[Due for payment 2026-08-31] Android - Workspace chat opens briefly after opening expense from growl and splitting expense

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Version Number: 9.4.59-0
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: #96496
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 Inbox.
Create an expense from FAB.
Tap View on Expense added growl.
Tap More > Split > Save.

Expected Result:

App will not return to workspace chat after opening expense from growl and splitting expense.

Actual Result:

Workspace chat opens briefly after opening expense from growl and splitting expense.

Workaround:

Unknown

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Bug7239795_1787371236775.Screen_Recording_20260822_115803_Expensify.mp4

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Applause Internal Information
Exported by: Mita Rachim
Bug ID: 7239795

Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @situchan

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@mountiny

@mountiny recently merged #96496, but they are OOO right now, so I'll auto-assign someone else.

@arosiclair

Triggered auto assignment to @arosiclair (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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@mountiny

@mountiny @situchan you have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you reviewed the offending PR: #96496

@mhawryluk

@mhawryluk you have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you authored the offending PR: #96496

@situchan

@situchan

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.4.59-5 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

[CP Staging] Revert "Confirm new expenses with a “View” toast instead of scrolling to and highlighting the row" #99277

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2026-08-31. 🎊

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@situchan

@situchan Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

@MelvinBot

This is not regression from #96496. The root cause existed in production.

The popReportsSplitNavigatorToReport → dismissModalWithReport → requestAnimationFrame(removeScreenByKey) sequence is verbatim:

App/src/libs/actions/IOU/SplitTransactionUpdate.ts

Lines 2180 to 2188 in 650d353

    
           popReportsSplitNavigatorToReport(targetReportID); 
        
           Navigation.dismissModalWithReport({reportID: targetReportID}); 
        
           requestAnimationFrame(() => { 
        
               updateSplitTransactions({...params, isFromSplitExpensesFlow: true}); 
        
               if (!transactionThreadReportScreen?.key) { 
        
                   return; 
        
               } 
        
               Navigation.removeScreenByKey(transactionThreadReportScreen.key); 
        
           });

The fix (in #100015) was to add shouldReplaceTransactionThread to that pre-existing block.

cc: @MelvinBot

You're right. My earlier comment blamed Confirm new expenses with a “View” toast instead of scrolling to and highlighting the row too strongly.

The popReportsSplitNavigatorToReport → dismissModalWithReport → requestAnimationFrame(removeScreenByKey) block is already present at SplitTransactionUpdate.ts:2180-2188. That commit predates the merge of the PR above, and that PR didn't change the block.
Confirm new expenses with a “View” toast instead of scrolling to and highlighting the row v2 fixed the bug inside that same block. It replaces the transaction thread when the thread is the topmost report, and it skips the later removeScreenByKey (SplitTransactionUpdate.ts:2170-2182).
My suggested fix pointed to the wrong place. I suggested changing navigateToCreatedExpense, but the defect is in the split flow.

The first PR only added a new way to reach that state. On narrow layouts, tapping View on the growl opens the transaction thread with no expense report beneath it (navigateAfterExpenseCreate.ts:106-108). That explains why the bug first appeared on staging. I didn't check for another production path that reaches the same state. Either way, the faulty code existed before that PR.

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[Due for payment 2026-08-31] Android - Workspace chat opens briefly after opening expense from growl and splitting expense #99249

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	popReportsSplitNavigatorToReport(targetReportID);
	Navigation.dismissModalWithReport({reportID: targetReportID});
	requestAnimationFrame(() => {
	updateSplitTransactions({...params, isFromSplitExpensesFlow: true});
	if (!transactionThreadReportScreen?.key) {
	return;
	}
	Navigation.removeScreenByKey(transactionThreadReportScreen.key);
	});

[Due for payment 2026-08-31] Android - Workspace chat opens briefly after opening expense from growl and splitting expense #99249

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