[Due for payment 2025-05-28] [Due for payment 2025-05-27] Account - Account tab is accessible when navigating to public room as guest

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: 9.1.46-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Exp
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.3 / Chrome
App Component: User Settings

Action Performed:

1. Copy link to a public room (https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/4689164261781701).
2. Log out of ND if logged in.
3. Navigate to the public room as guest.
4. Click Account tab.

Expected Result:

Login modal will open.

Actual Result:

Account page opens. The subsections open login modal.

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

Bug6832618_1747354229434.20250516_080824.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @bfitzexpensify

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @bfitzexpensify (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.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @techievivek (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[melvin-bot]

💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source

[github-actions]

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2. Find someone who can quickly fix the issue.
3. Fix the issue yourself.

[WojtekBoman]

Hey, I'll take care of it as I'm the author of the offending PR. I will wrap function navigating to Account with interceptAnonymousUser