[$250] Expense - No result shows up when email is entered when creating Scan expense from FAB

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Version Number: 9.3.4-6
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #79197
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): sdjiosnodjosijnosd@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Mac 26.1 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Open FAB > Create expense > Scan.
3. Upload a receipt.
4. On confirm page, click To field.
5. Enter any email.

Expected Result:

User will show up in the result and can be selected when email is entered.

Actual Result:

User does not show up in the result when email is entered when creating Scan expense via FAB.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @abdulrahuman5196

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[etCoderDysto]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

No result shows up when email is entered when creating Scan expense from FAB

What is the root cause of that problem?

isWorkspacesOnly returns true when initialTransaction?.amount <= 0

App/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepParticipants.tsx

Lines 440 to 449 in 92a56ed

	const isWorkspacesOnly = useMemo(() => {
	if (isDistanceRequest(initialTransaction)) {
	// For distance requests, only restrict to workspaces if a route exists and the distance is 0
	// If no route exists yet, the distance hasn't been calculated and we should allow P2P
	if (!hasRoute(initialTransaction, true)) {
	return false;
	}
	return initialTransaction?.comment?.customUnit?.quantity === 0;
	}
	return initialTransaction?.amount !== undefined && initialTransaction?.amount !== null && initialTransaction?.amount <= 0;

And when isWorkspacesOnly is true we don't add availableOptions.userToInvite to participants section list

App/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx

Lines 325 to 331 in 92a56ed

	!isWorkspacesOnly &&
	availableOptions.userToInvite &&
	!isCurrentUser(
	{
	...availableOptions.userToInvite,
	accountID: availableOptions.userToInvite?.accountID ?? CONST.DEFAULT_NUMBER_ID,
	status: availableOptions.userToInvite?.status ?? undefined,

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should return false if it is scan request. This logic prevents sending negative or zero money request to a non-workspace chat (p2p), and limit the functionality to workspace only. Since scan request's initial amount is 0 and since it can be submitted to a p2p . We should return false when the request is scan request

        if(isScanRequest(initialTransaction)) {
            return false;
        }
        return initialTransaction?.amount !== undefined && initialTransaction?.amount !== null && initialTransaction?.amount <= 0 ;

Note: We should check every transaction type that can have an initial 0 amount value and apply similar changes if the transaction type can be sent to a non workspace chat

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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[annaweber830]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

No result shows up when email is entered when creating Scan expense from FAB

What is the root cause of that problem?

In the Scan-from-FAB flow, the draft transaction often starts with an amount of 0, which causes the flow to be treated as “workspaces only”. In that mode, the participant selector hides P2P options (including the “invite this email” option), so entering an email can yield an empty list.

App/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepParticipants.tsx

Lines 420 to 430 in e54cfd4

	const isWorkspacesOnly = useMemo(() => {
	if (isDistanceRequest(initialTransaction)) {
	// For distance requests, only restrict to workspaces if a route exists and the distance is 0
	// If no route exists yet, the distance hasn't been calculated and we should allow P2P
	if (!hasRoute(initialTransaction, true)) {
	return false;
	}
	return initialTransaction?.comment?.customUnit?.quantity === 0;
	}
	return initialTransaction?.amount !== undefined && initialTransaction?.amount !== null && initialTransaction?.amount <= 0;
	}, [initialTransaction]);

