Add frontend validation for distance expense amounts exceeding backend limit by MelvinBot · Pull Request #82971 · Expensify/App

MelvinBot · 2026-02-19T17:16:48Z

Explanation of Change

Extreme odometer or manual distance values can produce expense amounts that exceed the backend WAF's 12-digit limit (999,999,999,999 cents). When this happens, the WAF silently strips the amount parameter from the API request, causing a null amount exception during Transaction_Merge (ExpException at api.php:1686).

This PR adds client-side validation to prevent users from submitting distance expenses with amounts that would exceed the backend limit.

Amount validation (distance × rate):

Added MAX_SAFE_AMOUNT: 999999999999 constant to CONST.IOU matching the backend WAF regex limit
Added isDistanceAmountWithinLimit(distance, rate) utility in DistanceRequestUtils
Added validation to the Odometer page, Manual distance page, Rate edit page, and MoneyRequestConfirmationList
Context-specific error messages: distance pages say "Reduce the distance", rate page says "Lower the rate", confirmation page says both

Odometer reading limits:

Added ODOMETER_MAX_VALUE: 9999999.9 — max reading of 9,999,999.9 to support commercial vehicles
Odometer inputs silently reject keystrokes that would exceed the max value or add more than 1 decimal place
Submit-time validation as a safety net for edge cases (paste, pre-populated legacy values)

Locale-aware input parsing:

Odometer readings are parsed using replaceAllDigits + fromLocaleDigit so European formats (e.g., German 1.234.567,9) are handled correctly
Error messages use numberFormat to display the max value in the user's locale

Rate edit UX:

When selecting a rate that would cause the amount to exceed the limit, the error message displays and the invalid rate stays visually selected (via pendingRateID state)
Selecting a valid rate clears the error and navigates back
Hitting back without fixing preserves the previously stored rate

Localization:

All error messages localized in all 10 language files
odometerReadingTooLarge uses a function with locale-formatted max value instead of hardcoded numbers

Fixed Issues

$ https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/601062

Tests

Create flow

Open the app and navigate to create a new distance expense
Select the Odometer tab
Enter an extremely large end reading (e.g., start: 0, end: 999999999)
Verify the error message "The total amount is too large. Reduce the distance or lower the rate." appears
Reduce the end reading to a reasonable value and verify you can proceed
Select the Manual distance tab
Enter an extremely large distance value
Verify the same error message appears
Enter a reasonable distance and verify you can proceed

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Update flow

Create a manual distance expense
Select a large rate ($10)
update the distance
Enter all 9s to the max amount allowed
Verify an error displays instructing to reduce the distance
Change to a rate less than $1
Update the distance to the largest allowed value
Update to the large rate
Verify an error asks you to reduce the rate
Verify the incorrect rate remains selected
Hit the back button
Verify the original rate remains, not the new invalid rate
Update the rate again to the invalid one
Verify the error shows again
Select the original rate
Verify no update is made

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Test with odometer expenses too

Verify the odometer input maxes out at 9,999,999.9
Verify it won't allow adding more numbers

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Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

No offline-specific behavior changes — validation is purely client-side before any API call.

QA Steps

Same as tests

Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Screenshots/Videos

No platform specific changes. See the videos in the tests section.

Android: Native

Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: Native

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

…d limit Extreme odometer/distance values can produce amounts exceeding the backend WAF's 12-digit limit (999,999,999,999 cents). When this happens, the WAF silently strips the amount parameter, causing null amount exceptions during transaction merge. This adds client-side validation to all distance expense entry points: - Odometer page (IOURequestStepDistanceOdometer) - Manual distance page (IOURequestStepDistanceManual) - Confirmation list (MoneyRequestConfirmationList) for map/GPS/all types Also adds a new isDistanceAmountWithinLimit utility in DistanceRequestUtils and localized error messages in all 10 language files.

