[$250] Split - After splitting expense, back button leads to report again instead of LHN

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Version Number: 9.1.54-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): ibellicotest+918@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Motorola MotoG60 - Android 12 - Chrome / Windows 10 - Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Open the Expensify app.
2. Open any workspace chat.
3. Submit a manual expense.
4. Open the just created expense.
5. Tap on "More" and select "Split"
6. Tap on "Save"
7. Once redirected to chat, tap on the back button on the top left corner. (Device´s back button on Web)
8. Note that you land on report again.
9. Tap on back button again.
10. Note that you land on chat again.

Expected Result:

Using the back button after splitting an expense and landing on chat, should navigate to LHN.

Actual Result:

Using the back button after splitting an expense and landing on chat, navigates to report again, and using it again, redirects to chat once 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

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @dominictb

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

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[vincdargento]

@maddylewis FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

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Possible culprit PRs for this issue

• Split expense flow #61495: This PR implements the split expense flow and includes saving split expenses and navigation after saving, matching the issue reproduction steps involving splitting an expense and subsequent navigation behavior.
• fix: correct back behaviour on search RHP #62861: This PR fixes back button behavior on report screens and expense reports, which aligns with the issue about incorrect back navigation after splitting an expense.
• Open last visited path on native for report screen #62720: This PR deals with opening the last visited path on native for report screens, which may affect navigation flows related to reports and chats.