[Due for payment 2026-01-06] [$250] Android & iOS - Expense - Report empty state appears briefly after deleting IOU expense

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Version Number: 9.2.78-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #75886
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): isjdsoijsojnsiojisndj@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Pull Request QA execution
Device used: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE / Android 16
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Launch Expensify app.
2. Open chat with another user.
3. Submit an expense to the user.
4. Open the expense report.
5. Click More > Delete.
6. Delete the expense.

Expected Result:

Report empty state will not appear after deleting IOU expense.

Actual Result:

Report empty state appears briefly after deleting IOU expense.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7028322_1765582311497.Screen_Recording_20251213_072837_Expensify.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @dylanexpensify

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

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