diff --git a/.github/actions/checkDeployBlockers/index.js b/.github/actions/checkDeployBlockers/index.js
index 6917bddd09fe..eb39d3a08daa 100644
--- a/.github/actions/checkDeployBlockers/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/checkDeployBlockers/index.js
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -269,87 +271,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -533,6 +457,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/action.yml b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/action.yml
index 4f73ac487371..8d76b65f21c6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/action.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ inputs:
     NPM_VERSION:
         description: The new NPM version of the StagingDeployCash issue.
         required: false
-    NEW_PULL_REQUESTS:
-        description: A comma-separated list of pull request URLs to add to the open StagingDeployCash issue.
-        required: false
-    NEW_DEPLOY_BLOCKERS:
-        description: A comma-separated list of deploy blockers to add to the open StagingDeployCash issue.
-        required: false
 runs:
     using: 'node12'
     main: './index.js'
diff --git a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js
index a0bfd322ec3a..64ac1dffd26b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js
+++ b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js
@@ -4,66 +4,145 @@ const moment = require('moment');
 const GithubUtils = require('../../libs/GithubUtils');
 const GitUtils = require('../../libs/GitUtils');
 
-const newVersion = core.getInput('NPM_VERSION');
-
-
-GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCash()
-    .then(() => GithubUtils.updateStagingDeployCash(
-        newVersion,
-        _.filter(
-            _.map(core.getInput('NEW_PULL_REQUESTS').split(','), PR => PR.trim()),
-            PR => !_.isEmpty(PR),
-        ),
-        _.filter(
-            _.map(core.getInput('NEW_DEPLOY_BLOCKERS').split(','), deployBlocker => deployBlocker.trim()),
-            PR => !_.isEmpty(PR),
-        ),
-    ))
-    .then(({data}) => {
-        console.log('Successfully updated StagingDeployCash! 🎉', data.html_url);
-        process.exit(0);
-    })
-    .catch((err) => {
-        // Unable to find the open StagingDeployCash
-        if (err && err.code === 404) {
-            console.log('No open StagingDeployCash found, creating a new one.');
-
-            // Fetch all the StagingDeployCash issues
-            return GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo({
-                log: console,
+const run = function () {
+    const newVersion = core.getInput('NPM_VERSION');
+
+    let shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash = false;
+    let currentStagingDeployCashIssueNumber = null;
+
+    // Start by fetching the list of recent StagingDeployCash issues, along with the list of open deploy blockers
+    return Promise.all([
+        GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo({
+            log: console,
+            owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
+            repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
+            labels: GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL,
+        }),
+        GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo({
+            log: console,
+            owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
+            repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
+            labels: GithubUtils.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL,
+            state: 'open',
+        }),
+    ])
+        .then((results) => {
+            const [stagingDeployResponse, deployBlockerResponse] = results;
+            if (!stagingDeployResponse || !stagingDeployResponse.data || _.isEmpty(stagingDeployResponse.data)) {
+                console.error('Failed fetching StagingDeployCash issues from Github!', stagingDeployResponse);
+                throw new Error('Failed fetching StagingDeployCash issues from Github');
+            }
+
+            if (!deployBlockerResponse || !deployBlockerResponse.data) {
+                console.log('Failed fetching DeployBlockerCash issues from Github, continuing...');
+            }
+
+            // Look at the state of the most recent StagingDeployCash,
+            // if it is open then we'll update the existing one, otherwise, we'll create a new one.
+            shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash = Boolean(stagingDeployResponse.data[0].state !== 'open');
+
+            // Parse the data from the previous StagingDeployCash
+            // (newest if there are none open, otherwise second-newest)
+            const previousStagingDeployCashData = shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash
+                ? GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(stagingDeployResponse.data[0])
+                : GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(stagingDeployResponse.data[1]);
+
+            console.log('Found tag of previous StagingDeployCash:', previousStagingDeployCashData.tag);
+
+            // Find the list of PRs merged between the last StagingDeployCash and the new version
+            const mergedPRs = GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(previousStagingDeployCashData.tag, newVersion);
+
+            if (shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash) {
+                // We're in the create flow, not update
+                // TODO: if there are open DeployBlockers and we are opening a new checklist,
+                //  then we should close / remove the DeployBlockerCash label from those
+                return GithubUtils.generateStagingDeployCashBody(newVersion, mergedPRs);
+            }
+
+            // There is an open StagingDeployCash, so we'll be updating it, not creating a new one
+            const currentStagingDeployCashData = GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(stagingDeployResponse.data[0]);
+            currentStagingDeployCashIssueNumber = currentStagingDeployCashData.number;
+
+            const newDeployBlockers = _.map(deployBlockerResponse.data, ({url}) => ({
+                url,
+                number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(url),
+                isResolved: false,
+            }));
+
+            // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
+            const tag = newVersion || currentStagingDeployCashData.tag;
+
+            // Generate the PR list, preserving the previous state of `isVerified` for existing PRs
+            const PRList = _.sortBy(
+                _.unique(
+                    _.union(currentStagingDeployCashData.PRList, _.map(mergedPRs, url => ({
