[$250] Approver - Sub-header link appears to Approver D after change approver

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Version Number: v9.2.36-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #72283
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): ndk.2303+new264@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Windows 11 Home/Chrome
App Component: Workspace Settings

Action Performed:

Prerequisites

• Create a Collect plan workspace.
• Invite 4 non-admin members. A, B, C and D.
• Enable workflows.
• Assign User C member as approver for workspace.
• Member A create an expense to Workspace

1. Open https://staging.new.expensify.com/
2. As admin, go to expense report from Member A
3. Click on 'More'
4. Select 'Change Approver'
5. Upgrade the Workspace and complete the flow
6. Select Member D as new approver
7. As Member D, open the expense report from Member A
8. Click sub-header 'from...' link
9. Navigate back to report expense

Expected Result:

At step 7, Member D should see the expense report without sub-header 'from...' link

Actual Result:

At step 7, the sub-header 'from...' link appears
At Step 8, it directs to 'Hmm. it's not here' page
At step 9, sub-header 'from...' link disappears

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @heyjennahay

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Triggered auto assignment to @heyjennahay (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.

[bernhardoj]

This happen after we change the behavior in #72682

[m-natarajan]

@heyjennahay This issue is failing QA for PR #72283

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@heyjennahay Huh... This is 4 days overdue. Who can take care of this?

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