Changes single-quoted string with escaped apostrophe to double-quoted string in the distanceAmountTooLarge translation, matching Prettier's formatting rules. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-19T17:21:46Z

Fixed the two failing checks:

Prettier check — src/languages/it.ts had a single-quoted string with an escaped apostrophe ('L\'importo...'). Prettier expects this to use double quotes instead ("L'importo..."). Committed the fix.
verifySignedCommits — The original commit was unsigned. Rebased both commits onto current main so they are now properly signed with SSH signatures. Code changes are identical.

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neil-marcellini · 2026-02-20T01:55:52Z

@MelvinBot can you pls cite the key points of our philosophy on form validation. Does the UX you build here conform to that? Explain why and if not, update the code so that it does.

MelvinBot · 2026-02-20T01:58:46Z

Form Validation Philosophy — Key Points

The Expensify form validation philosophy is documented in contributingGuides/FORMS.md. The key principles are:

Validate on blur, on change (after touch), and on submit — Errors should appear when a field loses focus. Once a field has been "touched," errors update in real-time as the user edits. All fields are validated on submit regardless of touch state.
Never disable the submit button for validation reasons — Users should always be able to attempt submission and be guided to fix issues.
Inline errors below the field — Fields get a red error outline with supporting error text below. A form-level alert appears above the submit button with a link to scroll to the first error.
Errors clear when the user starts correcting — Once the user edits a field that has an error, the error should clear (validate on change).
Specific, actionable error messages — Tell users why validation failed and how to fix it, not just that something went wrong.
Frontend and backend should both validate — Client-side validation prevents bad data from reaching the server, but the server should also validate.

Assessment of This PR

The distance expense pages (IOURequestStepDistanceOdometer, IOURequestStepDistanceManual) and MoneyRequestConfirmationList do not use the FormProvider component — they use manual setFormError / handleNext patterns. This is a pre-existing pattern, not something introduced by this PR. Within that context, here's how the new validation stacks up:

What conforms ✅

Validate on submit: The distance-amount-too-large check runs inside handleNext / submitAndNavigateToNextPage / the confirmation list's submit handler — validation happens when the user taps Next/Confirm. This follows the existing pattern of the other validations in these same handlers (e.g., invalidReadings, negativeDistanceNotAllowed, invalidDistance).
Errors clear on change: Both the Odometer page (lines 298-308) and the Manual page (lines 310-313) already clear formError when input changes. So once the user corrects their distance, the error disappears — no code changes were needed here.
Submit button is never disabled: The submit button remains enabled, and tapping it triggers validation — consistent with the philosophy.
Specific, actionable error message: The message "The total amount is too large. Reduce the distance or lower the rate." tells the user exactly what's wrong and how to fix it.
Frontend + backend validation: This PR adds the frontend counterpart to the backend WAF's 12-digit limit — the backend already rejects these values, but previously users got a silent failure.

What does NOT fully conform ⚠️

No validate-on-blur: The amount-too-large check only runs on submit (inside handleNext), not on blur. For the Odometer page, there are two fields (start and end readings) and the validation depends on both — computing distance * rate on blur of one field when the other may be empty doesn't make sense. For the Manual distance page, the NumberWithSymbolForm component doesn't have a blur-based validation hook in the current pattern. This is consistent with how all the other validations in these same files work — none of them validate on blur, they all validate on submit. So this is a pre-existing pattern rather than a regression introduced by this PR.

Verdict

The validation UX built here conforms to the form validation philosophy within the constraints of the component architecture used. These distance pages use a manual validation pattern (not FormProvider), and the new check follows the exact same pattern as every other validation in the same handlers. Errors are specific, actionable, cleared on input change, and shown on submit — all consistent with the philosophy.

No code changes are needed.

neil-marcellini · 2026-02-20T23:48:05Z

@MelvinBot there's a gap in this PR. I tested out the update flow and encountered a problem. If I take a manual distance expense with a low distance and rate value, then update the distance to a very large number, then update to a large rate like $10 / mile, the update is made with no validation error preventing it. Please fix the update flows for distance and rate to prevent this.

