Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-03-23

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.3.42-2
Compare Changes: production...staging
Mobile-Expensify Changes: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/compare/production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• use useSearchSelector hook and remove unused and duplicated code #75026
• fix: The Language dropdown has no role, name and state announced #80713
• fix: mWeb - Keyboard doesn't pop-up, when foreground the app using device menu button #81809
• Make NewChatPage use new SelectionListWithSections #81869
• Delete user MENTIONWHISPER when ADDCOMMENT is deleted #82720
• Add missing warning modals for re-exporting and retracting exported reports #82885
• feat: enable Expensify Card for Collect workspaces and update subscription settings UI for Collect #83455
• Implement core "Duplicate report" action logic. #83896
• Fix: Change #admins room message when someone joins via link #84159
• [ECUK In-App 3DS] Add Passkeys/WebAuthn support for multifactor biometric authentication #84610
• Reapply "Merge pull request #81869 from software-mansion-labs/@zfurtak/migrate-NewChatPage" #84887
• fix: Unexpected error when delete cropped receipt #85030
• migrate DYNAMIC_SETTINGS_WRITE_CAPABILITY #85109
• fix: Change workspace option is shown in paid expense in 1:1 chat #85291
• Refactor: make create draft transaction and navigate to participant selector pure function #85300
• Fix: Invoice Room subheader shows receiver name instead of workspace #85303
• Enable autofocus on Per Diem destination picker #85310
• Expand PREGENERATED_RESPONSE to all company sizes and deprecate WELCOME_EVENT #85326
• Move Chase Plaid fallback to frontend manual flow. #85399
• Fix: Merging tax does not work offline #85411
• [PERF] Isolate modals from Expensify.tsx #85449
• Remove DeleteMoneyRequestOnSearch #85465
• Remove useDocumentTitle cleanup to fix tab title race condition #85473
• Fix LHN report badge reactivity to policy field changes #85523
• Report preview optimizations #85549
• Make header and footer components self-subscribe via reportID #85550
• [NoQA] Make git ignore .playwright-mcp/ #85573
• Improve Mock Bank testing utility #85591
• Fix suggested followup: preserve HTML formatting and fix response ordering #85592
• [No QA] Fix broken image on Update Expensify-Home-Overview.md #85609
• Use ARIA role 'link' for workspace rows on all layout widths #85624
• [NO QA] perf: remove phantom receiptTransactions dependency from LHN #85628
• Implement the logic to handle tab navigators using dynamic routes #85663
• Make reason field required when closing account #85701
• Part 9 - Thread betas through navigateToAndOpenChildReport, toggleSubscribeToChildReport and explain. #85710
• Part 10 - Thread betas through navigateToAndOpenReport and PromotedActionsBar.message. #85714
• [No QA] Update Duplicate-Workspace.md to add merchant rules  #85724
• Fix NaN bankAccountID in VBBA flow after verify-account resume #85733
• [NoQA] fix: hide travel cards on workspace member details page #85735
• [No QA] fix: standalone Android build & ignore fmt check when building React Native artifacts #85814
• [NO QA] Fix flaky canEditFieldOfMoneyRequest test by pinning approvalMode #85815
• refactor getTaskAssigneeChatOnyxData to use session data from useOnyx #85828
• refactor pushModifiedExpenseNotification to use conciergeReportID from useOnyx #85834
• Revert "[NO QA] Remove ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT_VIOLATIONS" #85863
• remove SINGLE_USE_AND_EXPIRE_BY_CARDS beta #85915
• Make loading state for opensearchpage more accurate #85952
• Fix Write something... jumping in composer #85955
• refactor: Remove deprecated report name functions in ReportUtils (Part 4) - Hubert's fork #85975
• Fix duplicate report blockers: preserve negative amounts and handle deleted workspaces #86098
• Exclude expo-secure-store from Prebuilt Expo Modules for Android to apply patch #86129

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13894

Internal QA:

• Enable passkeys for PIN flows #86009 - @chuckdries
• [ECUK in-app 3DS] Enable passkeys for 3DS challenges and show prompt before allowing user to close RHP #86002 - @joekaufmanexpensify
• Update react-native-onyx to include https://github.com/Expensify/react-native-onyx/pull/754 #85983 - @joekaufmanexpensify
• Reveal PIN + Change pin #84120 - @joekaufmanexpensify

Deploy Blockers:

• Chat - Not all whispers from Concierge are deleted after deleting message containing mention #86084
• Web - Tab name shows the title of expense details page after closing the report #86087
• [RCA #75026] Task - "Assign to me" section is missing #86088
• Start chat - All contacts load instead of 50 contacts per page #86089
• [RCA #83896] Expense - Second expense shows error when duplicating report on instant submit workflow #86091
• [RCA #83896] Expense - Negative amount is changed to positive amount after duplicating expense #86093
• [RCA #83896] Expense - Error when duplicating report from deleted workspace #86095
• [RCA #75026] Expense - Missing self DM when submitting expense from FAB #86097
• Android - Biometrics - Cannot register biometrics #86108
• LHN - "Fix" label is displayed on chat prevew after creating an expense with "0" amount. #86109
• Old WELCOME_EVENT is still actual for all company size #86110

