[Due for payment 2026-03-13] Distance is not converted but with different unit when submitted from self DM to IOU expense

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Version Number: 9.3.28-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #74967
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): jsodijnsdojsoijnsiodj@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Mac 26.2 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• Workspace distance unit must be different from personal distance unit.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to self DM.
3. Create a manual distance expense.
4. Click Submit it to someone.
5. Select a user (not workspace).
6. On confirm page, click Distance.
   → Distance editor shows the converted distance in another unit - Expected.
7. Click RHP back button.
8. Click Create expense.
9. Open the expense.

Expected Result:

Distance field will show the updated distance with different distance unit.

Actual Result:

Distance fields show the unconverted distance with different unit.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7092488_1772510429705.22.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @dylanexpensify

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You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #74967

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @johncschuster (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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