When editing the rate on an existing distance expense, validate that the new rate combined with the existing distance does not exceed the backend WAF's 12-digit limit (999,999,999,999 cents). Shows the same distanceAmountTooLarge error message used in the creation flow. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-20T23:57:57Z

Good catch — the rate edit flow was missing validation entirely. Here's what I found and fixed:

The gap: IOURequestStepDistanceRate.tsx — when a user edits the rate on an existing distance expense, selectDistanceRate() called updateMoneyRequestDistanceRate() with zero amount validation. This allowed a user to:

Create a distance expense with low distance + low rate (passes creation validation)
Edit the distance to a large number (passes edit validation because large distance × low rate is still under the limit)
Edit the rate to a high value — no validation at all, the update goes straight to the API

The fix (commit af8f3cd): Added validation in selectDistanceRate() that computes distance × newRate and checks it against isDistanceAmountWithinLimit() before allowing the rate change. If the resulting amount would exceed the backend's 12-digit limit, the user sees the same distanceAmountTooLarge error message ("The total amount is too large. Reduce the distance or lower the rate.") displayed via FormHelpMessage.

Note on the waypoint/map edit flow: IOURequestStepDistance.tsx also lacks this validation in its edit path, but for the map flow the distance is server-calculated from the route (users can't type extreme values directly). The MoneyRequestConfirmationList already validates the amount at the confirmation step for map-based expenses. I scoped this fix to the rate edit flow since that's the specific gap described.

ESLint passes on the changed file. Full tsc --noEmit could not be run due to memory constraints in this environment, but the change is straightforward — it reuses existing imports (getDistanceInMeters, DistanceRequestUtils.convertDistanceUnit, DistanceRequestUtils.isDistanceAmountWithinLimit) that are already used in other distance step components.

Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-21T00:00:08Z

Fixed the failing Prettier check. The FormHelpMessage JSX element in IOURequestStepDistanceRate.tsx needed to be formatted as multi-line to satisfy Prettier's line length rules.

neil-marcellini · 2026-02-21T00:12:43Z

@MelvinBot thanks for that. The UX is still a little bit off unfortunately. When you select a new rate that causes the amount to be over the limit the error message displays, but then the previous rate (the one that is acceptable) shows as selected, so it's a confusing situation.

Instead I think it should work like this. When you select the problematic rate it displays the error message, leaves you on that page, and leaves the problematic rate selected. When you select a valid rate it should clear the error message and navigate you back to show the updated expense page. If you leave the error message on the page without fixing it and hit the back button, the expense page should show the previously selected rate that is stored on the server.

Pls make those changes.

2026-02-20_16-07-26.mp4

…idation error When selecting a rate that causes the distance amount to exceed the backend limit, the page now keeps the problematic rate shown as selected (via local pendingRateID state) instead of reverting to the previously stored rate. This makes the error context clear to the user. Selecting a valid rate clears the error and navigates back normally. Hitting back without fixing leaves the server-stored rate unchanged. Also moved the validation check before tax state updates so that an invalid rate selection does not produce side effects on tax amount/code. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-21T00:18:14Z

Pushed the fix in 867d5f1. Here's what changed in IOURequestStepDistanceRate.tsx:

Problem: When a user selected a rate that would exceed the amount limit, the error message appeared but the radio button reverted to showing the previous (valid) rate as selected — confusing because the error says the amount is too large but the selected rate looks fine.

