Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-09-17

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Release Version: 9.4.84-1
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:

• Show New message marker when a user marks their own message as unread #95217
• [No QA] Add npm min-release-age cooldown for supply chain protection #95897
• fix: use in-app VisionCamera for chat attachment photos (re-land) #96458
• [Payment due @abdulrahuman5196] Improve column auto-mapping when the file structure is different #96654
• [NoQA] fix: web ad-hoc builds serving stale code #97243
• [Phase 2] Part 4 - Migrate deprecatedGetReportName to getReportName in libs #98047
• refactor createOption function to use data from useOnyx part 1 #99270
• feat: Replace vacation delegate policy diff warning with RHP invite step #99460
• Fix: anonymous user first time tapping on sign in button or a thread open public room #99582
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#99400 Copilots can't close account owner's account #99604
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#99639 Correct bulk duplicate reports UI labels #99956
• refactor: extract useMoneyRequestReportPagination #100030
• Thread beta overrides into the remaining util call sites #100061
• fix: show a "Refresh needed" empty state for stale search results #100176
• [Payment due @bernhardoj] [No QA] Add apply to existing unsubmitted expenses toggle to personal expense rules #100244
• Use a floating action bar for bulk actions  #100291
• [No QA] Drop approver-less workflows when removing an approver #100370
• Part 5: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/ReportUtils.ts #100450
• Announce Badge as a single accessibility element #100462
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97951 Bulk editing one tag level preserves other levels #100483
• Remove the noRightMarginOnSubscriptContainer prop from ReportAvatar #100575
• Remove unsafe assertion from IME keyboard event handling #100578
• Add Campfire integration import pages #100580
• Recover the Pusher apply chain after a rejection, behind a watermark continuity guard #100594
• [NoQA] Remove the DualEntry beta #100621
• Remove unsafe assertion from dynamic route screen detection #100677
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#93317 document Invoice fields on workspace Invoices page #100753
• Render the Concierge system message for an automatic distance rate change #100781
• [BC][R1]Add the Business Central connector entry and connection flow #100857
• [LegendList 3/7] fix: align report action loading skeletons #100884
• [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#100460 admins can attach receipts to approved expenses #100903
• MenuItem decomposition - secondary interaction handling #100964
• [NoQA] [Insights] Request and store a dashboard #100975
• Docs updates for E/A#100872 document Upcoming travel section on Home #101001
• Fix time display format by using localized format #101017
• Fix Workspace navigation tests after Insights tab addition #101024
• Only let policy admins and managers edit expenses on expense reports #101029
• Expense-Empty report can be downloaded via reconciliation in workspace chat #101048
• fix: Public room loads infinitely #101053
• [No QA] fix: forward ref synchronously in PressableWithSecondaryInteraction #101065
• [No QA] Set resizableActivity to default true to match HybridApp manifest #101067
• Show the category description hint on the expense creation description field #101072
• [No QA] Add getRateForPolicyChange to select a distance rate when the policy changes #101080
• Remove getPersonalDetailByEmail from generateDefaultWorkspaceName #101165
• refactor: extract MoneyRequestReportTransactionList presentational components #101199
• [No QA] Add a non-production link back to token-based (SOAP) NetSuite setup #101283
• [No QA] Guard line 1 of CONTRIBUTOR_PLUS_CHECKLIST.md in CI #101290
• Route personal details reads through PersonalDetailsStore and hooks #101308
• Have number-keyed objects in approval rules start at 1 #101323
• Show the grabbing cursor while dragging a custom column row #101334
• [Insights] fix: App crashes when returning from Insights to Account via browser back button #101350
• warn when leaving a workspace with reports to approve #101352
• [No QA] support standalone Xcode 27 iOS builds and simulators #101364
• [No QA] Move Xero vendor matching docs into main helpsite nav  #101384
• [Bug] Hide cancelled reservations from Upcoming #101385
• [NoQA] Refactor search key to a query param followup #101397
• [NoQA] Fix typecheck: pass movedFromReportName in ModifiedExpenseMessageTest #101467
• [CP Staging] Revert "Show the category description hint on the expense creation description field" #101557

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14014
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14095
• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14127

Internal QA:

• [Payment due @nyomanjyotisa] Fix personal card reconnection for error 434 #101045 - @amyevans
• Fix - Company cards - Broken card feed connection RHP spins forever with no error when the feed has a feed-level error #100687 - @mountiny
• Remove vendor gate intacct #100455 - @Beamanator

Deploy Blockers:

• Vacation delegate - Workspace are not arranged in alphabetical order #101498
• Android - Attachment - Error shows up when taking a photo then tapping X #101499
• Expense - Description hint is displayed for expenses created on Self DM. #101512
• Camera - Camera permission view not scrollable in landscape, missing "Take a photo" sentence #101518
• Spend - Refresh needed is displayed instead of error page when entering a failing query #101520
• iOS - Logged out user is not redirected to the correct conversation when navigate via link #101525
• iOS - Anonymous user does not land on a public room via link #101551
• Expense - Description hint shown in duplicate workspace without category hint #101556

