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Explanation of Change

This PR fixes recurring 401 Unauthorized errors from UpdateRNVPLastReadTime by adding the hasOnceLoadedReportActions guard to all code paths that call readNewestAction.

Background: PR #74925 previously fixed this issue by adding a check in ReportActionsList.tsx to prevent calling readNewestAction before the report was loaded/shared with the user. However, the error returned because there were 7+ other code paths that could still call readNewestAction without this guard, causing the race condition with OpenReport.

Changes made:

  1. ReportActionsList.tsx - Added guard to handleAppVisibilityMarkAsRead and scrollToBottomAndMarkReportAsRead
  2. MoneyRequestReportActionsList.tsx - Added reportMetadata hook and guards to all 3 locations that call readNewestAction
  3. useReportUnreadMessageScrollTracking.ts - Added hasOnceLoadedReportActions parameter and check in onViewableItemsChanged
  4. ReportScreen.tsx - Added guard to the task report useEffect

The fix ensures:

Fixed Issues

$ https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/557858
PROPOSAL:

Tests

  1. As an admin1, create a workspace and invite admin2 and user to the workspace
  2. As an admin1, enable advanced approvals and set admin1 as default approver
  3. As a user create a report in the workspace chat with at least two expenses and add some comments in transaction thread on one of the expenses
  4. Do not submit it, so report is not shared with anyone
  5. As an admin2, open the network tab and open the expense report and transaction thread with comments
  6. Verify the API calls for that specific report don't show 401 errors from ReadNewestAction
  7. Verify unread messages are correctly marked as read when the report loads
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

N/A - This fix is about race conditions between API calls, not offline behavior.

QA Steps

Same as Tests above.

Monitor the BugBot issue at https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/557858 to verify the error rate drops after deployment.

  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

PR Author Checklist

  • I linked the correct issue in the ### Fixed Issues section above
  • I wrote clear testing steps that cover the changes made in this PR
    • I added steps for local testing in the Tests section
    • I added steps for the expected offline behavior in the Offline steps section
    • I added steps for Staging and/or Production testing in the QA steps section
    • I added steps to cover failure scenarios (i.e. verify an input displays the correct error message if the entered data is not correct)
    • I turned off my network connection and tested it while offline to ensure it matches the expected behavior (i.e. verify the default avatar icon is displayed if app is offline)
    • I tested this PR with a High Traffic account against the staging or production API to ensure there are no regressions (e.g. long loading states that impact usability).
  • I included screenshots or videos for tests on all platforms
  • I ran the tests on all platforms & verified they passed on:
    • Android: Native
    • Android: mWeb Chrome
    • iOS: Native
    • iOS: mWeb Safari
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Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

N/A - No UI changes

Android: mWeb Chrome

N/A - No UI changes

iOS: Native

N/A - No UI changes

iOS: mWeb Safari

N/A - No UI changes

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

N/A - No UI changes

…l sites

The previous fix (PR #74925) only added the hasOnceLoadedReportActions
check to one location in ReportActionsList.tsx. This left 7+ other code
paths that could call readNewestAction before the report was shared,
causing 401 Unauthorized errors from UpdateRNVPLastReadTime.

This commit adds the same guard pattern to all remaining call sites:
- ReportActionsList.tsx: handleAppVisibilityMarkAsRead, scrollToBottomAndMarkReportAsRead
- MoneyRequestReportActionsList.tsx: all 3 effects/callbacks that call readNewestAction
- useReportUnreadMessageScrollTracking.ts: onViewableItemsChanged callback
- ReportScreen.tsx: task report useEffect

The fix ensures the hooks re-run when hasOnceLoadedReportActions changes
from false to true, so reports are correctly marked as read once loaded.

Co-authored-by: Monil Bhavsar <MonilBhavsar@users.noreply.github.com>
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🤖 Check Failure Analysis

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Failing Check: checklist - "PR Author Checklist is not completely filled out"

Unchecked Items (11 total):

  • Platform testing boxes (Android Native/mWeb, iOS Native/mWeb, MacOS Chrome/Safari)
  • "Verify that no errors appear in the JS console" (appears twice)
  • Screenshots/videos for tests on all platforms
  • Failure scenario testing steps
  • Offline behavior testing
  • High traffic account testing
  • Console error verification

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Since this PR has "N/A - No UI changes" noted in the Screenshots section and focuses on fixing a race condition with API calls, some of these checklist items may not be applicable. However, the CI requires all checkboxes to be checked.

