[mukhrr]

Explanation of Change

#100292 unpinned the contact methods list from SETTINGS.PROFILE.ROOT so its background follows the base path, but left the three screens that hang off it pinned: DYNAMIC_CONTACT_METHOD_DETAILS, DYNAMIC_NEW_CONTACT_METHOD and DYNAMIC_NEW_CONTACT_METHOD_CONFIRM_VALIDATE_CODE. getMatchingFullScreenRoute checks the relation maps before the dynamic base-path branch, so on a fresh load of a URL whose base is itself an RHP (/e/:reportID, /search/r/:reportID, /search/view/:reportID) the pinned entry wins and the background resolves to Account > Profile.

In-app navigation never hit this, because linkTo skips the full-screen matching block while an RHP is already on top. That is why the background only jumps on refresh, and why #100292 looked complete.

All three hang off CONTACT_METHODS, which declares entryScreens: ['*'], so they can sit over any base path and none of them should name a central pane. Deep links under /settings/profile/contact-methods still resolve the settings split, since the base path itself resolves it.

Fixed Issues

$ #100765
PROPOSAL:

Tests

Use an account with no phone number contact method, so the "Add your number" link is rendered.

1. Open a workspace chat and create an expense.
2. Open the report.
3. Note which page is behind the expense, then refresh the page and confirm the same page is still behind it. This is the background the next steps are compared against.
4. Click "Add your number" on the add receipt modal.
5. Click on the contact email.
6. Refresh the page.
7. Verify the background is the same page as in step 3, and has not changed to Account > Profile.
8. Click the back button, then click "New contact method".
9. Refresh the page.
10. Verify the background is again the same page as in step 3.

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

The change only affects which full screen is resolved under the right hand panel on a fresh load, so it has no network surface. Going offline before step 1 and repeating the flow gives the same result, and the background still matches step 3 after each refresh.

QA Steps

Same as tests.

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

PR Author Checklist

• I linked the correct issue in the ### Fixed Issues section above
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Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: Native

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

REC-20260910115108.mp4

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  • I verified any copy / text that was added to the app is grammatically correct in English. It adheres to proper capitalization guidelines (note: only the first word of header/labels should be capitalized), and is either coming verbatim from figma or has been approved by marketing (in order to get marketing approval, ask the Bug Zero team member to add the Waiting for copy label to the issue)
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Screenshots/Videos

chrome.mp4

[dmkt9]

LGTM

[mukhrr]

@dmkt9 oh sorry. I didn't warn you. I am pushing fix for this bug as well

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No help site changes are required for this PR, so I did not create a docs PR.

This change is internal navigation config only. It removes three contact method screens from the SETTINGS.PROFILE.ROOT entry in src/libs/Navigation/linkingConfig/RELATIONS/SETTINGS_TO_RHP.ts, plus a new test file. Nothing else changed.

Why the help site is unaffected

The help site documents what users do, not which page renders behind an overlay. This PR changes neither:

• No new or renamed feature, setting, tab, or button. The diff touches only a route-relation map and adds tests/navigation/contactMethodsBackgroundTests.ts.
• No change to any documented step. The steps for adding, verifying, or removing a contact method are identical before and after. /settings/profile/contact-methods deep links still resolve the settings split, which the new tests assert explicitly.
• No documented behavior contradicted. I searched docs/articles for the affected surfaces. The articles that cover contact methods — for example Update-Email-Address.md and expensify-classic/settings/Contact-Methods.md — describe navigation paths and actions, never the background page behind the right-hand panel. No article mentions page-refresh behavior on those screens.

Per HELP_AUTHORING_GUIDELINES.md, help content covers user-facing tasks and concepts. A bug fix that restores the intended background on refresh produces no new instruction, no new label, and no changed outcome for the reader, so there is nothing to add or correct.

@mukhrr, if you believe a user-facing behavior did change here that the help site should describe, reply with the specific article and behavior and I'll draft the docs PR.

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