Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-01-07

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.2.95-5
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• [No QA] Create Share-a-Business-Bank-Account.md #75691
• [DEW]: Update SubmitReport API command #75712
• fix: No message that expense is on hold when split expense offline #75980
• Company card - Android: "Can't downgrade workspace" content is very small when font size is small #76092
• Revert "[NO-QA] - Remove desktop from checklist and build process" #76670
• fix: Category of track expense moved to 1:1 chat is visible on Reports #77203
• Expense rules phase 1 (read-only mode) #77391
• [No QA]: Cleanup SearchTransaction  #77647
• fix: User does not appears as suggestion in chat creation list when first have a chat offline #77734
• fix: Currency un duplicate workspace unchanged after unselecting overview box #77959
• [No QA] Update Workspace-Rules.md #78085
• Stephanieelliott patch 26 #78086
• fix: App backs to expense detail page when admin tap on replace icon #78103
• Bump expensify-common version #78154
• [No QA] [Ready] Update Using-Reports-in-New-Expensify.md #78177
• [NewFeature] Rework: Add ability to require attendees based on category selection #78315
• fix: copy content in case of report preview #78409
• fix: Error on Workspace Switch when the report is done #78423
• Remove isFocused from BaseSearchList and renderItem #78632
• Fix - Make it more apparent in the expense chat carousel view when ex… #78637
• [No QA] Remove unused beta constants #78753
• fix: Marked as paid system message does not appear offline #78765
• Fix: Delete banner still display after clicking on the Got it button in Workspace Overview #78824
• Fix report title not updating when reimbursable expense is changed offline #78890
• [no QA] fix type of PersonalDetails in search result #78892
• Fix selection is not cleared when splitting transactions in report page #78905
• [No QA] Remove desktop from checklist and build process #78912
• [NoQA] fix: workflow job failing on main test / test (job 2) #78916
• [No QA] Retry and bust cache on eslint failures #78923
• [NoQA] [AI Reviewer] Remove duplicated script #78991
• [CP Staging] Revert "Merge pull request #75980 from paulnjs/paulnjs-fix/74682" #79009
• [NO QA] Revert https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/78315 #79020
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix report title not updating when reimbursable expense is changed offline" #79021
• [CP staging] Revert "fix: User does not appears as suggestion in chat creation list when first have a chat offline" #79079
• [CP Staging] Revert "Fix - Make it more apparent in the expense chat carousel view when ex…" #79091

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Reports - App crashes after removing expense from report #79003
• Expense - Hold action and reason message appear twice after splitting held expense #79004
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Expense - Report field in IOU expense shows IOU, Report field in self DM is blank #79005
• Reports - Violation appears twice #79007
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Invoice - Invoice cannot be sent when user selects a category that requires attendees #79008
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Expense - No attendee require violation on confirm page when there is no additional attendee #79011
• Expense rules - Missing Expense rules in LHN #79012
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Report - Violation for required attendee, disappears after opening "Attendee" field. #79013
• Expense rules - Tag A: B is displayed as A\: B #79016
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Reports - Violation does not show up on expense row when additional attendee is not added #79017
• Expense - App crashes after creating new report #79029
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] Can't create distance expenses #79052
• [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Chat - Unable to add user to group when clicked outside Add to group button in Recents section #79070
• [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Chat - Add to group button is not shown for offline created 1:1 chat with username. #79077
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Expense - First expense created without report is not highlighted. #79083
• [Due for payment 2026-01-16] [Due for payment 2026-01-15] Report - Inconsistent behaviour of expense carousel view when adding expense to report. #79090

Deployer verifications:

• I checked Firebase Crashlytics 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 Firebase Crashlytics for the previous release version and verified that the release did not introduce any new crashes. 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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[JS00001]

Demoted - #79016

[arosiclair]

#79007 fixed

[arosiclair]

#79004 fixed by #79009

[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 53%

Failing PRs:
#77203 on iOS with #79003
#78315 with #79013, #78040
#78824 on iOS with #79022, Repro in Prod, checking it off the list

Unchecked PRs:
#75712 - #75712 (comment)
#77391 - pending validation on iOS

[izarutskaya]

Regression progress is at 91%

PRs Failing:
#77203 on iOS with #79003
#78315 with #79013, #78040

[arosiclair]

#78315 was reverted
#76670 is no qa
#79005 fixed by #79021
#78086 was not actually merged/deployed

[arosiclair]

#77203 passed qa

[izarutskaya]

Regression is completed.

[arosiclair]