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[Due for payment 2026-10-30] [Requires Insights Beta] 101339 - Android - Account is displayed on bottom and top bar on insightbeta #104274
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Version Number: 9.5.13-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #101339
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Pull Request QA execution
Device used: Android 16 / Samsung Galaxy A06
App Component: User Settings
Action Performed:
- Open Expensify app
- Turn on insightbeta from Account -Troubleshoot - Betta overrides
Expected Result:
Account is only shown on top bar
Actual Result:
Account is shown on both top and bottom bar, when the bottom bar is tapped app flashes Account page then returns to previous page.
Workaround:
Unknown
Platforms:
- Android: App
- Android: mWeb Chrome
- iOS: App
- iOS: mWeb Safari
- iOS: mWeb Chrome
- Windows: Chrome
- MacOS: Chrome Safari
Screenshots/Videos
Screen_Recording_20261016_213423_Expensify.mp4
Applause Internal Information
Exported by: Nathan Lemma
Bug ID: 7288173
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Current Issue Owner: @ZhenjaHorbachMetadata
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applause-bot commentedon Oct 16, 2026
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melvin-bot commentedon Oct 16, 2026
You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #101339
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 16, 2026
@grgia @ZhenjaHorbach you have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you reviewed the offending PR: #101339
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 16, 2026
@sumo-slonik you have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you authored the offending PR: #101339
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 16, 2026
💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source
github-actions commentedon Oct 16, 2026
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MelvinBot commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Deploy Blocker Analysis
Causing PR: Add liquid glass bottom tab bar to iOS, Android and mWeb (high confidence). This is a real bug, not the intended design. The PR's own description says Account moves to the top bar under the Insights beta.
Recommendation: Fix forward, or demote if a relaunch clears it (see below). A revert is costly: the PR is a ~90-file navigation rewrite with [CP Staging] Fix liquid glass bottom tab bar issues already on top. Account still opens from the top-bar avatar.
Root cause: Turning the beta on swaps which tab is hidden from Insights to Account (getTabWithoutBarItem.ts#L8-L10). The bottom-tabs patch then renders
nullfor Account's native tab (hidden-tab-items.patch#L67-L70). On Android, removing a child from the native tabs host never reaches the tab bar, so Account's item stays.Fix options:
Tabs.HostwhentabWithoutBarItemchanges, for example by adding it to the host's key.Please check before demoting: Force-close and relaunch with the beta already on.
Investigation details
SurfaceMountingManager.removeViewAtchecks the child withgetChildAt.TabsHostViewManagerdoesn't override it, and tab screens live inside fragments. Fabric logs "view already removed from parent!" and returns early.TabsContainer.removeTabsScreenAtnever runs. iOS removes the tab normally.isAccountAvatarShown(useNativeTabNavigator.ts#L123) follows the beta.isBetaEnabledreturnsfalsewhile betas load (src/hooks/usePermissions.ts). If the tab bar renders before betas load, the same flip happens on every launch.Next Steps: Reply with
@MelvinBot <your feedback>to refine this analysis.view run
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[-]101339 - Android - Account is displayed on bottom and top bar on insightbeta[/-][+][Requires Insights Beta] 101339 - Android - Account is displayed on bottom and top bar on insightbeta[/+][-][Requires Insights Beta] 101339 - Android - Account is displayed on bottom and top bar on insightbeta[/-][+][Due for payment 2026-10-30] [Requires Insights Beta] 101339 - Android - Account is displayed on bottom and top bar on insightbeta[/+]melvin-bot commentedon Oct 23, 2026
@ZhenjaHorbach
The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.5.18-1 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:
Insightsbeta is on #104368If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2026-10-30. 🎊
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ZhenjaHorbach commentedon Oct 26, 2026
@grgia
I think we can close this!