[$250] Classic – User is redirected to NewDot after refresh instead of staying in Classic

[jponikarchuk]

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Version Number: 9.2.94-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+ap@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Regression TC Execution
Device used: Windows 11
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1.Log in to OldDot.
2.Go to Expenses.
3.Create a new unreported expense.
4.Navigate to NewDot.
5.Return to OldDot again.
6.Go to Expenses in OldDot.
7.Refresh the page (browser refresh).

Expected Result:

The user remains in the Classic (OD) experience after refreshing the page.

Actual Result:

After refreshing the page, the user is redirected to the NewDot experience.

This breaks the expected behavior because the user should stay locked in Classic until manually selecting “Try New Expensify”.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @strepanier03 (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.

[strepanier03]

I can't test Windows: Chrome so setting for repro.

[MelvinBot]

This has been labelled "Needs Reproduction". Follow the steps here: https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/16989

[strepanier03]

Still needs repro.

[melvin-bot]

@strepanier03 Still overdue 6 days?! Let's take care of this!

[strepanier03]

Set for testing so we can repro.