[HOLD for payment 2023-04-05] [$4000] Dev: Connect to bank account is not opening Sandbox page on dev server, redirects to real bank website

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Run the local web server.
2. Go to any workspace from the Settings page.
3. Click the last menu item Connect Bank account.
4. Click connect with Plaid .
5. Follow the flow.

Expected Result:

User should be navigated to sandbox environment to test bank accounts.

Actual Result:

Dev server is taking the user to real bank website which is impossible to test VBA flow on dev.

Workaround:

unknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web

Version Number: 1.2.21-4
Reproducible in staging?: Needs reproduction
Reproducible in production?: Needs reproduction
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: n/a
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @parasharrajat
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1667222549786869

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @adelekennedy (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

@adelekennedy Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[adelekennedy]

still reproducible - moving forward

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @stitesExpensify (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[adelekennedy]

I think this can be an external issue - @stitesExpensify for confirmation

[stitesExpensify]

I think this is going to have to be internal. AFAIK this is because of how our proxy works. The proxy points to production, when the sandbox page can only be reached from our staging servers.

CC @marcaaron @AndrewGable since you worked on the original proxy