As the approver, I’m receiving the ‘Please approve my…’ email after partially approving a report

[m-natarajan]

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Version Number: 9.0.79-5
Reproducible in staging?: Needs Reproduction
Reproducible in production?: Needs reproduction
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?:
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @garrettmknight
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): expensify_bugs

Action Performed:

1. Create a workspace/enable approvals
2. Invite Submitter
3. As submitter, create 2 expenses (they should auto-submit via Instant Submit)
4. As approver, hold one expense and approve the other

Expected Result:

As the approver, I wouldn’t expect to receive an email about the outstanding expense since it’s on hold

Actual Result:

As the approver, I received an email asking me to approve the held expense, immediately.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @slafortune (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.

[MelvinBot]

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

[brunovjk]

I can reproduce the issue using the steps described.

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

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However, I believe this is not an issue with the frontend.

[melvin-bot]

@slafortune Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[trjExpensify]

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