+                        url,
+                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(url),
+
+                        // Since this is the second argument to _.union,
+                        // it will appear later in the array than any duplicate.
+                        // Since it is later in the array, it will be truncated by _.unique,
+                        // and the original value of isVerified will be preserved.
+                        isVerified: false,
+                    }))),
+                    false,
+                    item => item.number,
+                ),
+                'number',
+            );
+
+            // Generate the deploy blocker list, preserving the previous state of `isResolved`
+            const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
+                _.unique(
+                    _.union(currentStagingDeployCashData.deployBlockers, newDeployBlockers),
+                    false,
+                    item => item.number,
+                ),
+                'number',
+            );
+
+            return GithubUtils.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
+                tag,
+                _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
+                _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
+                _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
+                _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
+            );
+        })
+        .then((body) => {
+            const defaultPayload = {
                 owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
                 repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL,
-                state: 'closed',
+                body,
+            };
+
+            if (shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash) {
+                return GithubUtils.octokit.issues.create({
+                    ...defaultPayload,
+                    title: `Deploy Checklist: Expensify.cash ${moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD')}`,
+                    labels: [GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
+                    assignees: [GithubUtils.APPLAUSE_BOT],
+                });
+            }
+
+            return GithubUtils.octokit.issues.update({
+                ...defaultPayload,
+                issue_number: currentStagingDeployCashIssueNumber,
             });
-        }
-
-        // Unexpected error!
-        console.error('Unexpected error occurred finding the StagingDeployCash!'
-                + ' There may have been more than one open StagingDeployCash found,'
-                + ' or there was some other problem with the Github API request.', err);
-        core.setFailed(err);
-    })
-    .then((githubResponse) => {
-        if (!githubResponse || !githubResponse.data || _.isEmpty(githubResponse.data)) {
-            console.error('Failed fetching data from Github!', githubResponse);
-            throw new Error('Failed fetching data from Github');
-        }
-
-        // Parse the tag from the most recent StagingDeployCash
-        const lastTag = GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(githubResponse.data[0]).tag;
-        console.log('Found tag of previous StagingDeployCash:', lastTag);
-
-        // Find the list of PRs merged between the last StagingDeployCash and the new version
-        return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(lastTag, newVersion);
-    })
-    .then(PRNumbers => GithubUtils.createNewStagingDeployCash(
-        `Deploy Checklist: Expensify.cash ${moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD')}`,
-        newVersion,
-        _.map(PRNumbers, GithubUtils.getPullRequestURLFromNumber),
-    ))
-    .then(({data}) => console.log('Successfully created new StagingDeployCash! 🎉', data.html_url))
-    .catch((err) => {
-        console.error('An error occurred!', err);
-        core.setFailed(err);
-    });
+        })
+        .then(({data}) => {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+            console.log(`Successfully ${shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash ? 'created new' : 'updated'} StagingDeployCash! 🎉 ${data.html_url}`);
+            return data;
+        })
+        .catch((err) => {
+            console.error('An unknown error occurred!', err);
+            core.setFailed(err);
+        });
+};
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+    run();
+}
+
+module.exports = run;
diff --git a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
index 23c24b21191a..dbe401cd1ab4 100644
--- a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports =
 /******/ 	var __webpack_modules__ = ({
 
 /***/ 2730:
-/***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, __unused_webpack_exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+/***/ ((module, __unused_webpack_exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
 
 const _ = __nccwpck_require__(4987);
 const core = __nccwpck_require__(2186);
@@ -14,69 +14,148 @@ const moment = __nccwpck_require__(9623);
 const GithubUtils = __nccwpck_require__(7999);
 const GitUtils = __nccwpck_require__(669);
 
-const newVersion = core.getInput('NPM_VERSION');
+const run = function () {
+    const newVersion = core.getInput('NPM_VERSION');
+
+    let shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash = false;
+    let currentStagingDeployCashIssueNumber = null;
+
+    // Start by fetching the list of recent StagingDeployCash issues, along with the list of open deploy blockers
+    return Promise.all([
+        GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo({
+            log: console,
+            owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
+            repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
+            labels: GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL,
+        }),
+        GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo({
+            log: console,
+            owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
+            repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
+            labels: GithubUtils.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL,
+            state: 'open',
+        }),
+    ])
+        .then((results) => {
+            const [stagingDeployResponse, deployBlockerResponse] = results;
+            if (!stagingDeployResponse || !stagingDeployResponse.data || _.isEmpty(stagingDeployResponse.data)) {
+                console.error('Failed fetching StagingDeployCash issues from Github!', stagingDeployResponse);
+                throw new Error('Failed fetching StagingDeployCash issues from Github');
+            }
 
