Expense - Merchant is shown as a requirement for p2p expense

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.96-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
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: Mac 15.0 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• Workspace has a default workspace.

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to 1:1 DM.
3. Click + > Create expense > Manual.
4. Enter amount > Next.
5. On confirmation page, click Merchant.
6. Enter merchant and save it.
7. Click Merchant, clear the merchant and save it.
8. Note that the merchant can be cleared as merchant is not a requirement in p2p expense.
9. Open FAB > Create expense > Manual.
10. Enter amount > Next.
11. On confirmation page, click Merchant.
12. Enter merchant and save it.
13. Click To field.
14. Select a user with no chat history.
15. Click Show more > Merchant.
16. Clear the merchant and save it.

Expected Result:

There should be no error when clearing merchant field when the destination is 1:1 DM as merchant is not a requirement in p2p expense.

Actual Result:

User is unable to clear merchant field when the destination is 1:1 DM and merchant is not a requirement in p2p expense.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6739179_1739250012638.20250211_124243.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Christinadobrzyn (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.

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[nkdengineer]

Handled it here #56638

[m-natarajan]

Not reproducible

Recording.976.mp4