[Due for payment 2026-07-31] [$250] Public Room Deeplink Does Not Open Correctly When User Is Signed Out (Android)

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Version Number: 9.3.16-4
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: @elirangoshen
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): #Open source

Action Performed:

Sign out of the app
Ensure the app is either:
Running in the foreground, or
Running in the background
Open a deeplink to a public room, for example:
https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/8477877870497982
Observe the app behavior.

Expected Result:

The app should open and navigate directly to the public room.

Actual Result:

Usually nothing happens, or login screen displayed or the app opens but does not navigate to the public room.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

Screenshots/Videos

error2.mp4

az_recorder_20260210_101320.mp4

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Proposal for #82013 - Android Deeplink Public Room Not Opening When Signed Out

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

When a user is signed out on Android and opens a deeplink to a public room (e.g., https://staging.new.expensify.com/r/8477877870497982), the app either does nothing, shows the login screen, or opens but does not navigate to the public room. The expected behavior is that the app should open and navigate directly to the public room as an anonymous user.

What is the root cause of that problem?

The root cause is a race condition in src/libs/actions/Link.ts in the openReportFromDeepLink() function. When an unauthenticated user opens a public room deeplink:

openReport(reportID, ..., true) is called to check if the room is public (line 263-264)
Immediately after, the code enters waitForUserSignIn().then(...) (line 297)
waitForUserSignIn() waits for session.authToken to be set before resolving

The problem is that waitForUserSignIn() is called synchronously after openReport(), but openReport() is an async API call. The anonymous session (with authTokenType: 'anonymous') is created by the backend response to OpenReport, which sets session.authToken via Onyx, which then triggers authPromiseResolver.

However, on Android when the app is in background or freshly launched from a deeplink, there's a timing issue where:

The OpenReport API response hasn't been processed yet
session.authToken is still null
waitForUserSignIn() sets up authPromiseResolver but it may not be called in time
The anonymous session connection in Session/index.ts (line 90-92) that calls authPromiseResolver may fire before the resolver is set up

Additionally, the navigation logic at line 343 checks isAuthenticated which is the value from when openReportFromDeepLink was called, not the current value after the anonymous session is created.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Ensure the navigation waits for the OpenReport API response before proceeding, rather than relying on waitForUserSignIn() which has a race condition for anonymous sessions.

In src/libs/actions/Link.ts:

For unauthenticated users with a reportID (public room deeplink case), wait for the report data to be available in Onyx before attempting navigation. The existing code at lines 369-380 does wait for report data, but only inside the waitForUserSignIn().then() block.
Move the report availability check outside of waitForUserSignIn() for the anonymous/public room case:
- If !isAuthenticated && reportID, connect to ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT${reportID} and wait for data
- Once report data is available AND isAnonymousUser() returns true (meaning anonymous session was created), proceed with navigation
- If the report has errorFields?.notFound, show sign-in screen
Alternatively, in src/libs/actions/Session/index.ts, ensure authPromiseResolver is set up before any API calls that might create an anonymous session, so the resolver is guaranteed to be called when the session is created.

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

Adding a delay before checking authentication state - unreliable and poor UX
Polling for session changes - inefficient and still has race potential
Using a dedicated "public room check" API that returns synchronously whether anonymous access is allowed - requires backend changes

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Mode used: closed-no-pr (the request left MODE as a placeholder). No PR ever merged — PR #94570 was closed unmerged on 2026-07-31, and the issue is being closed because the bug resolved upstream (marcaaron agreed). So the payment-due "start at 100% for completed work" baseline doesn't fit; the "Due for payment / Awaiting Payment" title is auto-applied. This still honors mountiny's point that payment should be handled despite no merge.

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1	Proposal-review depth / technical pushback	8	Substantive review questioning the "wait for OpenReport" approach and pressing on RN-vs-Android root cause → comment
2	Reproduction & verification effort	9	Re-tested with videos: still reproducible 3/3, retest 4/23
3	Sustained ownership (~3.5 months, 3 re-reviews)	9	C+ reviewed three separate proposals/contributors: imgyf, situchan, oqildev
4	Direct root-cause contribution	5	The actual root cause (regression from PR #52822 / `flushQueue` dropping data) was found by `situchan`, not the C+ → root cause, regression ID
5	Final-call / PR-stage review quality	4	C+ approved oqildev's proposal that `situchan` flagged as untested/AI-generated; C+ is absent from the PR #94570 reviews (situchan + mountiny reviewed it)

Strict average = 7.0/10, which is below the ≥8 threshold → strict reading = $0. I'm nonetheless recommending the 25% because factors 4–5 partly re-penalize "no merge," which is the built-in premise of the closed-no-PR bucket, and the engagement record (factors 1–3) is genuinely strong and sustained. This is the borderline judgment the human should confirm.

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Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

What is the root cause of that problem?

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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