+            if (!deployBlockerResponse || !deployBlockerResponse.data) {
+                console.log('Failed fetching DeployBlockerCash issues from Github, continuing...');
+            }
 
-GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCash()
-    .then(() => GithubUtils.updateStagingDeployCash(
-        newVersion,
-        _.filter(
-            _.map(core.getInput('NEW_PULL_REQUESTS').split(','), PR => PR.trim()),
-            PR => !_.isEmpty(PR),
-        ),
-        _.filter(
-            _.map(core.getInput('NEW_DEPLOY_BLOCKERS').split(','), deployBlocker => deployBlocker.trim()),
-            PR => !_.isEmpty(PR),
-        ),
-    ))
-    .then(({data}) => {
-        console.log('Successfully updated StagingDeployCash! 🎉', data.html_url);
-        process.exit(0);
-    })
-    .catch((err) => {
-        // Unable to find the open StagingDeployCash
-        if (err && err.code === 404) {
-            console.log('No open StagingDeployCash found, creating a new one.');
-
-            // Fetch all the StagingDeployCash issues
-            return GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo({
-                log: console,
+            // Look at the state of the most recent StagingDeployCash,
+            // if it is open then we'll update the existing one, otherwise, we'll create a new one.
+            shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash = Boolean(stagingDeployResponse.data[0].state !== 'open');
+
+            // Parse the data from the previous StagingDeployCash
+            // (newest if there are none open, otherwise second-newest)
+            const previousStagingDeployCashData = shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash
+                ? GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(stagingDeployResponse.data[0])
+                : GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(stagingDeployResponse.data[1]);
+
+            console.log('Found tag of previous StagingDeployCash:', previousStagingDeployCashData.tag);
+
+            // Find the list of PRs merged between the last StagingDeployCash and the new version
+            const mergedPRs = GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(previousStagingDeployCashData.tag, newVersion);
+
+            if (shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash) {
+                // We're in the create flow, not update
+                // TODO: if there are open DeployBlockers and we are opening a new checklist,
+                //  then we should close / remove the DeployBlockerCash label from those
+                return GithubUtils.generateStagingDeployCashBody(newVersion, mergedPRs);
+            }
+
+            // There is an open StagingDeployCash, so we'll be updating it, not creating a new one
+            const currentStagingDeployCashData = GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(stagingDeployResponse.data[0]);
+            currentStagingDeployCashIssueNumber = currentStagingDeployCashData.number;
+
+            const newDeployBlockers = _.map(deployBlockerResponse.data, ({url}) => ({
+                url,
+                number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(url),
+                isResolved: false,
+            }));
+
+            // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
+            const tag = newVersion || currentStagingDeployCashData.tag;
+
+            // Generate the PR list, preserving the previous state of `isVerified` for existing PRs
+            const PRList = _.sortBy(
+                _.unique(
+                    _.union(currentStagingDeployCashData.PRList, _.map(mergedPRs, url => ({
+                        url,
+                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(url),
+
+                        // Since this is the second argument to _.union,
+                        // it will appear later in the array than any duplicate.
+                        // Since it is later in the array, it will be truncated by _.unique,
+                        // and the original value of isVerified will be preserved.
+                        isVerified: false,
+                    }))),
+                    false,
+                    item => item.number,
+                ),
+                'number',
+            );
+
+            // Generate the deploy blocker list, preserving the previous state of `isResolved`
+            const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
+                _.unique(
+                    _.union(currentStagingDeployCashData.deployBlockers, newDeployBlockers),
+                    false,
+                    item => item.number,
+                ),
+                'number',
+            );
+
+            return GithubUtils.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
+                tag,
+                _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
+                _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
+                _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
+                _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
+            );
+        })
+        .then((body) => {
+            const defaultPayload = {
                 owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
                 repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL,
-                state: 'closed',
-            });
-        }
+                body,
+            };
 
-        // Unexpected error!
-        console.error('Unexpected error occurred finding the StagingDeployCash!'
-                + ' There may have been more than one open StagingDeployCash found,'
-                + ' or there was some other problem with the Github API request.', err);
-        core.setFailed(err);
-    })
-    .then((githubResponse) => {
-        if (!githubResponse || !githubResponse.data || _.isEmpty(githubResponse.data)) {
-            console.error('Failed fetching data from Github!', githubResponse);
-            throw new Error('Failed fetching data from Github');
-        }
+            if (shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash) {
+                return GithubUtils.octokit.issues.create({
+                    ...defaultPayload,
+                    title: `Deploy Checklist: Expensify.cash ${moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD')}`,
+                    labels: [GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
+                    assignees: [GithubUtils.APPLAUSE_BOT],
+                });
+            }
 