App/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx

Lines 310 to 345 in e54cfd4

	if (!isWorkspacesOnly) {
	newSections.push({
	title: translate('common.recents'),
	data: isPerDiemRequest ? availableOptions.recentReports.filter((report) => report.isPolicyExpenseChat) : availableOptions.recentReports,
	shouldShow: (isPerDiemRequest ? availableOptions.recentReports.filter((report) => report.isPolicyExpenseChat) : availableOptions.recentReports).length > 0,
	});
	newSections.push({
	title: translate('common.contacts'),
	data: availableOptions.personalDetails,
	shouldShow: availableOptions.personalDetails.length > 0 && !isPerDiemRequest,
	});
	}
	if (
	!isWorkspacesOnly &&
	availableOptions.userToInvite &&
	!isCurrentUser(
	{
	...availableOptions.userToInvite,
	accountID: availableOptions.userToInvite?.accountID ?? CONST.DEFAULT_NUMBER_ID,
	status: availableOptions.userToInvite?.status ?? undefined,
	},
	loginList,
	) &&
	!isPerDiemRequest
	) {
	newSections.push({
	title: undefined,
	data: [availableOptions.userToInvite].map((participant) => {
	const isPolicyExpenseChat = participant?.isPolicyExpenseChat ?? false;
	return isPolicyExpenseChat ? getPolicyExpenseReportOption(participant, reportAttributesDerived) : getParticipantsOption(participant, personalDetails);
	}),
	shouldShow: true,
	});
	}

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Update the participant selector behavior so that entering a valid email always produces a selectable recipient option during Scan expense creation. This can be done by allowing P2P/email invite results when the user is actively searching (typing), even if the flow is otherwise restricted to workspaces due to an initial 0 amount.

App/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx

Line 239 in e54cfd4

const cleanSearchTerm = useMemo(() => debouncedSearchTerm.trim().toLowerCase(), [debouncedSearchTerm]);

const cleanSearchTerm = useMemo(() => debouncedSearchTerm.trim().toLowerCase(), [debouncedSearchTerm]);
    const shouldShowP2POptions = useMemo(() => !isWorkspacesOnly || cleanSearchTerm.length > 0, [isWorkspacesOnly, cleanSearchTerm.length]);

App/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx

Lines 310 to 336 in e54cfd4

	if (!isWorkspacesOnly) {
	newSections.push({
	title: translate('common.recents'),
	data: isPerDiemRequest ? availableOptions.recentReports.filter((report) => report.isPolicyExpenseChat) : availableOptions.recentReports,
	shouldShow: (isPerDiemRequest ? availableOptions.recentReports.filter((report) => report.isPolicyExpenseChat) : availableOptions.recentReports).length > 0,
	});
	newSections.push({
	title: translate('common.contacts'),
	data: availableOptions.personalDetails,
	shouldShow: availableOptions.personalDetails.length > 0 && !isPerDiemRequest,
	});
	}
	if (
	!isWorkspacesOnly &&
	availableOptions.userToInvite &&
	!isCurrentUser(
	{
	...availableOptions.userToInvite,
	accountID: availableOptions.userToInvite?.accountID ?? CONST.DEFAULT_NUMBER_ID,
	status: availableOptions.userToInvite?.status ?? undefined,
	},
	loginList,
	) &&
	!isPerDiemRequest
	) {

   if (shouldShowP2POptions) {
            newSections.push({
                title: translate('common.recents'),
                data: isPerDiemRequest ? availableOptions.recentReports.filter((report) => report.isPolicyExpenseChat) : availableOptions.recentReports,
                shouldShow: (isPerDiemRequest ? availableOptions.recentReports.filter((report) => report.isPolicyExpenseChat) : availableOptions.recentReports).length > 0,
            });

            newSections.push({
                title: translate('common.contacts'),
                data: availableOptions.personalDetails,
                shouldShow: availableOptions.personalDetails.length > 0 && !isPerDiemRequest,
            });
        }

        if (
            shouldShowP2POptions &&
            availableOptions.userToInvite &&
            !isCurrentUser(
                {
                    ...availableOptions.userToInvite,
                    accountID: availableOptions.userToInvite?.accountID ?? CONST.DEFAULT_NUMBER_ID,
                    status: availableOptions.userToInvite?.status ?? undefined,
                },
                loginList,
            ) &&
            !isPerDiemRequest
        ) 

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

[melvin-bot]

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @abdulrahuman5196 (External)