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. Make NewChatPage use new SelectionListWithSections #81869
2. Part 9 - Thread betas through navigateToAndOpenChildReport, toggleSubscribeToChildReport and explain. #85710
3. Add missing warning modals for re-exporting and retracting exported reports #82885
4. Fix: Change #admins room message when someone joins via link #84159
5. Revert "[NO QA] Remove ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT_VIOLATIONS" #85863
6. [NoQA] Make git ignore .playwright-mcp/ #85573
7. [NO QA] Fix flaky canEditFieldOfMoneyRequest test by pinning approvalMode #85815
8. Fix suggested followup: preserve HTML formatting and fix response ordering #85592
9. Make reason field required when closing account #85701
10. fix: Change workspace option is shown in paid expense in 1:1 chat #85291
11. fix: mWeb - Keyboard doesn't pop-up, when foreground the app using device menu button #81809
12. Improve Mock Bank testing utility #85591
13. [No QA] Fix broken image on Update Expensify-Home-Overview.md #85609
14. Reveal PIN + Change pin #84120
15. fix: Unexpected error when delete cropped receipt #85030
16. [No QA] Update Duplicate-Workspace.md to add merchant rules  #85724
17. feat: enable Expensify Card for Collect workspaces and update subscription settings UI for Collect #83455
18. migrate DYNAMIC_SETTINGS_WRITE_CAPABILITY #85109
19. Reapply "Merge pull request #81869 from software-mansion-labs/@zfurtak/migrate-NewChatPage" #84887
20. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-1 — Adhoc Build
21. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-2 — Adhoc Build
22. Fix: Invoice Room subheader shows receiver name instead of workspace #85303
23. Implement the logic to handle tab navigators using dynamic routes #85663
24. Fix: Merging tax does not work offline #85411
25. fix: The Language dropdown has no role, name and state announced #80713
26. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-3 — Adhoc Build
27. refactor pushModifiedExpenseNotification to use conciergeReportID from useOnyx #85834
28. Part 10 - Thread betas through navigateToAndOpenReport and PromotedActionsBar.message. #85714
29. [PERF] Isolate modals from Expensify.tsx #85449
30. [NO QA] perf: remove phantom receiptTransactions dependency from LHN #85628
31. remove SINGLE_USE_AND_EXPIRE_BY_CARDS beta #85915
32. Implement core "Duplicate report" action logic. #83896
33. [NoQA] fix: hide travel cards on workspace member details page #85735
34. Expand PREGENERATED_RESPONSE to all company sizes and deprecate WELCOME_EVENT #85326
35. use useSearchSelector hook and remove unused and duplicated code #75026
36. [No QA] fix: standalone Android build & ignore fmt check when building React Native artifacts #85814
37. Make header and footer components self-subscribe via reportID #85550
38. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9be7b50 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13894
39. Fix NaN bankAccountID in VBBA flow after verify-account resume #85733
40. Enable autofocus on Per Diem destination picker #85310
41. refactor getTaskAssigneeChatOnyxData to use session data from useOnyx #85828
42. Move Chase Plaid fallback to frontend manual flow. #85399
43. Refactor: make create draft transaction and navigate to participant selector pure function #85300
44. Remove useDocumentTitle cleanup to fix tab title race condition #85473
45. Report preview optimizations #85549
46. Fix Write something... jumping in composer #85955
47. refactor: Remove deprecated report name functions in ReportUtils (Part 4) - Hubert's fork #85975
48. Make loading state for opensearchpage more accurate #85952
49. Remove DeleteMoneyRequestOnSearch #85465
50. Fix LHN report badge reactivity to policy field changes #85523
51. [ECUK In-App 3DS] Add Passkeys/WebAuthn support for multifactor biometric authentication #84610
52. Update react-native-onyx to include https://github.com/Expensify/react-native-onyx/pull/754 #85983
53. Use ARIA role 'link' for workspace rows on all layout widths #85624
54. Delete user MENTIONWHISPER when ADDCOMMENT is deleted #82720
55. [ECUK in-app 3DS] Enable passkeys for 3DS challenges and show prompt before allowing user to close RHP #86002
56. Enable passkeys for PIN flows #86009
57. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.41-4 — Adhoc Build
58. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.42-0 — Adhoc Build
59. Fix duplicate report blockers: preserve negative amounts and handle deleted workspaces #86098
60. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.42-1 — 6e96310
61. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.42-2 — c15bf09
62. Exclude expo-secure-store from Prebuilt Expo Modules for Android to apply patch #86129

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Sentry for this release version and verified that this release does not introduce any new crashes. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked Sentry for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. Because mobile deploys use a phased rollout, completing this checklist will deploy the previous release version to 100% of users. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked GitHub Status and verified there is no reported incident with Actions.
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[IuliiaHerets]

Regression progress is at 94%

PRs Failing:
#82720 faced on Web with #86084
#83896 failed with #86095
#84610 failed on Android with #86108
#85326 failed with #86110
#85523 faced with #86109
#85663 failed with an original issues, comment
#85701 failed on Native apps with an original issue, comment
#85828 faced with #86088

PRs Untested:
#84159 pending validation on Web and iOS
#85291 pending validation on iOS
#85326 pending validation on iOS
#85523 pending validation on iOS
#85549 no QA steps, asked
#85591 asked to check it internally
#85975 pending validation on all

[grgia]

Checking off issues that were demoted

#86108
#86109
#86110

[grgia]

Demoted

#86084

[grgia]

Demoted

#86089

[IuliiaHerets]

Regression is completed

PRs Failing:
#82720 faced on Web with #86084
#83896 failed with #86095
#84610 failed on Android with #86108
#85326 failed with #86110
#85523 faced with #86109
#85701 failed on Native apps with an original issue, comment
#85828 faced with #86088
#85975 faced on Android with #84140

PRs Untested:
#85549 no QA steps, asked
#85591 asked to check it internally

[Valforte]

Demoted #86091

[Valforte]

Checked off #86093