-        // Parse the tag from the most recent StagingDeployCash
-        const lastTag = GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCashData(githubResponse.data[0]).tag;
-        console.log('Found tag of previous StagingDeployCash:', lastTag);
+            return GithubUtils.octokit.issues.update({
+                ...defaultPayload,
+                issue_number: currentStagingDeployCashIssueNumber,
+            });
+        })
+        .then(({data}) => {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+            console.log(`Successfully ${shouldCreateNewStagingDeployCash ? 'created new' : 'updated'} StagingDeployCash! 🎉 ${data.html_url}`);
+            return data;
+        })
+        .catch((err) => {
+            console.error('An unknown error occurred!', err);
+            core.setFailed(err);
+        });
+};
 
-        // Find the list of PRs merged between the last StagingDeployCash and the new version
-        return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(lastTag, newVersion);
-    })
-    .then(PRNumbers => GithubUtils.createNewStagingDeployCash(
-        `Deploy Checklist: Expensify.cash ${moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD')}`,
-        newVersion,
-        _.map(PRNumbers, GithubUtils.getPullRequestURLFromNumber),
-    ))
-    .then(({data}) => console.log('Successfully created new StagingDeployCash! 🎉', data.html_url))
-    .catch((err) => {
-        console.error('An error occurred!', err);
-        core.setFailed(err);
-    });
+if (require.main === require.cache[eval('__filename')]) {
+    run();
+}
+
+module.exports = run;
 
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -84,22 +163,22 @@ GithubUtils.getStagingDeployCash()
 /***/ 669:
 /***/ ((module, __unused_webpack_exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
 
-const {promisify} = __nccwpck_require__(1669);
-const exec = promisify(__nccwpck_require__(3129).exec);
+const _ = __nccwpck_require__(4987);
+const {execSync} = __nccwpck_require__(3129);
 
 /**
  * Takes in two git refs and returns a list of PR numbers of all PRs merged between those two refs
  *
  * @param {String} fromRef
  * @param {String} toRef
- * @returns {Promise}
+ * @returns {Array}
  */
 function getPullRequestsMergedBetween(fromRef, toRef) {
-    return exec(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`)
-        .then(({stdout}) => (
-            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)]
-                .map(match => match[1])
-        ));
+    const localGitLogs = execSync(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`).toString();
+    return _.map(
+        [...localGitLogs.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)],
+        match => match[1],
+    );
 }
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -129,6 +208,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -211,6 +291,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -295,87 +376,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -559,6 +562,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js
index f42fc40be0a5..4a22245f3843 100644
--- a/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js
+++ b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ getTagsOrReleases(isProductionDeploy)
         console.log(`Given ${itemToFetch}: ${inputTag}`);
         console.log(`Prior ${itemToFetch}: ${priorTag}`);
 
-        return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(priorTag, inputTag);
-    })
-    .then((pullRequestList) => {
+        const pullRequestList = GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(priorTag, inputTag);
         console.log(`Found the pull request list: ${pullRequestList}`);
         return core.setOutput('PR_LIST', pullRequestList);
     })
diff --git a/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
index 968e69b41892..78806b702f45 100644
--- a/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ getTagsOrReleases(isProductionDeploy)
         console.log(`Given ${itemToFetch}: ${inputTag}`);
         console.log(`Prior ${itemToFetch}: ${priorTag}`);
 
-        return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(priorTag, inputTag);
-    })
-    .then((pullRequestList) => {
+        const pullRequestList = GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(priorTag, inputTag);
         console.log(`Found the pull request list: ${pullRequestList}`);
         return core.setOutput('PR_LIST', pullRequestList);
     })
@@ -108,22 +106,22 @@ module.exports = {
 /***/ 669:
 /***/ ((module, __unused_webpack_exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
 
-const {promisify} = __nccwpck_require__(1669);
-const exec = promisify(__nccwpck_require__(3129).exec);
+const _ = __nccwpck_require__(4987);
+const {execSync} = __nccwpck_require__(3129);
 
