[$750] [HOLD on Mobile-Expensify/pull/13404] Android - Login - Unable to log in using Magic Link received via Email

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 9.0.87-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N
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): ibellicotest+191@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team
Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Open the Expensify app
2. Tap on "Continue with Email"
3. Complete with any valid Email
4. Wait for an Email with a Magic Code and Magic Link to arrive
5. Open the Email and tap on the Magic Link

Expected Result:

User should be automatically logged in after tapping on the Magic Link in the received Email

Actual Result:

A "Trying to authenticate your browser..." message is displayed when trying to log in via Magic Link and the user is given another code to use in order to log in

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

Screenshots/Videos

Add any screenshot/video evidence

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @c3024

[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source

[github-actions]

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[lanitochka17]

Production:

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[Beamanator]

Hmmm i have android hybridapp v9.0.87-0 and I see the magic link working for me!

[Beamanator]

Asked in a few slack channels to see if anyone else can reproduce

[Beamanator]

Seems this is reproducible, so still a blocker :'(

[Beamanator]

Confirmed in this long slack thread - https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1737364468159939 - that this is reproducible on prod app, so this is NAB

[Beamanator]

Also the way that we consistently reproduced is with a 2FA-enabled account

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @twisterdotcom (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.

[NikkiWines]

TYSM for the investigation into this while I was out @Beamanator 🙌

[twisterdotcom]

How can I help here? Or will it just be paying out a C+?

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~021882796527570338267

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @c3024 (External)

[melvin-bot]

@twisterdotcom, @NikkiWines, @c3024 Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[twisterdotcom]

Posting in OS: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1738106091462259

[melvin-bot]

📣 It's been a week! Do we have any satisfactory proposals yet? Do we need to adjust the bounty for this issue? 💸

[melvin-bot]

Upwork job price has been updated to $500

[melvin-bot]

@twisterdotcom @NikkiWines @c3024 this issue was created 2 weeks ago. Are we close to approving a proposal? If not, what's blocking us from getting this issue assigned? Don't hesitate to create a thread in #expensify-open-source to align faster in real time. Thanks!

[c3024]

No proposals yet!

[melvin-bot]

@twisterdotcom, @NikkiWines, @c3024 Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[melvin-bot]

Upwork job price has been updated to $750

[twisterdotcom]

Updated the price, I think this is worth it.

[war-in]

Hi 👋 I noticed the message in the open-source channel. We're currently working on bringing deeplinks feature back to HybridApp here.

The issue mentioned in the description should work with the PR but let me check it

[war-in]

I can confirm that the user is automatically logged in after tapping on the Magic Link in the received Email when using the mentioned PR

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[twisterdotcom]

Okay, let's close this one for now then.