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[Due for payment 2026-10-30] Android - Empty report is shown briefly after switching to table view and deleting expense #104651
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Version Number: 9.5.16-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #103703
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): [email protected]
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE / Android 16
App Component: Money Requests
Action Performed:
- Launch Expensify app.
- Go to workspace chat.
- Create an expense.
- Open the report.
- Tap More > Switch to table view.
- Tap on the expense.
- Tap More > Delete > Delete.
Expected Result:
App will return to workspace chat directly.
Actual Result:
Empty report is shown briefly before it returns to workspace chat.
Workaround:
Unknown
Platforms:
- Android: App
- Android: mWeb Chrome
- iOS: App
- iOS: mWeb Safari
- iOS: mWeb Chrome
- Windows: Chrome
- MacOS: Chrome Safari
Screenshots/Videos
Bug7292545_1792614437582.Screen_Recording_20261022_042441_Expensify.mp4
Applause Internal Information
Exported by: Mita Rachim
Bug ID: 7292545
Issue Owner
Current Issue Owner: @daledahMetadata
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applause-bot commentedon Oct 21, 2026
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melvin-bot commentedon Oct 21, 2026
You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #103703
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 21, 2026
@Beamanator @mountiny @lakchote @daledah you have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you reviewed the offending PR: #103703
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 21, 2026
💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source
github-actions commentedon Oct 21, 2026
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MelvinBot commentedon Oct 21, 2026
Deploy Blocker Investigation
Causing PR: Reapply "Add a More menu option to switch single-expense reports between expense view and table view" (high confidence). It's in the 9.5.16-0 checklist and adds the "Switch to table view" option itself, so these steps couldn't be followed before it.
Recommendation: Demote and fix forward. This is a brief visual flash in a new opt-in view. Nothing is lost and the user still ends up in the workspace chat.
Root cause: More > Delete closes the expense pane first, which shows the single-expense report underneath. The expense is deleted only after the close animation plus a 300ms delay. The report then empties and gets deleted, and only after that does the app redirect to the workspace chat. The PR already guards against this for the Delete option on the expense details page, but not for More > Delete.
Recommended fix: In
MoneyRequestHeaderSecondaryActions.tsx#L642-L650, check whether the expense being deleted is the parent report's last one. If it is, go straight to the workspace chat. Do it the same way the PR does inuseReportDetailsDeleteModal.ts#L72-L79, for example withgetNavigationUrlOnMoneyRequestDelete+navigateOnDeleteExpense.Investigation details
OneTransactionThreadRedirectHandler.tsx#L96-L97). Now the expense can stay open on top of a report that has only that one expense.useNavigateToTransactionThread.ts#L112). On Android that pane is full-screen, with the report underneath.navigateBackToLastSuperWideRHPScreen. On narrow layouts that just closes the pane (Navigation.ts#L1178-L1180), which shows the report. The delete runs afterCONST.EXPENSE_REPORT_DELETE_DELAY_MS.MoneyRequestReportView.tsx#L162-L163). ThenReportNavigateAwayHandler.tsx#L171-L195redirects to the workspace chat. That gap is the flash in the video.No other PR in the staging checklist touches these files.
Revert context: Two other open blockers on this release also point to the same PR:
If either of those warrants a revert, reverting the PR also clears this one. On its own, this issue doesn't justify a revert.
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@MelvinBot implement thisto create a draft PR, or@MelvinBot <your feedback>to refine this analysis.m-natarajan commentedon Oct 22, 2026
PR reverted and feature "Switch to table view." not available. Samsung Galaxy A40/Android 11/Build 9.5.16-1
MicrosoftTeams-video.47.mp4
Beamanator commentedon Oct 22, 2026
thanks! closing!
[-]Android - Empty report is shown briefly after switching to table view and deleting expense[/-][+][Due for payment 2026-10-30] Android - Empty report is shown briefly after switching to table view and deleting expense[/+]melvin-bot commentedon Oct 23, 2026
@daledah
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:
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