PreexistingReport: clear stale IOU action on transaction threads by s77rt · Pull Request #79356 · Expensify/App

s77rt · 2026-01-12T14:59:01Z

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$ #78898
PROPOSAL:

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Create a new report in a policy expense chat
Add an expense
Create another report
Add an expense to the new report
Go to Accounts > Troubleshoot and Clear cache and restart
Go back to the expense
Verify the expense loads and does not display duplicated IOU actions

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Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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src/libs/actions/Report.ts

bernhardoj · 2026-01-13T10:08:57Z

FYI, I'm still unable to repro the issue

w.mp4

mollfpr · 2026-01-13T15:45:07Z

@bernhardoj Could you check if the OpenReport call after clear cache has moneyRequestPreviewReportActionID in the parameters?

bernhardoj · 2026-01-13T16:07:03Z

if the OpenReport call after clear cache has moneyRequestPreviewReportActionID in the parameters?

Nope

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s77rt · 2026-01-13T22:46:11Z

@bernhardoj Can you try with a high traffic account. I think in your case the OpenApp response includes the transaction thread report which would also automatically include its parent action which is the IOU report action.

s77rt · 2026-01-14T00:41:57Z

This should be ready for merge

bernhardoj · 2026-01-14T04:17:41Z

I can finally repro it with this step:

Create a new report in a WS chat and add an expense
Go to Accounts > Troubleshoot and Clear cache and restart
Open the report directly from the URL

web.mp4

bernhardoj · 2026-01-14T04:28:08Z

src/libs/actions/Report.ts

-        });
+    if ((isMoneyRequestReport(report) || isMoneyRequest(report)) && parentReportID && parentReportActionID) {
+        const parentReportAction = allReportActions?.[parentReportID]?.[parentReportActionID];
+        if (parentReportAction?.childReportID === reportID) {


Is there any reason we do this?

if (parentReportAction?.childReportID === reportID) {

Yes! We need to clear IOU action only if it was created optimistically and it's still pointing to the optimistic report that we are clearing.

X-posting: #75101 (comment)

bernhardoj · 2026-01-14T04:28:54Z

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bernhardoj · 2026-01-14T04:34:52Z

Tested on HT account

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s77rt changed the title ~~PreexistingReport: clear stale IOU action on transaction threads~~ [Hold Auth#19160] PreexistingReport: clear stale IOU action on transaction threads Jan 12, 2026

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Clean up stale transaction thread and IOU action #79176

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Handle the preExistingReportID for transaction threads, message threads, and single expense reports #75101

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[$250] Expense - Expense preview is duplicated after reset app and returning to Inbox #79496

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Revert "PreexistingReport: clear stale IOU action on transaction threads" #79964

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