 /**
  * Takes in two git refs and returns a list of PR numbers of all PRs merged between those two refs
  *
  * @param {String} fromRef
  * @param {String} toRef
- * @returns {Promise}
+ * @returns {Array}
  */
 function getPullRequestsMergedBetween(fromRef, toRef) {
-    return exec(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`)
-        .then(({stdout}) => (
-            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)]
-                .map(match => match[1])
-        ));
+    const localGitLogs = execSync(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`).toString();
+    return _.map(
+        [...localGitLogs.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)],
+        match => match[1],
+    );
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/.github/actions/getMergeCommitForPullRequest/index.js b/.github/actions/getMergeCommitForPullRequest/index.js
index 5eaa9ed6f954..281144981729 100644
--- a/.github/actions/getMergeCommitForPullRequest/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/getMergeCommitForPullRequest/index.js
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -297,87 +299,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -561,6 +485,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/getReleaseBody/index.js b/.github/actions/getReleaseBody/index.js
index fc51be4111c5..bd52404c57cc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/getReleaseBody/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/getReleaseBody/index.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -240,87 +242,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -504,6 +428,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/isPullRequestMergeable/index.js b/.github/actions/isPullRequestMergeable/index.js
index 4690716d5f62..8abd0df83937 100644
--- a/.github/actions/isPullRequestMergeable/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/isPullRequestMergeable/index.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -243,87 +245,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -507,6 +431,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/isStagingDeployLocked/index.js b/.github/actions/isStagingDeployLocked/index.js
index 8c8653bf24ec..d85fc16db06f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/isStagingDeployLocked/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/isStagingDeployLocked/index.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -219,87 +221,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -483,6 +407,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js b/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js
index 670259f52cfc..f7206fc4fbcf 100644
--- a/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -293,87 +295,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -557,6 +481,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/reopenIssueWithComment/index.js b/.github/actions/reopenIssueWithComment/index.js
index 66f41eda7e97..c0e4bd2822ba 100644
--- a/.github/actions/reopenIssueWithComment/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/reopenIssueWithComment/index.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -232,87 +234,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -496,6 +420,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/actions/triggerWorkflowAndWait/index.js b/.github/actions/triggerWorkflowAndWait/index.js
index 5709b89cc580..f592f53a454b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/triggerWorkflowAndWait/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/triggerWorkflowAndWait/index.js
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -383,87 +385,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -647,6 +571,8 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/.github/libs/GitUtils.js b/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
index 6c7110c07074..40c9000a54df 100644
--- a/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
+++ b/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-const {promisify} = require('util');
-const exec = promisify(require('child_process').exec);
+const _ = require('underscore');
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
 
 /**
  * Takes in two git refs and returns a list of PR numbers of all PRs merged between those two refs
  *
  * @param {String} fromRef
  * @param {String} toRef
- * @returns {Promise}
+ * @returns {Array}
  */
 function getPullRequestsMergedBetween(fromRef, toRef) {
-    return exec(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`)
-        .then(({stdout}) => (
-            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)]
-                .map(match => match[1])
-        ));
+    const localGitLogs = execSync(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`).toString();
+    return _.map(
+        [...localGitLogs.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)],
+        match => match[1],
+    );
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/.github/libs/GithubUtils.js b/.github/libs/GithubUtils.js
index d476497e0c34..d8cda484ba70 100644
--- a/.github/libs/GithubUtils.js
+++ b/.github/libs/GithubUtils.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const ISSUE_OR_PULL_REQUEST_REGEX = new RegExp(`${GITHUB_BASE_URL_REGEX.source}/
 
 const APPLAUSE_BOT = 'applausebot';
 const STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = 'StagingDeployCash';
+const DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = 'DeployBlockerCash';
 
