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Version Number: 9.3.74-7
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #87928
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): jsnodjosndjoisnjidoj@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Mac 26.2 / Chrome
App Component: User Settings

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to Account > Profile.
3. Click Address.
4. Enter address on Address line 1.

Expected Result:

• Country field will be auto populated with user location.
• Address suggestion list will be shown.

Actual Result:

• Country field is empty and not auto populated with user location.
• Address suggestion list is not shown.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug7155288_1778865669424.2.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

@rafecolton recently merged #87928, but they are OOO right now, so I'll auto-assign someone else.

[melvin-bot]

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

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3. Fix the issue yourself.

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Investigation Summary

Classification: Frontend bug
Causing PR: #87928 - "Replace individual private detail edit pages with unified form + magic code" by @jasperhuangg (High confidence)
Related Issues: None

Recommendation: REVERT

PR #87928 replaced the old individual private detail edit pages (including the address page) with a new unified form. The old address page used the AddressSearch component (Google Places Autocomplete), which provides address suggestions and auto-populates the country, city, state, and zip fields. The new PrivatePersonalDetailsPage uses a plain TextInput for address line 1 instead of AddressSearch, so address suggestions and country auto-population are no longer working.

Assigned: @jasperhuangg (PR author), @rafecolton (approving reviewer)
Labels: DeployBlocker removed (this is a frontend bug — fix is in Expensify/App). DeployBlockerCash kept.

Detailed Analysis

Evidence

• The bug is staging-only (not reproducible in production), which is consistent with it being introduced by a PR in the current staging deploy.
• PR Replace individual private detail edit pages with unified form + magic code #87928 is listed in the current StagingDeployCash checklist and was merged on 2026-05-15, the same day the bug was reported.
• The melvin-bot auto-assignment comment on the issue also points directly to PR Replace individual private detail edit pages with unified form + magic code #87928.
• The reported symptoms — no address suggestions and no country auto-population — are exactly what you would expect when an AddressSearch component is replaced with a plain TextInput.

Verification

• Affected file: src/pages/settings/Profile/PersonalDetails/PrivatePersonalDetailsPage.tsx (new file added by PR Replace individual private detail edit pages with unified form + magic code #87928)
• Root cause file: src/components/AddressForm.tsx uses AddressSearch (Google Places Autocomplete) as the InputComponent for ADDRESS_LINE_1, with renamedInputKeys that auto-populate city, state, zipCode, and country when a suggestion is selected.
• PR Replace individual private detail edit pages with unified form + magic code #87928 confirmed to add PrivatePersonalDetailsPage.tsx which uses a plain TextInput for ADDRESS_LINE_1 instead of AddressSearch, and uses a CountrySelector whose initial value comes only from the stored address.country field (empty for new users), with no geolocation auto-fill logic.

Root Cause

The AddressSearch component wraps GooglePlacesAutocomplete and, when a suggestion is selected, populates all address sub-fields (street, city, state, zip, country) via renamedInputKeys. It also triggers geolocation to set the default country. The new unified form in PR #87928 omitted AddressSearch in favor of a simple TextInput for address line 1, which removes both the suggestion list and the country auto-population behavior. The CountrySelector starts empty because there is no getCurrentPosition/geolocation call in the new page.