Display name reverts to email after creating a workspace

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.94-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: EXP
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): [email protected]
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Windows 11 pro/chrome
App Component: Left Hand Navigation (LHN)

Action Performed:

1. Navigate to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Create a new account using Gmail
3. On the onboarding flow select track budget option inorder to have self DM
4. Give the user a display name
5. Create a workspace
6. Go back to inbox

Expected Result:

Self DM should show personal display name given by the user

Actual Result:

Self DM no longer has a display name

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6732998_1738664631129.bandicam_2025-02-04_13-19-49-219.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @madmax330 (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @sonialiap (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.

[github-actions]

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[IuliiaHerets]

Production

bandicam.2025-02-04.12-46-35-742.mp4

[melvin-bot]

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[mjasikowski]

Possibly a backend bug

[mjasikowski]

Confirmed backend bug

[mjasikowski]

Working on a fix

[mvtglobally]

Issue seem fixed https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d8dd162b-31d3-460a-875c-977b47314be4

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