 class GithubUtils {
     /**
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ class GithubUtils {
             return {
                 title: issue.title,
                 url: issue.url,
+                number: this.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(issue.url),
                 labels: issue.labels,
                 PRList: this.getStagingDeployCashPRList(issue),
                 deployBlockers: this.getStagingDeployCashDeployBlockers(issue),
@@ -181,87 +183,9 @@ class GithubUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} title
-     * @param {String} tag
-     * @param {Array} PRList
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     */
-    static createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList) {
-        return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(tag, PRList)
-            .then(body => this.octokit.issues.create({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                labels: [STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
-                assignees: [APPLAUSE_BOT],
-                title,
-                body,
-            }));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the existing open StagingDeployCash issue.
-     *
-     * @param {String} [newTag]
-     * @param {Array} newPRs
-     * @param {Array} newDeployBlockers
-     * @returns {Promise}
-     * @throws {Error} If the StagingDeployCash could not be found or updated.
-     */
-    static updateStagingDeployCash(newTag = '', newPRs, newDeployBlockers) {
-        let issueNumber;
-        return this.getStagingDeployCash()
-            .then(({
-                url,
-                tag: oldTag,
-                PRList: oldPRs,
-                deployBlockers: oldDeployBlockers,
-            }) => {
-                issueNumber = GithubUtils.getIssueNumberFromURL(url);
-
-                // If we aren't sent a tag, then use the existing tag
-                const tag = _.isEmpty(newTag) ? oldTag : newTag;
-
-                const PRList = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldPRs, _.map(newPRs, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isVerified: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-                const deployBlockers = _.sortBy(
-                    _.union(oldDeployBlockers, _.map(newDeployBlockers, URL => ({
-                        url: URL,
-                        number: GithubUtils.getIssueOrPullRequestNumberFromURL(URL),
-                        isResolved: false,
-                    }))),
-                    'number',
-                );
-
-                return this.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
-                    tag,
-                    _.pluck(PRList, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(PRList, {isVerified: true}), 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(deployBlockers, 'url'),
-                    _.pluck(_.where(deployBlockers, {isResolved: true}), 'url'),
-                );
-            })
-            .then(updatedBody => this.octokit.issues.update({
-                owner: GITHUB_OWNER,
-                repo: EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                body: updatedBody,
-            }));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Generate the issue body for a StagingDeployCash.
      *
-     * @private
-     *
      * @param {String} tag
      * @param {Array} PRList - The list of PR URLs which are included in this StagingDeployCash
      * @param {Array} [verifiedPRList] - The list of PR URLs which have passed QA.
@@ -445,3 +369,5 @@ module.exports = GithubUtils;
 module.exports.GITHUB_OWNER = GITHUB_OWNER;
 module.exports.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO = EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO;
 module.exports.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL = STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL = DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL;
+module.exports.APPLAUSE_BOT = APPLAUSE_BOT;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployBlocker.yml b/.github/workflows/deployBlocker.yml
index 8b91eb4506be..095e8d6d7301 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployBlocker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployBlocker.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: Expensify/Expensify.cash/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy@main
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OS_BOTIFY_TOKEN }}
-          NEW_DEPLOY_BLOCKERS: ${{ env.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_URL }}
 
       - name: Give the issue/PR the Hourly, Engineering labels
         uses: andymckay/labeler@978f846c4ca6299fd136f465b42c5e87aca28cac
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preDeploy.yml b/.github/workflows/preDeploy.yml
index cf83ea9127c0..aa96abf9d3d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preDeploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preDeploy.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OS_BOTIFY_TOKEN }}
           NPM_VERSION: ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
-          NEW_PULL_REQUESTS: https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/${{ needs.chooseDeployActions.outputs.mergedPullRequest }}
 
       # This Slack step is duplicated in all workflows, if you make a change to this step, make sure to update all
       # the other workflows with the same change
diff --git a/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js b/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js
index 77845a4c31c3..623c6c25e24d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js
+++ b/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const GitUtils = require('../../.github/libs/GitUtils');
 
 jest.mock('child_process');
-jest.mock('util', () => ({promisify: fn => fn}));
-const {exec} = childProcess;
+const {execSync} = childProcess;
 