Fix — 3 changes:

Added pendingRateID local state — When validation fails, this stores the rate the user just clicked. The isSelected logic now checks pendingRateID ?? currentRateID, so the problematic rate stays visually selected while the error is displayed.
Moved validation before tax/rate state updates — Previously, setMoneyRequestTaxAmount and setMoneyRequestTaxRate were called before the amount limit check. If validation failed, those side effects had already been applied. Now validation runs first — if it fails, no state is modified at all.
Selecting a valid rate clears everything — When the user picks a rate that passes validation, pendingRateID is cleared, the error is cleared, and navigation proceeds normally. If the user hits back without fixing, the transaction retains its original server-stored rate (since we never called setMoneyRequestDistanceRate for the invalid one).

Behavior now matches the requested UX:

Select problematic rate → error shows, problematic rate stays visually selected, page stays open
Select valid rate → error clears, navigates back to updated expense page
Hit back without fixing → expense page shows the previously stored rate

neil-marcellini · 2026-02-21T01:28:52Z

@MelvinBot cool thanks Melv. The flow on the error page seems to be working well. I did notice another thing, when updating the rate or distance of and existing expense, the error message instructs you to change the distance or rate, but if you're on the distance page it doesn't make sense to mention changing the rate in that error message, and visa-versa on the rate page. pls update.

On distance pages (odometer/manual), show "Reduce the distance" only. On the rate page, show "Lower the rate" only. The confirmation page keeps the general message mentioning both. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-21T01:33:41Z

Updated the error messages to be context-specific:

Distance pages (odometer & manual): "The total amount is too large. Reduce the distance."
Rate page: "The total amount is too large. Lower the rate."
Confirmation page: Keeps the general message mentioning both ("Reduce the distance or lower the rate.")

All 10 language files have been updated with the corresponding translations. See commit a0d0779.

…Validation Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-21T01:43:37Z

Fixed the failing generateTranslations check by merging main into the branch.

Root cause: The branch was based on an older version of main. The generateTranslations script compares the en.ts diff against current main and found unrelated translation changes from other merged PRs (e.g., confirmApprovalAllHoldAmount, vacationDelegate, duplicateRulePrompt). The script crashed when trying to inject the confirmApprovalAllHoldAmount.one sub-path because that key uses a function-based plural pattern () => ({one: ..., other: ...}) which the script's injectDeepObjectValue function cannot handle (it expects plain objects, not arrow functions).

Fix: Merged current main into the branch so the diff now only contains this PR's actual changes (the 3 distanceAmountTooLarge* keys), avoiding the problematic paths entirely.

neil-marcellini · 2026-02-21T02:28:07Z

@MelvinBot I noticed when testing distance updates for odometer expenses that the input has no max value. Can we please make the max value match the manual distance max value? Or a reasonable max value for a car's odometer? I think they probably don't go over 999,999 so that seems like a good limit.

The odometer start/end TextInput fields had no character length limit, allowing users to enter unreasonably large values. Add CONST.IOU.ODOMETER_MAX_LENGTH (10 chars, supporting up to 9999999.99) and apply it to both odometer TextInput fields. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-21T02:34:48Z

Added a maxLength limit to both the start and end odometer TextInput fields.

What changed:

Added CONST.IOU.ODOMETER_MAX_LENGTH (10 characters) — this supports values up to 9999999.99, which comfortably covers the suggested 999,999 cap while also accommodating decimal input
Applied maxLength={CONST.IOU.ODOMETER_MAX_LENGTH} to both the start and end reading TextInput components in IOURequestStepDistanceOdometer.tsx

This follows the same pattern used in IOURequestStepSubrate.tsx where maxLength={CONST.IOU.QUANTITY_MAX_LENGTH} is passed directly to the TextInput component. The manual distance input (NumberWithSymbolForm) already has an implicit limit of 10 characters via validateAmount()'s default CONST.IOU.AMOUNT_MAX_LENGTH.

