Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2026-02-19

[OSBotify]

Release Version: 9.3.23-3
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 Safari emoji corruption bug by inserting ZWNJ between digits/symbols (#, *) and emojis #79265
• Tags violations #80448
• [NoQA] Feature: Travel Invoicing - Release 2.2: Toggle Behavior (Enable / Disable Travel Invoicing) #81458
• Add merchant rules option to workspace duplication #81514
• Fix: Reports - Previous expense disappears after creating new one offline with "Group by" applied #81607
• fix: Filters counter is displayed despite no filter being applied #81659
• Fix: Approvers Lose Ability to Reject Expenses When Acting as Vacation Delegates or After Being Removed From Approval Workflow #81801
• Fix invoice amount not updating for receiver when Pay option is selected in Reports #81932
• Revert "Refactor subscription size page to use useSubPage hook" #82136
• Change personal card 'Unassign card' label to 'Remove card' #82296
• Refactor subscription size page to use useSubPage hook #82340
• [No QA] fix: improve CLEAN-REACT-PATTERNS-* rules detection #82443
• [Part 3A] refactor: pass policytags to getLastMessageTextForReport #82537
• fix: Expense created while on "Reports", gets highlighted again when opened.  #82538
• Fix: NotFoundPage page displays after trying changing Tags name #82558
• fix: app crash when navigation away from PDF view #82628
• Skip Test Drive modal for non workspace Track users sign up #82632
• [NoQA] Fix CHAI #82686
• [NoQA] Feat: add chronological section in deploy checklist #82691
• Remove unused key #82698
• [No QA] Add unit tests for ImageSVG cache policy behavior  #82715
• [No QA] Refactor isActionLoadingSetSelector into useActionLoadingReportIDs hook #82781
• Do not log out user if they cancel #82787
• [NoQA] Implement the frozen card indicator and the frozen-by text #82799
• [No QA] Revert "[No QA] Update Set-Up-and-Manage-the-Expensify-Card.md" #82834
• [No QA] Add HOW_TO_AUDIT_TRANSLATIONS #82838
• [NO QA] Fix Concierge AI icon styling on new-expensify/hubs #82870
• [NoQA] Set buildAdhoc validate-elf-alignment: false #82893
• [NoQA] Implement frozen badge in payment method list #82901
• [No QA][Sentry] Test if error boundary blocks reporting to Sentry #82913
• [No QA] Add sentryLabel to sign-in and onboarding flows for INP tracking #82917
• Add shouldSubmitForm to description field #82963
• [CP Staging] Revert "fix: Expense created while on "Reports", gets highlighted again when opened. " #83026

Mobile-Expensify PRs:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848

Internal QA:

• [Internal QA] Personal cards broken connection #80115 - @amyevans

Deploy Blockers:

• [Due for payment 2026-03-04] Clicking "Workspace rule" text link in system message doesn't lead to help page #82978
• [Due for payment 2026-03-02] [Due for payment 2026-02-27] [$250] Reports - Only the first of several expenses created in a row is highlighted in Reports #83004
• [Due for payment 2026-03-17] [$250] iOS- Chat- Input is not focused when searching a chat #83010

Chronologically ordered merged PRs (oldest first)

