[Due for payment 2025-02-13] Approver is showing as travel booking member

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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: @JmillsExpensify
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): travel

Action Performed:

1. Book a trip as a member of the room
2. Open the expense details

Expected Result:

Should show member avatar in the expense details

Actual Result:

Showing approver avatar as if they booked travel

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @zanyrenney

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @zanyrenney (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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This has been labelled "Needs Reproduction". Follow the steps here: https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/16989

[blazejkustra]

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[blazejkustra]

Update: I have a fix but I want to better understand why was this implemented like this in the first place. This PR implemented the current logic and they had a similar problem

[blazejkustra]

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[melvin-bot]

Reviewing label has been removed, please complete the "BugZero Checklist".

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.0.94-25 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• Display person who made the reservation instead of approver for trips #56099

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2025-02-13. 🎊

For reference, here are some details about the assignees on this issue:

• @blazejkustra does not require payment (Contractor)
• @shubham1206agra requires payment (Needs manual offer from BZ)

[melvin-bot]

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[melvin-bot]

@rlinoz @blazejkustra @zanyrenney @shubham1206agra this issue was created 2 weeks ago. Are we close to a solution? Let's make sure we're treating this as a top priority. Don't hesitate to create a thread in #expensify-open-source to align faster in real time. Thanks!

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Payment Summary

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• Contributor: @blazejkustra is from an agency-contributor and not due payment
• ROLE: @shubham1206agra paid $(AMOUNT) via Upwork (LINK)

BugZero Checklist (@zanyrenney)

• I have verified the correct assignees and roles are listed above and updated the neccesary manual offers
• I have verified that there are no duplicate or incorrect contracts on Upwork for this job (https://www.upwork.com/ab/applicants//hired)
• I have paid out the Upwork contracts or cancelled the ones that are incorrect
• I have verified the payment summary above is correct

[melvin-bot]

@rlinoz, @blazejkustra, @zanyrenney, @shubham1206agra Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

[zanyrenney]

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[zanyrenney]

@blazejkustra is from an expert agency so does not require payment.

[zanyrenney]

bumped here - https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C02NK2DQWUX/p1740153014949709

[zanyrenney]

spoke to @shubham1206agra in DM- paid through ND now.

[zanyrenney]

Payment Summary

• Contributor: @blazejkustra is from an agency-contributor and not due payment
• ROLE: @shubham1206agra owed $250 via ND.