Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-06-19

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.4.16-5
Compare Changes: production...staging
Mobile-Expensify Changes: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/compare/production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• fix: bottom-safe-area-padding-in-modals (part 1) #88578
• fix: break VoiceOver grouping on iOS so task checkbox is independently focusable #91530
• Part 2 - feat: thread personalDetail param through isOptimisticPersonalDetail and shouldDisableDetailPage #92156
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#91691 Rename Save search button to Save view #92190
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#90864 Document Approved Accountant partner team on Help page #92636
• [Payment due @marufsharifi] Add currency selection to card rules #93063
• [No QA] Create Transitioning to New Expensify folder #93113
• [No QA] docs: allow Limited Access Copilots to retract and reopen #93269
• Fix truncated employee labels in spend analysis bar charts #93463
• [NoQA] Filter duplicate money-preview card on legacy SendMoney IOU report #93556
• [Payment due @Ollyws] Remove isPolicyExpenseChatEnabled from PolicyUtils.ts helpers #93588
• [NoQA] [HR Import] Show "Complete Setup" GBR in Workspaces tab icon #93591
• Redirect agents off guarded routes on every focus #93683
• Refactor MoneyReportHeaderSelectionDropdown to use dynamic verify path #93701
• [Performance] Fix navigation state reconstruction for lazy/sliced tab navigators #93712
• [Performance] Fix inbox pre-insert and search dismiss + refactor submit orchestrator #93713
• [Performance] Fix global create scan misidentifying Search context via fallback chain #93718
• Update the domain groups table to the new style #93756
• Defer policy expense chat report actions computation off the render path #93781
• extract WorkspaceRowThreeDotsMenu component from WorkspacesListPage #93820
• support future-dated card assignments #93884
• [Payment due @QichenZhu] Fix NotFoundPage flash on card details opened via deep link #93910
• [No QA] Raise PaginationTest per-test timeout to 240s to fix CI timeout flake #93918
• Route Getting Started accounting row to categories for non-direct integrations #93930
• Reset member role filter to All when the selected role is no longer available #93941
• fix: coalesce redundant GetMissingOnyxMessages while a fetch is in flight #93948
• Fix: hide Tag filter in advanced search when no tags exist #93953
• [No QA] Update coding standards index and normalize clean-react ids #93990
• [No QA] fix: Onfido copy missing space #94023
• [No QA] Docs: drop overstated dedup guarantee from SEQUENTIAL_QUEUE.md overview #94037
• perf: fix O(n²) tag scan in WorkspaceTagsPage #94041
• [No QA] Add links to details for FlashList patches #94046
• [CP Staging] Fix emoji picker bounce when keyboard opens/closes on Android #94106
• Revert "Redirect agents off guarded routes on every focus" #94205
• 🍒 Cherry pick PR #94195 to staging 🍒 #94206

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2026-07-13] Spend rule - System message does not show permitted currencies changes #94078
• Android - Copilot - Account switcher list appears behind device navigation bar #94081
• [Due for payment 2026-06-30] [Due for payment 2026-06-29] [$250] Android - Chat - Emoji picker jumps when keyboard opens and closes #94086
• [Due for payment 2026-07-23] Android & iOS - Back button on Profile opens Profile after copilotting into agent #94088
• [Due for payment 2026-07-13] Spend rule - No results appear when searching by valid currency name #94091
• [Due for payment 2026-06-30] [Due for payment 2026-06-29] Spend rule - Unable to navigate to All currencies option by keyboard #94092
• Expensify Card- Card details page reopens after opening card details from OD & returning to ND #94094
• [Due for payment 2026-06-30] [Due for payment 2026-06-29] Expensify Card - After reporting card lost, back button opens not here page #94102
• [Due for payment 2026-07-13] Rules - Currency mismatch modal flickers #94116