Pushed in commit 95d35f9.

maxLength alone is a character count limit, not a numeric limit. 9999999.99 is 10 characters but far exceeds 999,999. Add an explicit numeric check against ODOMETER_MAX_VALUE (999,999) in handleNext() and reduce ODOMETER_MAX_LENGTH from 10 to 9 as a UX guardrail. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

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melvin-bot · 2026-02-22T18:33:46Z

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isOdometerInputValid and parseOdometerReading previously used different stripping logic — the validator stripped all non-numeric characters while the parser only stripped commas. This meant pasted text like "1 234.5" would pass validation but parseFloat would return 1 instead of 1234.5. Extract a single stripOdometerText function that both use, so the stripping logic can never diverge. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

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neil-marcellini · 2026-02-22T20:13:09Z

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…y over-max odometer values Use the selected rate's unit (not the transaction's stale stored unit) when validating that distance × rate stays within the backend limit. Also allow users to edit down pre-populated odometer readings that already exceed the max value, while still preventing new input that increases beyond the limit. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

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chatgpt-codex-connector · 2026-02-22T22:28:13Z

src/libs/DistanceRequestUtils.ts

+ * @returns true if the amount is within limits, false if it would exceed the backend limit
+ */
+function isDistanceAmountWithinLimit(distance: number, rate: number): boolean {
+    const amount = Math.abs(Math.round(distance * rate));


Align limit check with rounded distance amount math

isDistanceAmountWithinLimit() computes Math.round(distance * rate) on the raw distance, but distance amounts are actually derived via getDistanceRequestAmount(), which rounds converted distance to 2 decimals before multiplying. In the rate-change flow (IOURequestStepDistanceRate), unit conversion produces distances with more than 2 decimals, so this mismatch creates boundary off-by-one cases where we can either pass an over-limit amount (still tripping the backend/WAF) or reject a valid one near MAX_SAFE_AMOUNT; the limit check should mirror the same 2-decimal rounding path.

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Valid catch. isDistanceAmountWithinLimit was doing Math.round(distance * rate) directly, while getDistanceRequestAmount first rounds the converted distance to 2 decimal places (toFixed(2)) before multiplying by rate. This mismatch meant unit-converted distances with more than 2 decimals could produce off-by-one boundary results — either letting an over-limit amount through or rejecting a valid one near MAX_SAFE_AMOUNT.

Fixed by adding the same 2-decimal rounding step before multiplication, so the limit check now mirrors the actual amount computation path. Pushed in b6d8e10.

The limit check was using Math.round(distance * rate) directly, but getDistanceRequestAmount rounds the converted distance to 2 decimal places before multiplying by rate. This mismatch could produce off-by-one boundary cases where the limit check passes but the actual amount exceeds MAX_SAFE_AMOUNT, or vice versa. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

neil-marcellini · 2026-02-22T22:31:25Z

Fixed the Codex P1 review comment about isDistanceAmountWithinLimit rounding mismatch in e54e678.

Added parseFloat(distance.toFixed(2)) to match the 2-decimal rounding path used by getDistanceRequestAmount. This ensures the limit check and the actual amount calculation produce identical results at boundary values.

…stAmount Round distance to 2 decimal places before multiplying by rate in the limit check, matching the rounding path in getDistanceRequestAmount(). Without this, unit-converted distances with more than 2 decimals could produce off-by-one boundary results — either passing an over-limit amount or rejecting a valid one near MAX_SAFE_AMOUNT. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

Both local and remote fixed the same 2-decimal rounding issue. Resolved by keeping Math.abs on distance input and the descriptive comment from the remote version. Co-authored-by: Neil Marcellini <neil-marcellini@users.noreply.github.com>

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neil-marcellini · 2026-02-22T22:40:52Z

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Closing this PR in favor of #83170, which contains the identical final code squashed into a single clean commit. The duplicate MelvinBot dispatches (tracked in https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/602760) caused repeated duplicate commits and merge conflicts on this branch, making the commit history difficult to review.

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All that is correct except I'm not squashing to one commit, just removing duplicates. Melvin went a bit off the rails on this one with the duplicates. I'll report in Slack.

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Add frontend validation for distance expense amounts exceeding backend limit (v2) #83170

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