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@@ -52,6 +57,10 @@ export default function useReportUnreadMessageScrollTracking({
ref.current.isFocused = isFocused;
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PERF-6 (docs)

The hasOnceLoadedReportActions value is being synced from a prop to a ref using useEffect. This creates unnecessary complexity and potential stale value issues.

Suggested fix: Eliminate the useEffect and the ref field. Instead, pass hasOnceLoadedReportActions as a parameter directly in the onViewableItemsChanged callback:

// In the onViewableItemsChanged callback:
if (unreadActionVisible && readActionSkippedRef.current && hasOnceLoadedReportActions) {
    readActionSkippedRef.current = false;
    readNewestAction(ref.current.reportID);
}

Since onViewableItemsChanged is already a stable callback (as indicated by the eslint-disable comment), and the callback is manually triggered in the useEffect when dependencies change, the latest hasOnceLoadedReportActions value will always be available when the callback executes.


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Thanks for the review! However, I believe the current implementation is correct and follows the established pattern in this file.

The onViewableItemsChanged callback is intentionally memoized with an empty dependency array (line 132: }, []) to keep it stable for FlatList, as required for optimal performance. This is explicitly documented in the comments at lines 49-50 and 129-131:

// We want to save the updated value on ref to use it in onViewableItemsChanged
// because FlatList requires the callback to be stable and we cannot add a dependency on the useCallback.

Because the callback never re-creates, using hasOnceLoadedReportActions directly as a closure variable would capture the initial value and never update when the prop changes. The ref pattern is the correct approach to access current values from within a stable callback.

This same pattern is already used in this file for:

  • reportID (lines 51-54)
  • isFocused (lines 56-58)
  • unreadMarkerReportActionIndex (line 137)

The new useEffect for hasOnceLoadedReportActions (lines 60-62) follows exactly the same pattern, ensuring the callback always has access to the latest value via ref.current.hasOnceLoadedReportActions at line 123.

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Comment on lines +42 to 48
const ref = useRef<{previousViewableItems: ViewToken[]; reportID: string; unreadMarkerReportActionIndex: number; isFocused: boolean; hasOnceLoadedReportActions: boolean}>({
reportID,
unreadMarkerReportActionIndex,
previousViewableItems: [],
isFocused: true,
hasOnceLoadedReportActions: false,
});

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P2 Badge Initialize ref with current hasOnceLoadedReportActions

When hasOnceLoadedReportActions is already true on first render, the ref is still initialized to false, so the initial onViewableItemsChanged call can skip readNewestAction even though the report is fully loaded. If the viewable items don’t change afterward (e.g., user opens the report and doesn’t scroll), the skipped read may never be retried, leaving the report unread until another scroll occurs. Initializing the ref with the current prop value avoids this race on first render.

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The hook was updated to require hasOnceLoadedReportActions but the test
file wasn't updated to include this new required parameter in all test
cases, causing typecheck failures.
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Fixed the failing typecheck! 🔧

Issue: The useReportUnreadMessageScrollTracking hook was updated to require a new hasOnceLoadedReportActions parameter, but the test file tests/unit/useReportUnreadMessageScrollTrackingTest.ts wasn't updated to include this parameter in its test cases.

Fix: Added hasOnceLoadedReportActions: true to all 6 test cases in the test file.

The CI should pass now.

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  • Offline behavior testing
  • High Traffic account testing
  • Screenshots/videos for all platforms
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Resolution: The PR author needs to complete their testing on each platform and check off the appropriate boxes in the PR description. These are manual verification steps that cannot be automatically fixed.

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❌ Looks like you've decreased code coverage for some files. Please write tests to increase, or at least maintain, the existing level of code coverage. See our documentation here for how to interpret this table.

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...box/report/useReportUnreadMessageScrollTracking.ts 89.79% <100.00%> (+0.43%) ⬆️
src/pages/inbox/ReportScreen.tsx 65.97% <0.00%> (-0.31%) ⬇️
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...equestReportView/MoneyRequestReportActionsList.tsx 0.69% <0.00%> (-0.02%) ⬇️
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