 const data = [
     {
@@ -51,9 +50,9 @@ const data = [
 describe('GitUtils', () => {
     describe.each(data)('getPullRequestsMergedBetween', (exampleCase) => {
         test('getPullRequestsMergedBetween', () => {
-            exec.mockResolvedValue({stdout: exampleCase.gitLog, stderr: ''});
-            return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween('testRef1', 'testRef2')
-                .then(pullRequestNumbers => expect(pullRequestNumbers).toStrictEqual(exampleCase.result));
+            execSync.mockReturnValueOnce(exampleCase.gitLog);
+            const result = GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween('testRef1', 'testRef2');
+            expect(result).toStrictEqual(exampleCase.result);
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/GithubUtilsTest.js b/tests/unit/GithubUtilsTest.js
index d1764089845e..660653266413 100644
--- a/tests/unit/GithubUtilsTest.js
+++ b/tests/unit/GithubUtilsTest.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ describe('GithubUtils', () => {
             tag: '1.0.1-47',
             title: 'Andrew Test Issue',
             url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Andrew-Test-Org/Public-Test-Repo/issues/29',
+            number: 29,
             deployBlockers: [],
         };
         const expectedResponseWithDeployBlockers = {...baseExpectedResponse};
@@ -144,103 +145,6 @@ describe('GithubUtils', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('updateStagingDeployCash', () => {
-        test('successfully updates issue', () => {
-            const issueBefore = {
-                url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/29',
-                title: 'Test StagingDeployCash',
-                labels: [
-                    {
-                        id: 2783847782,
-                        node_id: 'MDU6TGFiZWwyNzgzODQ3Nzgy',
-                        url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/labels/StagingDeployCash',
-                        name: 'StagingDeployCash',
-                        color: '6FC269',
-                        default: false,
-                        description: '',
-                    },
-                ],
-                // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-                body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.1-47`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/21\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/22\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/23\r\n\r\n**Deploy Blockers:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/1\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/2\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/1234\r\n',
-            };
-
-            GithubUtils.octokit.repos.listTags = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-                data: [
-                    {name: '1.0.1-0'},
-                    {name: '1.0.1-47'},
-                    {name: '1.0.1-48'},
-                ],
-            });
-            GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({data: [issueBefore]});
-            GithubUtils.octokit.issues.update = jest.fn().mockImplementation(arg => Promise.resolve(arg));
-
-            return GithubUtils.updateStagingDeployCash(
-                '1.0.1-48',
-                [
-                    'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/24',
-                    'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/25',
-                ],
-                [
-                    'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/3',
-                    'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/4321',
-                ],
-            ).then((result) => {
-                expect(result).toStrictEqual({
-                    owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
-                    repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                    issue_number: 29,
-                    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-                    body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.1-48`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/21\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/22\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/23\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/24\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/25\r\n\r\n**Deploy Blockers:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/1\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/2\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/3\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/1234\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/4321\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n',
-                });
-            });
-        });
-
-        test('updates issue with just deploy blockers', () => {
-            const issueBefore = {
-                url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/29',
-                title: 'Test StagingDeployCash',
-                labels: [
-                    {
-                        id: 2783847782,
-                        node_id: 'MDU6TGFiZWwyNzgzODQ3Nzgy',
-                        url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/labels/StagingDeployCash',
-                        name: 'StagingDeployCash',
-                        color: '6FC269',
-                        default: false,
-                        description: '',
-                    },
-                ],
-                // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-                body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.1-47`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/21\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/22\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/23\r\n\r\n',
-            };
-
-            GithubUtils.octokit.repos.listTags = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-                data: [
-                    {name: '1.0.1-0'},
-                    {name: '1.0.1-47'},
-                    {name: '1.0.1-48'},
-                ],
-            });
-            GithubUtils.octokit.issues.listForRepo = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({data: [issueBefore]});
-            GithubUtils.octokit.issues.update = jest.fn().mockImplementation(arg => Promise.resolve(arg));
-
-            return GithubUtils.updateStagingDeployCash(
-                undefined,
-                undefined,
-                ['https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/24',
-                    'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/25'],
-            ).then((result) => {
-                expect(result).toStrictEqual({
-                    owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
-                    repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                    issue_number: 29,
-                    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-                    body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.1-47`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/21\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/22\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/23\r\n\r\n**Deploy Blockers:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/24\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/25\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n',
-                });
-            });
-        });
-    });
-
     describe('getPullRequestNumberFromURL', () => {
         describe('valid pull requests', () => {
             test.each([
@@ -324,34 +228,6 @@ describe('GithubUtils', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('createNewStagingDeployCash', () => {
-        test('Issue is successfully created', () => {
-            GithubUtils.octokit.repos.listTags = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({data: [{name: '1.0.2-0'}]});
-            GithubUtils.octokit.issues.create = jest.fn().mockImplementation(arg => Promise.resolve(arg));
-
-            const title = 'Test StagingDeployCash title';
-            const tag = '1.0.2-12';
-            const PRList = [
-                'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/2',
-                'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/3',
-                'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/3',
-                'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/1',
-            ];
-            return GithubUtils.createNewStagingDeployCash(title, tag, PRList)
-                .then((newIssue) => {
-                    expect(newIssue).toStrictEqual({
-                        owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
-                        repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
-                        labels: ['StagingDeployCash'],
-                        assignees: ['applausebot'],
-                        title,
-                        // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-                        body: `**Release Version:** \`${tag}\`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/1\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/2\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/3\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n`,
-                    });
-                });
-        });
-    });
-
     describe('generateStagingDeployCashBody', () => {
