Deploy Checklist: New Expensify 2024-03-15

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Release Version: 1.4.53-2
Compare Changes: production...staging

This release contains changes from the following pull requests:

• [TS migration] Migrate 'SettingsPreferences' page to TypeScript #36523
• Recovery code input fix #36774
• [TS migration] Migrate 'Sidebar' page to TypeScript #36847
• [fix]: Able to save a phone number with some spaces before and After the number  #36961
• [No QA][TS migration] Migrate postTestBuildComment to typescript #37027
• feat: rename category #37969
• Fix - Message action menu - Last option is not selected when pressing up key #38007
• fix: re-join thread after leaving thread and returning with back button #38027
• fix: empty condition for distance in confirm page #38075
• fix: unselect category when editing a split bill #38205
• Fix/38198: "Delayed Submissions" toggle does not toggle off unless backed out for Collect Policy #38215
• Move the position of checkmark in WS Invite Page #38218
• Remove deprecated methods from transaction utils that sideload data from Onyx #38258
• [Ideal Nav v2] Fix avatar alignment and bottom gap #38274
• Fix member search input does not display in invite search input #38276
• Fix: Cannot parse category name with special characters in URL #38285
• Create Act-as-a-copilot.md #38314
• Fix room invite selected options filter #38327
• fix: allow selection list to be greyed for tags #38332
• [CP Staging] Revert "[TS migration] Migrate 'Sidebar' page to TypeScript" #38340
• [CP Staging] Fix edit category #38412

Internal QA:

• get rid of PR check that always fails for help dot #38325 - @blimpich

Deploy Blockers:

• [HOLD for payment 2024-04-02] [$500] IOS- Extra margin below offline indicator in Profile page #38328
• [HOLD for payment 2024-03-25] [HOLD for payment 2024-03-22] [$500] App crashes when navigating to another report while playing a video #38362
• [HOLD for payment 2024-03-26] [HOLD for payment 2024-03-25] Category - Incorrect app behavior when editing category with / symbol #38401
• [$500] [Categories] Android - Category - Keyboard does not pull up after reopening Add category page #38402
• [$500] [HOLD for payment 2024-03-26] [Simplified Collect][Categories] - App crashes when selecting categories and editing category name at the same time #38404
• Web - Workspace - IOU moves in the LHN every time the merchant is changed #38425
• [$500] [HOLD for payment 2024-04-03] IOS - Profile - Avatar loading icon is not aligned properly within the highlighted green circle #38450
• Tag - 'Error Importing Tags' when editing Budget #38458
• [$250] LHN - "Hey there, I'm Concierge" message disappears from the Concierge chat preview #38459
• [HOLD App#37783] [$250] Multilevel tags - Tag name in selection list shows the other tag name in confirmation page #38465

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

[OSBotify]

🚀 All staging deploys are complete, @Expensify/applauseleads please begin QA on version https://github.com/Expensify/App/releases/tag/1.4.53-1 🚀

[luacmartins]

Checking off #38328 and #38362. They were blockers in the previous checklist and got fixed, but we never removed the label

[luacmartins]

Checking off #38402. Demoted to NAB

[luacmartins]

Checking off #38404. Demoted to NAB.

[luacmartins]

Checking off #38401. Fixed in staging.

[blimpich]

#38325 doesn't work. 2nd commit that is responding to feedback breaks the functionality of the fix. Proof here. Revert here. Not going to cherry pick since this doesn't effect users, just us.

Checking off.

[kbecciv]

TR is currently at 30% completion.

#36961 is pending verification
#38215 is pending verification in IOS
#38218 is pending verification
#38258 is pending verification in IOS
#38274 is pending verification
#38276 is pending verification in IOS
#38285 is pending verification
#38327 is pending verification
#38332 is failing with #38410, repro in prod - checking off

[luacmartins]

Checking off #38425. Demoted to NAB

[luacmartins]

Regression still has 60% to go so we won't deploy today. All blockers are clear as of now.

[kbecciv]

TR is currently at 50% completion.

#38332 is failing with #38410, repro in prod - checking off

[kbecciv]

TR is currently at 75% completion.

#38332 is failing with #38410, repro in prod - checking off

Deploy blocker:
#38450

[mountiny]

Demoted #38450 fix should be in main

[mountiny]

#38458 is internal blocker

[mountiny]

Demoted #38459

Waiting for regression to be completed

[kbecciv]

TR is 5% left!
#38332 is failing with #38410, repro in prod - checking off

[mountiny]

Demoted #38465 no active blockers, regression not complete yet

[kbecciv]

TR is completed!

#38332 is failing with #38410, repro in prod - checking off

No Deploy Blockers

[AndrewGable]