[$250] Distance - Distance and Rate unit on confirm page and created expense are different

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 9.3.16-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #81017
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): jsodjosindjdoijsoj@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Mac 26.2 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• User location is not US or change default payment currency to EUR or MYR in Preferences.
• Default workspace has enabled Distance rates.
• Default distance unit is Kilometers in distance rates settings.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to self DM.
3. Click + > Track distance > Manual.
4. Enter amount > Next.
5. On confirm page, click Rate.
6. Click Upgrade > Got it, thanks.
7. Enter any rate > Save.
   → On confirm page, Distance and Rate unit are both kilometer.
8. Click Create expense.
9. Open the created expense.
   → Distance and Rate unit are both meter in the created expense, which is different from the unit on confirm page from Step 7.

Expected Result:

On confirm page and the created expense, Distance and Rate unit should be the same.

Actual Result:

In Step 7, on confirm page, Distance and Rate unit are both kilometer.
In Step 9, Distance and Rate unit are both meter in the created expense, which is different from the unit on confirm page from Step 7.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7073745_1770738015424.15.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @alitoshmatov

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You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #81017

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

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

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Triggered auto assignment to @jliexpensify (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.