Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2025-01-14

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Release Version: 9.0.85-4
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• Fix - Expense - Submit button appears for archived workspace chat if delayed submission is enabled #52183
• Add ability to bulk select cards from the same bank in the Card filter #53389
• fix: Status message not cleared #53810
• Fix cycle dependencies in metro console #53852
• [No QA] Create workflow to warn on native file changes #54357
• [No QA][CI] Bump Xcode version #54424
• feat: implement dynamic resizing array buffers #54656
• perf: only call expensive getSearchOptions once #54681
• Add feature to delete unverified contact methods  #54784
• fix: Error message is not displayed when entering characters that cannot be in a zip code. #54816
• Remove unnecessary style recalculation in useVieportOffsetTop hook #54881
• Align default IDs in Task.ts file #54960
• fix composer show up when back to foreground #54968
• LHN - RBR is missing from the report when it fails to export to QBO #54981
• fix: System message is shown in English #54987
• Fix workspace not created after deeplinking to newDot #54992
• [NoQA] Remove direct and custom feed betas #55035
• fix: Desktop push notifications are missing room name #55050
• Update Node Version to 20.18.1 for QSP #55059
• Bump react-native-qrcode-svg version #55080
• Proposal-Police: GPT-4o Update with Structured Response #55108
• Fix keyboard flickering and bad typing behavior while typing password in revealed state for a protected PDF #55130
• Fixed PDF console error on uploading #55133
• fix(lhn): don't show closed this report in lhn for reopned reports #55141
• [ImgBot] Optimize images #55143
• Add image to pay-an-expense article #55175
• Bump Onyx to 2.0.87 #55194
• [CP Staging] fix: bump mapbox #55220

Internal QA:

• [Internal QA] Implement additional loading indication during direct feed connection #54999 - @mountiny
• fix: get all the cards from different feeds #52612 - @mountiny

Deploy Blockers:

• Contact methods - Remove contact method modal appears slower than other confirmation modals #55213
• [Payment 2025-01-28] Search - Content before dot separator is empty when physical card is not activated #55219
• Login - Hybrid app crashes when signing in with google #55234
• [$250] Distance - Distance and Rate field shows "Pending" after distance rate is deleted #55245
• [HOLD for payment 2025-02-04] [$125] LHN-Chat with a draft returns to the bottom of LHN after going online and refreshing the app #55254

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.

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[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #52612

[joekaufmanexpensify]

checked off #54999

[luacmartins]

Demoted #55219

[Julesssss]

Checking off #55234 -- which resolves the SSO Android crash and sign out crash. verified on staging

[thienlnam]

Demoted #55245

[kavimuru]

Regression is 11% left

unchecked PRs
#53389 (comment)
#52183 - pending validation in iOS
#55050 pending validation in web
#54992 pending validation in desktop
#55194 - pending validation in mweb, desktop android and iOS
#55220 - pending validation in web mweb and android

[Julesssss]

FYI, this checklist unblocks a fire. Please comment here if you see this is ready to be closed out.

[kavimuru]

Regression is 6% left

unchecked PRs
#53389 (comment)
#52183 - pending validation in iOS, failing in other platforms #55214 and #55215 - repro in production.
#54992 pending validation in desktop
#55194 - pending validation in web mweb and android
#55220 - pending validation in web mweb and android

[izarutskaya]

Regression is 2% left

Unchecked PRs
#53389 (comment)
#52183 - pending validation in iOS, failing in other platforms #52183 (comment) - repro in production.
#54992 - found issue #54992 (comment)
#55194 - pending validation android
#55220 - pending validation in android

[izarutskaya]

Regression is completed.

Unchecked PRs
#53389 (comment)
#52183 - failing with #52183 (comment) - repro in production.
#54992 - #54992 (comment)
#55194 - checking off. All environments passed
#55220 - found issue #55220 (comment)

[mountiny]

demoted #55254 off
checking #55220 off as the issue found is not related
checking #54992 off as the issue is also repro in production
checking off #53389 as I tested it
checking off #52183 as its repro in production

[mountiny]

The crash i am seeing for android in 85-0 is I think the one we fixed with the -1 CP so I cannot see it after https://console.firebase.google.com/u/0/project/expensify-mobile-app/crashlytics/app/android:org.me.mobiexpensifyg/issues/85c581edcdb39b941df627e7b1324a71?time=last-seven-days&types=crash&versions=9.0.85.0%20(509008500)&sessionEventKey=6787119c029700010c6b218a3d61e6a3_2038396371888929889

[mountiny]