Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-01-15

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Release Version: 9.0.86-3
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• feat: setup background task from scratch on iOS #53834
• Fix - Distance- Waypoint is saved when distance editor RHP is refreshed and dismissed without saving #54475
• Don't automatically unpause focus trap #54593
• fix confirmation button jump #54736
• Align default IDs in OptionsListUtils.ts file #54780
• Fix - Search- New participant/email is shown as recent chat when found via search #54790
• Add violations to Search actions #54847
• [No QA] Guide update for inexistent IDs #54899
• Fix 'trip support' button, so it opens spotnana support page #54963
• Fix that 'pay at hotel trip' report still shows 'Approve' button #54965
• fix: Pay userName emit no sound #54986
• [No QA] Fix empty e2e account #55000
• [No QA] e2e fix dev run #55004
• Fix - After paying only a portion of the expense, user not scroll down to new expense #55031
• fix: System message shows undefined when selecting an already selected list value #55118
• fix: first item is highlighted in contact list and confirmation page #55154
• Remove custom report welcome message pressable functionality #55177
• fix: App does not trigger required field validation when no state is selected #55197
• feat: Update the invitation process to include the role #55198
• Update CONST.ts #55247
• [CP Staging] Revert "fix confirmation button jump" #55296
• [CP Staging] Bump onyx version to 2.0.89 #55299
• [CP Staging] Update messaging on Here's your magic code page #55366

Internal QA:

• Fix card assignment flow for one card and several assignees #55151 - @mountiny

Deploy Blockers:

• [$50] iOS mWeb Safari - Expense - User has to tap Save button twice to save value #55275
• Workspace - Error when inviting members to the workspace #55276
• [HOLD for payment 2025-01-28] [HOLD for payment 2025-01-24] [$250] Reports - App crashes after cancelling payment on expenses with violation #55288
• [HOLD for payment 2025-02-05] [$250] Reports - Pay button does not change to Review button after unselecting category #55290

Deployer verifications:

• I checked the App Timing Dashboard and verified this release does not cause a noticeable performance regression.
• I checked Firebase Crashlytics and verified that this release does 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

[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #55151

[luacmartins]

Demoted #55290

[isagoico]

Regression is at 63% - Desktop TCs and PR validations are blocked atm because the build had an issue - Conversation here: https://applause-ts.slack.com/archives/C9YU7BX5M/p1736971645201659?thread_ts=1736953981.012699&cid=C9YU7BX5M

[kavimuru]

Regression is at 85%
Unchecked PRs
#54790 failing with known bug #53876
in web and mweb
#54986 failing with known bug #54725 in android and iOS
#54963 blocked by https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/459996 in all the platforms
#55198 failing with #55198
#54736 - Pending validation in desktop
#54965 - Pending validation in desktop
#55197 - Pending validation in desktop
#55299 - Pending validation on all the platforms

[izarutskaya]

Regression is completed.

Unchecked PRs
#54790 - failing with known issue #53876
in web and mweb
#54963 - blocked by https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/459996 in all the platforms
#54986 - failing with known issue #54725 in android and iOS
#55198 - can we check off by this comment #55198 (comment) ?

[luacmartins]

Checking off #55288. Fixed in staging after a CP.

[mountiny]

All the issues listed by QA are either resolved or minor. Also tested this #55198 and inviting works fine

[mountiny]

QA also confirmed

[mountiny]