[Due for payment 2025-04-18] WS Switcher - WS switcher fails to default to Expensify when the selected WS is deleted

[nlemma]

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Version Number: 9.1.24-2
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N/A
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: https://expensify.testrail.io/index.php?/tests/view/5896001
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+bm537@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Web, mweb
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Go to https://staging.new.expensify.com/
2. Create a workspace
3. Click on workspace switcher and select the workspace created in step 2
4. Delete the workspace
5. Navigate to inbox

Expected Result:

When the selected workspace is deleted, the workspace switcher should default to Expensify.(should show all chats)

Actual Result:

After deleting the selected workspace, the switcher does not default to Expensify.(doesn't show all chats)

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6795805_1744100033674.bandicam_2025-04-08_11-12-07-727.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @laurenreidexpensify

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @laurenreidexpensify (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 @lakchote (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]

👋 Friendly reminder that deploy blockers are time-sensitive ⏱ issues! Check out the open `StagingDeployCash` deploy checklist to see the list of PRs included in this release, then work quickly to do one of the following:

1. Identify the pull request that introduced this issue and revert it.
2. Find someone who can quickly fix the issue.
3. Fix the issue yourself.

[nlemma]

@laurenreidexpensify FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[lakchote]

Not a blocker, it is related to an edge case and doesn't affect core functionality.

Related to #59280

cc @daledah @c3024 @francoisl