[Due for payment 2025-11-12] [BACK BUTTON] [HOLD on #59245] Expense - User is redirected to the workspace selector instead of the initial screen

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Version Number: 9.2.40-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #72756
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): agexptest+pr2810b2@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Samsung S23FE/ Android 15
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Preconditions: User has at least two workspaces, none of them set as default.
User has self-DM.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Tap on the Create button > Create expense
3. Enter amount
4. Choose your account on the Choose recipient step
5. Tap on the Category field
6. Select any workspace
7. Select any category
8. Tap three times on the back button at the top left

Expected Result:

The user is redirected to the initial screen of the flow (Inbox, Reports, Workspaces, or Account).

Actual Result:

The user is redirected to the workspace selector, followed by the confirmation screen, the 'Choose recipient' screen, and finally the 'Enter amount' screen.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• 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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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @dylanexpensify

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Triggered auto assignment to @Valforte (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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Triggered auto assignment to @NicMendonca (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.

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