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[Due for payment now] [$250] PDF downloads of reports silently fail #76172

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Reproducible in staging?: Not yet tested
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/569088
Issue reported by: Customers in the linked issue, and @johncschuster
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C03SSAQ7P/p1763763948408779

Action Performed:

  1. User opens a report in New Expensify (Web)
  2. Clicks the option to export the report as a PDF
  3. A popup appears and spins as if loading
  4. After several seconds, the popup closes and the user is returned to the report screen

Expected Result:

The report should be successfully exported as a PDF and downloaded to the user’s device.

Actual Result:

The download fails silently:

  • No PDF is generated or downloaded
  • No error message is shown
  • In some cases, the downloaded PDF is blank
  • Issue is observed more frequently with larger reports (e.g., 90+ expenses or high receipt count) but also occurs on smaller reports

Workaround:

Yes, a workaround exists. Users have reported successful PDF downloads using Safari when Chrome fails. The Concierge team has communicated this workaround to affected users.

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

  • Android: App
  • Android: mWeb Chrome
  • iOS: App
  • iOS: mWeb Safari
  • iOS: mWeb Chrome
  • Windows: Chrome
  • MacOS: Chrome / Safari
  • MacOS: Desktop
Platforms Tested: On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:
  • Android: App
  • Android: mWeb Chrome
  • iOS: App
  • iOS: mWeb Safari
  • iOS: mWeb Chrome
  • Windows: Chrome
  • MacOS: Chrome / Safari
  • MacOS: Desktop

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