Accounting - Error shows up while connecting to Xero for the first time

[izarutskaya]

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Version Number: **1.4.78-2
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Issue reported by: Applause-internal team

Action Performed:

Pre-requisite:

• Account should never had a connection with Xero before
• Test should be executed in a new browser which didn't create a xero connection before

1. Navigate to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Create a workspace
3. Go to more features and enable accounting
4. Open accounting and set up a new Xero connection

Expected Result:

No error message should show up while Xero is finishing up the setup

Actual Result:

"Couldn't connect to Xero" error appears while Xero is setting up the connection and the error message disappears after the connection is established

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6497231_1717147151454.bandicam_2024-05-31_12-12-53-860.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @twisterdotcom (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.

[melvin-bot]

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

[github-actions]

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[izarutskaya]

@twisterdotcom 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.

[izarutskaya]

We think this issue might be related to the #collect project.

[izarutskaya]

Production

bandicam.2024-05-31.12-43-07-730.mp4

[twisterdotcom]

Asking @lakchote or @hayata-suenaga if they want this: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C036QM0SLJK/p1717152579841329

[twisterdotcom]

Given Xero isn't live for customers and you can just choose to sync it and resolve the error, I don't think this is a blocker though. Going to leave it as a Daily bug.

[trjExpensify]

We've fixed it here already: #42837. PR for it has merged.

[twisterdotcom]

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[trjExpensify]

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