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. Route Getting Started accounting row to categories for non-direct integrations #93930
2. [Performance] Fix global create scan misidentifying Search context via fallback chain #93718
3. [Payment due @Ollyws] Remove isPolicyExpenseChatEnabled from PolicyUtils.ts helpers #93588
4. Defer policy expense chat report actions computation off the render path #93781
5. [Payment due @marufsharifi] Add currency selection to card rules #93063
6. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.15-2 — Adhoc Build
7. Part 2 - feat: thread personalDetail param through isOptimisticPersonalDetail and shouldDisableDetailPage #92156
8. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#90864 Document Approved Accountant partner team on Help page #92636
9. [No QA] Create Transitioning to New Expensify folder #93113
10. [NoQA] Filter duplicate money-preview card on legacy SendMoney IOU report #93556
11. [No QA] docs: allow Limited Access Copilots to retract and reopen #93269
12. support future-dated card assignments #93884
13. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.15-3 — Adhoc Build
14. Fix truncated employee labels in spend analysis bar charts #93463
15. [NoQA] [HR Import] Show "Complete Setup" GBR in Workspaces tab icon #93591
16. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 912d4a2 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968
17. Fix: hide Tag filter in advanced search when no tags exist #93953
18. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#91691 Rename Save search button to Save view #92190
19. Redirect agents off guarded routes on every focus #93683
20. fix: break VoiceOver grouping on iOS so task checkbox is independently focusable #91530
21. [No QA] Docs: drop overstated dedup guarantee from SEQUENTIAL_QUEUE.md overview #94037
22. Reset member role filter to All when the selected role is no longer available #93941
23. extract WorkspaceRowThreeDotsMenu component from WorkspacesListPage #93820
24. Refactor MoneyReportHeaderSelectionDropdown to use dynamic verify path #93701
25. fix: coalesce redundant GetMissingOnyxMessages while a fetch is in flight #93948
26. Update the domain groups table to the new style #93756
27. [No QA] Add links to details for FlashList patches #94046
28. perf: fix O(n²) tag scan in WorkspaceTagsPage #94041
29. fix: bottom-safe-area-padding-in-modals (part 1) #88578
30. [Performance] Fix navigation state reconstruction for lazy/sliced tab navigators #93712
31. [No QA] fix: Onfido copy missing space #94023
32. [No QA] Raise PaginationTest per-test timeout to 240s to fix CI timeout flake #93918
33. [No QA] Update coding standards index and normalize clean-react ids #93990
34. [Performance] Fix inbox pre-insert and search dismiss + refactor submit orchestrator #93713
35. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.16-0 — Adhoc Build
36. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.16-1 — Adhoc Build
37. [CP Staging] Fix emoji picker bounce when keyboard opens/closes on Android #94106
38. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.16-2 — 4096edf
39. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.16-3 — 3af6909
40. 🍒 Cherry pick PR #94195 to staging 🍒 #94206
41. Revert "Redirect agents off guarded routes on every focus" #94205
42. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.16-4 — 140bee7
43. [Payment due @QichenZhu] Fix NotFoundPage flash on card details opened via deep link #93910
44. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.16-5 — e10fb0d

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Sentry for this release version and verified that this release does not introduce any new crashes. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked Sentry for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. Because mobile deploys use a phased rollout, completing this checklist will deploy the previous release version to 100% of users. More detailed instructions on this verification can be found here.
• I checked GitHub Status and verified there is no reported incident with Actions.
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[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 78%

PRs Failing:
#93683 on Android and iOS with #94088

PRs Untested:
#91530 pending validation on Web
#92156 pending validation on iOS
#93063 pending validation on iOS
#93463 pending validation on Web
#93588 pending validation on Web, Android, iOS
#93712 pending validation on Android
#93713 pending validation on Web, Android, iOS
#93718 pending validation on Android and iOS
#93781 pending validation on iOS
#93820 pending validation on Web, Android, iOS
#93884 pending validation on iOS
#93930 pending validation on Web, Android, iOS
#93948 pending validation on Web, Android, iOS
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968 pending validation on Android

[kavimuru]

2 steps left in the regression in BS

PRs Failing:
#93683 on Android and iOS with #94088

PRs Untested:
#91530 pending validation on Web
#93463 pending validation on Web
#93712 pending validation on Android
#93713 pending validation on iOS
#93930 pending validation on Web, Android, iOS
#93948 pending validation on iOS
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968 - 1st section only verified https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968#issuecomment-4753596173

[kavimuru]

Regression is completed in Browserstack

PRs Failing:
#93683 on Android and iOS with #94088
#93588 failing with #94115 reprod in PROD, ok to check it off?

PRs Untested:
#88578 - Android and iOS validation is pending
#93463 pending validation on Web
#93930 pending validation on Web, Android, iOS
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968 - 1st section only verified https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968#issuecomment-4753596173

[kavimuru]

Regression completed.

PRs Failing:
#93683 on Android and iOS with #94088
#93588 failing with #94115 reprod in PROD, ok to check it off?
#93930 failing with #94135 repro in PROD , ok to check it off?

PR untested:

https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968 - 1st section only verified https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13968#issuecomment-4753596173

[blimpich]

Demoting #94088 (comment)

[melvin-bot]

@applausebot Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[blimpich]

Everything looks good, lets ship!

[blimpich]