[Due for payment 2026-07-29] [Bug] Room creation lands on "Not Found" page when preceded by a search with no results

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Version Number: v9.4.35-1
Reproducible in staging?: Needs reproduction
Reproducible in production?: Needs reproduction
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: N/A
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: N/A
Issue reported by: @sumo-slonik
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name):

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Action Performed:

1. Open search and enter a query that returns no results
2. Create a room

Expected Result:

The newly created room opens.

Actual Result:

The app navigates to the "Not Found" page instead of the new room.

Workaround:

Yes, navigate back and open the room from the LHN.

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

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

Screenshots/Videos

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @shubham1206agra

[sumo-slonik]

Hi, I'll take care of this one.