Expense-The category is auto filled with the category of a previous expense

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Version Number: v.9.0.60
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: Y
Issue was found when executing this PR: #51196
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. In a WS chat, go to the + button > Create expense
2. Enter any amount
3. Enter the merchant, for instance, "A1"
4. Select any Category
5. Submit the expense
6. Create another expense with any amount, similar merchant (for instance, "A2"), no category, any tag
7. Go to the details page of the second expense

Expected Result:

The Category field has no category assigned.

Actual Result:

The Category field is auto-filled with the category of a previously created 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

Bug6662664_1731425779234.Category_auto_filled.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @johncschuster (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.

[truph01]

it is BE bug when the category is auto-filled with the category of a previous expense

[johncschuster]

Thanks for calling that out! I'll get this in a project and see if we can get a BE on this.

[johncschuster]

I couldn't action this today.

[muttmuure]

Isn't this just implicit categorization?