Expense - Category blank after resolving duplicate instead of showing disabled category

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Version Number: V9.3.22-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #79871
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): dreamnitethedragon@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Redminote 10S Android 13
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Launch app
2. Open workspace chat
3. Create 2 expense with merchant (star) , amount (₹4), category ( advertising , benefits)
4. Disable both categories
5. Open expense report
6. Tap review duplicates - keep this one
7. Tap confirm

Expected Result:

After resolving duplicate: category field must show disabled category (Advertising)
Error message must consistently show “category no longer valid”
It should never be blank, and the error should not change to “missing category”

Actual Result:

After resolving duplicate: category field is blank
Error message briefly shows “category no longer valid” then changes to “missing category”

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

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