Reports - Held expense only shows up as a separate report after a browser refresh

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Version Number: 9.1.45-17
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #57887
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Windows 10 / Chrome, macOS Sequoia 15.3, Apple iPhone 12 Pro / Safari
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Navigate to https://staging.new.expensify.com/
2. Log in with a new Gmail account
3. Create a workspace
4. Create two manual expenses with any amount, merchant and category in the workspace chat
5. Click on the "Submit" button
6. Click on the expense preview
7. Hold one of the expenses
8. Navigate to Reports - Expense Reports
9. Click on the report
10. Click on the "Approve" button
11. Approve the pending amount (light green button)
12. Dismiss the RHP by clicking away

Expected Result:

Held expense should appear as a separate report after approving the pending amount.

Actual Result:

Held expense only shows up as a separate report after a browser refresh. On native apps, you need to navigate away, and to the Expense Reports again.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6831312_1747245700219.bandicam_2025-05-14_19-50-48-199.mp4

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

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