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[Due for payment 2026-10-02] Upgrade react-native-safe-area-context before RN 0.88 bump #101446
Description
Parent issue
Part of #101427 — must land before the main React Native 0.88 / Expo SDK 58 bump PR.
Background
Expo SDK 58 bundles react-native-safe-area-context ~5.9.1. main is on 5.6.2. Safe Area Context declares react-native: *, so it is not gated on the RN bump and can land on the current RN 0.86 / Expo SDK 57 stack. This is a minor bump with no known breaking API changes.
Scope
- Bump
react-native-safe-area-context5.6.2→~5.9.1in App (and Mobile-Expensify if required for HybridApp parity) - Rebase or remove the existing patch under
patches/react-native-safe-area-context/, pinned to5.6.2in its filename:react-native-safe-area-context+5.6.2+001+fix-removechild-crash-on-unmount.patch— check whether the upstream fix landed between5.7and5.9so the patch can be dropped rather than rebased
Target
react-native-safe-area-context@~5.9.1(Expo SDK 58 bundled version)
Acceptance criteria
- App builds on iOS, Android, and web
- HybridApp builds if Mobile-Expensify changes are needed
- Safe area insets are correct on notched iOS devices, Android with gesture navigation, and in landscape
- No
removeChildcrash regression on unmount (the behavior the patch guards) - Patch audit documented: keep, update, or remove
- No new JS console errors
Notes
- Keep this PR focused — do not include the RN / Expo version bump here
Activity
melvin-bot commentedon Sep 21, 2026
@war-in Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!
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[-]Upgrade react-native-safe-area-context before RN 0.88 bump[/-][+][Due for payment 2026-10-02] Upgrade react-native-safe-area-context before RN 0.88 bump[/+]melvin-bot commentedon Sep 25, 2026
@shubham1206agra
The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.4.93-3 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:
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melvin-bot commentedon Sep 28, 2026
@shubham1206agra Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!
melvin-bot commentedon Sep 30, 2026
@shubham1206agra Huh... This is 4 days overdue. Who can take care of this?
collectioneur commentedon Oct 1, 2026
This can be closed since a week has passed and no regressions have occurred
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 1, 2026
Triggered auto assignment to @mallenexpensify (
Awaiting Payment)melvin-bot commentedon Oct 1, 2026
Payment Summary
Resolving PRs:
Bump react-native-safe-area-context to 5.9.1 and drop the patch #101751
Reviewer: @shubham1206agra owed $175 via NewDot
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shubham1206agra commentedon Oct 5, 2026
@mallenexpensify Please remove the payment summary from here. Payment will be handled in parent issue.