1. Revert "Refactor subscription size page to use useSubPage hook" #82136
2. [No QA] Revert "[No QA] Update Set-Up-and-Manage-the-Expensify-Card.md" #82834
3. Remove unused key #82698
4. Fix: Approvers Lose Ability to Reject Expenses When Acting as Vacation Delegates or After Being Removed From Approval Workflow #81801
5. fix: Filters counter is displayed despite no filter being applied #81659
6. Fix invoice amount not updating for receiver when Pay option is selected in Reports #81932
7. [NoQA] Feature: Travel Invoicing - Release 2.2: Toggle Behavior (Enable / Disable Travel Invoicing) #81458
8. Tags violations #80448
9. [NoQA] Implement the frozen card indicator and the frozen-by text #82799
10. Skip Test Drive modal for non workspace Track users sign up #82632
11. [No QA] fix: improve CLEAN-REACT-PATTERNS-* rules detection #82443
12. [NoQA] Fix CHAI #82686
13. [NoQA] Set buildAdhoc validate-elf-alignment: false #82893
14. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.22-2 — Adhoc Build
15. Fix: Reports - Previous expense disappears after creating new one offline with "Group by" applied #81607
16. Do not log out user if they cancel #82787
17. Add merchant rules option to workspace duplication #81514
18. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to e31f2ee — Adhoc Build
    ↳ https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848
19. Refactor subscription size page to use useSubPage hook #82340
20. [No QA][Sentry] Test if error boundary blocks reporting to Sentry #82913
21. [No QA] Add sentryLabel to sign-in and onboarding flows for INP tracking #82917
22. fix: app crash when navigation away from PDF view #82628
23. Change personal card 'Unassign card' label to 'Remove card' #82296
24. [NO QA] Fix Concierge AI icon styling on new-expensify/hubs #82870
25. [No QA] Refactor isActionLoadingSetSelector into useActionLoadingReportIDs hook #82781
26. [Internal QA] Personal cards broken connection #80115
27. [NoQA] Feat: add chronological section in deploy checklist #82691
28. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.22-3 — Adhoc Build
29. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.22-4 — Adhoc Build
30. [No QA] Add unit tests for ImageSVG cache policy behavior  #82715
31. fix: Expense created while on "Reports", gets highlighted again when opened.  #82538
32. Fix: NotFoundPage page displays after trying changing Tags name #82558
33. [NoQA] Implement frozen badge in payment method list #82901
34. [Part 3A] refactor: pass policytags to getLastMessageTextForReport #82537
35. Add shouldSubmitForm to description field #82963
36. [No QA] Add HOW_TO_AUDIT_TRANSLATIONS #82838
37. Fix Safari emoji corruption bug by inserting ZWNJ between digits/symbols (#, *) and emojis #79265
38. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.23-0 — Adhoc Build
39. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.23-1 — Adhoc Build
40. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.23-2 — Adhoc Build
41. [CP Staging] Revert "fix: Expense created while on "Reports", gets highlighted again when opened. " #83026
42. Mobile-Expensify submodule update to 9.3.23-3 — a92dd72

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.

cc @Expensify/applauseleads

[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 66%

PRs Failing:
#80448 on iOS (Repro in production)
#81801 on Web with #79599 (Repro in production)
#82538 on iOS (Not repro in production)
#82963 on Android with #82891
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848 on Android with #82995

PRs Untested:
#79265 pending validation on Android
#81801 pending validation on iOS
#81932 pending validation on iOS
#82296 pending validation on all
#82698 pending validation on iOS
#82787 pending validation on Android and iOS
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848 pending validation on iOS

[m-natarajan]

Regression progress is at 91%

PRs Failing:
#80448 on iOS with #83013 (Repro in production)
#81801 on Web with #79599 (Repro in production)
#82538 on iOS with #82538 (Not repro in production)
#82963 on Android with #82891
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848 on Android with #82995

PRs Untested:
#79265 pending validation on Android
#81801 pending validation on iOS
#81932 pending validation on iOS
#82296 pending validation on all
#82698 pending validation on iOS
#82787 pending validation on Android
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848 pending validation on iOS

[mountiny]

Checking https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848 off as no need to hold on that

[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #80115

[izarutskaya]

Regression completed

PRs Failing:
#80448 on iOS with #83013 (Repro in production)
#81801 on Web with #79599 (Repro in production)
#82538 on iOS with #83004 (Not repro in production)
#82787 on iOS, Android with #76246 (comment)
#82963 on Android with #82891 (not a DB now #82891 (comment)) Can I check it off?
https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13848 on Android with #82995 (Repro in production)

[mountiny]

@izarutskaya can you please comment about this on the PR?

#82787 on iOS, Android with #76246 (comment)

[mountiny]

#82963 on Android with #82891 (not a DB now #82891 (comment)) Can I check it off?

checked off

[izarutskaya]

@izarutskaya can you please comment about this on the PR?

Left comment under the PR#82787 about Android. iOS passed, I re-tested it with new build 9.3.23-3.