[Due for payment 2025-08-22] Chat - Both avatars are still shown for User A after he deleted all created expenses

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Version Number: 9.1.89-11
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #65740
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Sign in to ND with two accounts - User A and User B
2. As user A create 2 expenses to user B - verify you see only user's A avatar on the report preview, report header, in the report details, in the Reports/Chats and report LHN
3. Create 2 expenses as user B to user A - verify you see both users avatars
4. Delete every expense that user A has created - verify you see only user's B avatar.

Expected Result:

After User A deleted all created expenses, only User B's avatar is shown

Actual Result:

After User A deleted all created expenses, both avatars are still shown for this user on the report preview, report header, in the report details, in the Reports/Chats and report LHN until the app is refreshed. For User B only his avatar is shown correctly

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

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

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

• 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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Bug6908690_1754420419550.Both_avatars.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @mallenexpensify

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @mallenexpensify (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.

[grgia]

Not a blocker

[JakubKorytko]

Found a fix, will be resolved as a part of #68120

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