Expense - After selecting category from Concierge message, Concierge message becomes blank

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Version Number: 9.3.7-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #78634
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sdjoisjnodjiosjdosi@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Mac 26.1 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• Delete "Other" category in workspace.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Create an expense with random number as merchant and no category.
4. Open the expense report.
5. Wait for Concierge message to appear.
6. Select any category.

Expected Result:

After selecting category from Concierge message, Concierge message will not turn blank.

Actual Result:

After selecting category from Concierge message, Concierge message becomes blank.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7056027_1769124863584.10.mp4

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You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #78634

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Triggered auto assignment to @RachCHopkins (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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