[Due for payment 2025-06-19] [$250] Split expense doesn't appear on chat history when the user scan or upload any image

[jponikarchuk]

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Version Number: 9.1.42-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #60827
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+rg_6@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Android 13 / Chrome, Windows 11 / Chrome
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Login using Expensifail account
2. Start a chat with any user
3. Tap the + > Split expense
4. Take or upload any image
5. Tap the Split expense

Expected Result:

Split expense should appear on chat history even though the user scan or upload any image

Actual Result:

Split expense doesn't appear on chat history when the user scan or upload any image
Note:

• Split expense will appear on chat history when the user scan or uploads a valid receipt (after scanning is complete)
• There New message banner will appear but truncated

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @abekkala

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @abekkala (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.

[bernhardoj]

Proposal

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

Scan split expense doesn't show the split preview on the DM chat.

What is the root cause of that problem?

When using table report view, we don't show the individual expense as separate message, except for self DM and split bill in group chat.

App/src/pages/home/report/PureReportActionItem.tsx

Lines 807 to 813 in 1de2c6d

	// Table Report View does not display these components as separate messages, except for self-DM
	if (canUseTableReportView && report?.type === CONST.REPORT.TYPE.CHAT) {
	if ((report.chatType === CONST.REPORT.CHAT_TYPE.SELF_DM && !isDeletedAction(action)) || isSplitInGroupChat) {
	children = (
	<View style={[styles.mt1, styles.w100]}>
	<TransactionPreview
	iouReportID={getIOUReportIDFromReportActionPreview(action)}

If we do a manual split bill, an expense preview will be shown because the amount is defined. But if we do a scan split bill, it will start scanning first before creating the expense preview. Basically, if we do split bill, there will be:

1. split preview
2. transaction/expense preview

It looks like we don't want to show the split preview, except in a group chat.

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

We can update the condition to show the split preview in DM too by removing the group chat check.

App/src/pages/home/report/PureReportActionItem.tsx

Line 786 in 1de2c6d

const isSplitInGroupChat = moneyRequestActionType === CONST.IOU.REPORT_ACTION_TYPE.SPLIT && report?.chatType === CONST.REPORT.CHAT_TYPE.GROUP;

App/src/pages/home/report/PureReportActionItem.tsx

Lines 808 to 809 in 1de2c6d

	if (canUseTableReportView && report?.type === CONST.REPORT.TYPE.CHAT) {
	if ((report.chatType === CONST.REPORT.CHAT_TYPE.SELF_DM && !isDeletedAction(action)) || isSplitInGroupChat) {

If we want, we can only show it when the split type is a scan and is currently scanning.

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

N/A

[melvin-bot]

@abekkala Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

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[melvin-bot]

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

[Ollyws]

@bernhardoj Are you still able to reproduce this? It's working fine for me on the latest main.