kadiealexander

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @jliexpensify (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.

[ashu75575]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

When creating a workspace offline on iOS, the workspace chat does not show up in the Inbox immediately, even though the workspace is created successfully.

What is the root cause of that problem?

On iOS while offline, Onyx updates are applied slightly later than expected.
Navigation to the new workspace happens before the optimistic policy update finishes, so the Inbox never receives the update and does not re-render.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Delay navigation by putting it into the microtask queue so the Onyx write completes first.
This ensures the Inbox sees the new workspace policy and updates instantly, even offline.
change this:

App/src/libs/actions/App.ts

Lines 512 to 514 in 821ee68

	});
	Navigation.navigate(routeToNavigate, {forceReplace: !transitionFromOldDot});
	})

to

            // ADD THIS
            Navigation.setNavigationActionToMicrotaskQueue(() => {
                Navigation.navigate(routeToNavigate, {forceReplace: !transitionFromOldDot});
            });

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[jliexpensify]

iOS <> Android swapsies

[melvin-bot]

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @dukenv0307 (External)