[Due for payment 2025-02-18] [Due for payment 2025-02-13] Workspace - Setup specialist appears in member list and throws error when invited

[vincdargento]

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Version Number: 9.0.94-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N/A
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): ssdjmosijmosdjos@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Mac 15.0 / Chrome
App Component: Workspace Settings

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Create a new Gmail account.
3. Select "Something else" during onboarding and complete the flow.
4. Create a new workspace.
5. Go to Workspace settings > Members.
6. Click Invite member.
7. Select Setup specialist and invite the person.

Expected Result:

• Setup specialist should have fallback avatar.
• Setup specialist should be invited without issue or should be hidden from the invite list if they are not meant to be invited.

Actual Result:

• Setup specialist has fallback avatar.
• App throws error when trying to invite Setup specialist.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

bug.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @OfstadC

[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @OfstadC (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.

[melvin-bot]

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

[github-actions]

👋 Friendly reminder that deploy blockers are time-sensitive ⏱ issues! Check out the open `StagingDeployCash` deploy checklist to see the list of PRs included in this release, then work quickly to do one of the following:

1. Identify the pull request that introduced this issue and revert it.
2. Find someone who can quickly fix the issue.
3. Fix the issue yourself.

[vincdargento]

@OfstadC FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[MarioExpensify]

Hey @vincdargento, thanks for opening this issue. I'm gonna investigate if this is BE related or we can get external help and circle back here. @OfstadC if you have any insights please let us know.

[MarioExpensify]

This is the output of the AddMembersToWorkspace call.

[MarioExpensify]

The issue looks to be related with this PR: #55302

This is the commit that first introduced the issue: bb02e14

@ishpaul777 can you help track and fix this?

[MarioExpensify]

oookay! Looking at the deploy checklist looks like we got this fixed. Thank you for your help @ishpaul777. Closing this.

[MarioExpensify]

Whoops, should not have closed this. Waiting for QA retest. But looks good in Staging already!

[izarutskaya]

We don't see Setup specialist

Recording.2840.mp4

Recording.2977.mp4

[MarioExpensify]

Correct. Setup Specialist should not be displayed in invite list (just like in Prod).

[MarioExpensify]

Closing now that QA retested this!

[melvin-bot]

Reviewing label has been removed, please complete the "BugZero Checklist".

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.0.94-25 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] [fix] Setup specialist appears in member list and throws error when invited #56370

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2025-02-13. 🎊

[melvin-bot]

@MarioExpensify @OfstadC @MarioExpensify The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed. Please copy/paste the BugZero Checklist from here into a new comment on this GH and complete it. If you have the K2 extension, you can simply click: [this button]

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.0.95-6 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] [fix] Setup specialist appears in member list and throws error when invited #56370

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2025-02-18. 🎊

[melvin-bot]

@MarioExpensify @OfstadC @MarioExpensify The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed. Please copy/paste the BugZero Checklist from here into a new comment on this GH and complete it. If you have the K2 extension, you can simply click: [this button]