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. Render the Concierge system message for an automatic distance rate change #100781
2. Show New message marker when a user marks their own message as unread #95217
3. [Insights] fix: App crashes when returning from Insights to Account via browser back button #101350
4. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 6b89d4f — Adhoc Build
   ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14095
5. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9b6d912 — Adhoc Build
   ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14014
6. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#99400 Copilots can't close account owner's account #99604
7. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#93317 document Invoice fields on workspace Invoices page #100753
8. [Bug] Hide cancelled reservations from Upcoming #101385
9. Remove unsafe assertion from dynamic route screen detection #100677
10. Remove unsafe assertion from IME keyboard event handling #100578
11. Docs updates for E/A#100872 document Upcoming travel section on Home #101001
12. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#97951 Bulk editing one tag level preserves other levels #100483
13. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#99639 Correct bulk duplicate reports UI labels #99956
14. Fix - Company cards - Broken card feed connection RHP spins forever with no error when the feed has a feed-level error #100687
15. Route personal details reads through PersonalDetailsStore and hooks #101308
16. [NoQA] fix: web ad-hoc builds serving stale code #97243
17. feat: Replace vacation delegate policy diff warning with RHP invite step #99460
18. Have number-keyed objects in approval rules start at 1 #101323
19. [NoQA] Refactor search key to a query param followup #101397
20. fix: Public room loads infinitely #101053
21. refactor: extract useMoneyRequestReportPagination #100030
22. refactor: extract MoneyRequestReportTransactionList presentational components #101199
23. Add Campfire integration import pages #100580
24. fix: show a "Refresh needed" empty state for stale search results #100176
25. Remove vendor gate intacct #100455
26. [No QA] Guard line 1 of CONTRIBUTOR_PLUS_CHECKLIST.md in CI #101290
27. [No QA] Docs updates for E/A#100460 admins can attach receipts to approved expenses #100903
28. Fix Workspace navigation tests after Insights tab addition #101024
29. Use a floating action bar for bulk actions  #100291
30. [No QA] Add getRateForPolicyChange to select a distance rate when the policy changes #101080
31. Show the category description hint on the expense creation description field #101072
32. Remove getPersonalDetailByEmail from generateDefaultWorkspaceName #101165
33. [No QA] Move Xero vendor matching docs into main helpsite nav  #101384
34. Expense-Empty report can be downloaded via reconciliation in workspace chat #101048
35. Fix: anonymous user first time tapping on sign in button or a thread open public room #99582
36. [Payment due @bernhardoj] [No QA] Add apply to existing unsubmitted expenses toggle to personal expense rules #100244
37. Announce Badge as a single accessibility element #100462
38. [Payment due @abdulrahuman5196] Improve column auto-mapping when the file structure is different #96654
39. [BC][R1]Add the Business Central connector entry and connection flow #100857
40. Recover the Pusher apply chain after a rejection, behind a watermark continuity guard #100594
41. Part 5: Remove Onyx.connect() for the key: ONYXKEYS.SESSION in src/libs/ReportUtils.ts #100450
42. warn when leaving a workspace with reports to approve #101352
43. [NoQA] Remove the DualEntry beta #100621
44. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.81-1 — Adhoc Build
45. [LegendList 3/7] fix: align report action loading skeletons #100884
46. Only let policy admins and managers edit expenses on expense reports #101029
47. [Payment due @nyomanjyotisa] Fix personal card reconnection for error 434 #101045
48. [No QA] support standalone Xcode 27 iOS builds and simulators #101364
49. [No QA] Add npm min-release-age cooldown for supply chain protection #95897
50. refactor createOption function to use data from useOnyx part 1 #99270
51. Fix time display format by using localized format #101017
52. MenuItem decomposition - secondary interaction handling #100964
53. Remove the noRightMarginOnSubscriptContainer prop from ReportAvatar #100575
54. [No QA] fix: forward ref synchronously in PressableWithSecondaryInteraction #101065
55. Thread beta overrides into the remaining util call sites #100061
56. [Phase 2] Part 4 - Migrate deprecatedGetReportName to getReportName in libs #98047
57. Show the grabbing cursor while dragging a custom column row #101334
58. [No QA] Set resizableActivity to default true to match HybridApp manifest #101067
59. fix: use in-app VisionCamera for chat attachment photos (re-land) #96458
60. [No QA] Add a non-production link back to token-based (SOAP) NetSuite setup #101283
61. [No QA] Drop approver-less workflows when removing an approver #100370
62. [NoQA] Fix typecheck: pass movedFromReportName in ModifiedExpenseMessageTest #101467
63. [NoQA] [Insights] Request and store a dashboard #100975
64. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.82-0 — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/14127
65. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.83-0 — 5ceed53
66. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.84-0 — 64de488
67. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.4.84-1 — 2a4427a
68. [CP Staging] Revert "Show the category description hint on the expense creation description field" #101557

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Regression progress is at 80%

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Regression progress is at 90%

PRs Failing:
#101029 faced with #101527
#101053 faced with #99940, repro on prod

PRs Untested:
Several still pending validation: Web 11 | Android 11 | iOS 10

#100061 #100061 (comment) to provide some detailed steps
#100462 #100462 (comment) to check internally

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