         const mockTags = [{name: '1.0.2-0'}, {name: '1.0.2-12'}];
         const mockPRs = [
diff --git a/tests/unit/createOrUpdateStagingDeployTest.js b/tests/unit/createOrUpdateStagingDeployTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d19cc6a1c570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/createOrUpdateStagingDeployTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+/**
+ * @jest-environment node
+ */
+const core = require('@actions/core');
+const moment = require('moment');
+const GitUtils = require('../../.github/libs/GitUtils');
+const GithubUtils = require('../../.github/libs/GithubUtils');
+const run = require('../../.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy');
+
+const mockGetInput = jest.fn();
+const mockListIssues = jest.fn();
+const mockGetPullRequestsMergedBetween = jest.fn();
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+    // Mock core module
+    core.getInput = mockGetInput;
+
+    // Mock octokit module
+    const mocktokit = {
+        issues: {
+            create: jest.fn().mockImplementation(arg => Promise.resolve({
+                data: {
+                    ...arg,
+                    html_url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/29',
+                },
+            })),
+            update: jest.fn().mockImplementation(arg => Promise.resolve({
+                data: {
+                    ...arg,
+                    html_url: `https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/${arg.issue_number}`,
+                },
+            })),
+            listForRepo: mockListIssues,
+        },
+        pulls: {
+            // Static mock for pulls.list (only used to filter out automated PRs, and that functionality is covered
+            // in the test for GithubUtils.generateStagingDeployCashBody
+            list: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+        },
+    };
+    GithubUtils.octokitInternal = mocktokit;
+
+    // Mock GitUtils
+    GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween = mockGetPullRequestsMergedBetween;
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    mockGetInput.mockClear();
+    mockListIssues.mockClear();
+    mockGetPullRequestsMergedBetween.mockClear();
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+const LABELS = {
+    STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH: {
+        id: 2783847782,
+        node_id: 'MDU6TGFiZWwyNzgzODQ3Nzgy',
+        url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/labels/StagingDeployCash',
+        name: GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL,
+        color: '6FC269',
+        default: false,
+        description: '',
+    },
+    DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH: {
+        id: 2810597462,
+        node_id: 'MDU6TGFiZWwyODEwNTk3NDYy',
+        url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/labels/DeployBlockerCash',
+        name: GithubUtils.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL,
+        color: '000000',
+        default: false,
+        description: 'This issue or pull request should block deployment',
+    },
+};
+
+describe('createOrUpdateStagingDeployCash', () => {
+    const closedStagingDeployCash = {
+        url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/28',
+        title: 'Test StagingDeployCash',
+        number: 28,
+        labels: [LABELS.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH],
+        html_url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/29',
+        // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+        body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.1-0`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/1\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/2\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/3\r\n\r\n**Deploy Blockers:**\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/1\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/4\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/5\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n',
+        state: 'closed',
+    };
+
+    const baseNewPullRequests = [
+        'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6',
+        'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/7',
+        'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/8',
+    ];
+
+    test('creates new issue when there is none open', () => {
+        mockGetInput.mockImplementation((arg) => {
+            if (arg === 'GITHUB_TOKEN') {
+                return 'fake_token';
+            }
+
+            if (arg === 'NPM_VERSION') {
+                return '1.0.2-1';
+            }
+        });
+
+        mockGetPullRequestsMergedBetween.mockImplementation((fromRef, toRef) => {
+            if (fromRef === '1.0.1-0' && toRef === '1.0.2-1') {
+                return [
+                    ...baseNewPullRequests,
+                ];
+            }
+            return [];
+        });
+
+        mockListIssues.mockImplementation((args) => {
+            if (args.labels === GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL) {
+                return {data: [closedStagingDeployCash]};
+            }
+
+            return {data: []};
+        });
+
+        return run().then((result) => {
+            expect(result).toStrictEqual({
+                owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
+                repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
+                title: `Deploy Checklist: Expensify.cash ${moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD')}`,
+                labels: [GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL],
+                html_url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/29',
+                assignees: [GithubUtils.APPLAUSE_BOT],
+                // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.2-1`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/7\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/8\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n',
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('updates existing issue when there is one open', () => {
+        const openStagingDeployCashBefore = {
+            url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/29',
+            title: 'Test StagingDeployCash',
+            number: 29,
+            labels: [LABELS.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH],
+            // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+            body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.2-1`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/7\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/8\r\n\r\n**Deploy Blockers:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/9\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/10\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n',
+            state: 'open',
+        };
+
+        const currentOpenDeployBlockers = [
+            {
+                url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6',
+                number: 6,
+                state: 'open',
+                labels: [LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH],
+            },
+            {
+                url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/9',
+                number: 9,
+                state: 'open',
+                labels: [LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH],
+            },
+            {
+                url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/10',
+                number: 10,
+                state: 'open',
+                labels: [LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH],
+            },
+        ];
+
+        test('with NPM_VERSION input, pull requests, and deploy blockers', () => {
+            mockGetInput.mockImplementation((arg) => {
+                if (arg === 'GITHUB_TOKEN') {
+                    return 'fake_token';
+                }
+
+                if (arg === 'NPM_VERSION') {
+                    return '1.0.2-2';
+                }
+            });
+
+            // New pull requests to add to open StagingDeployCash
+            const newPullRequests = [
+                'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/9',
+                'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/10',
+            ];
+            mockGetPullRequestsMergedBetween.mockImplementation((fromRef, toRef) => {
+                if (fromRef === '1.0.1-0' && toRef === '1.0.2-2') {
+                    return [
+                        ...baseNewPullRequests,
+                        ...newPullRequests,
+                    ];
+                }
+                return [];
+            });
+
+            mockListIssues.mockImplementation((args) => {
+                if (args.labels === GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL) {
+                    return {data: [openStagingDeployCashBefore, closedStagingDeployCash]};
+                }
+
+                if (args.labels === GithubUtils.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL) {
+                    return {
+                        data: [
+                            ...currentOpenDeployBlockers,
+                            {
+                                url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/11', // New
+                                number: 11,
+                                state: 'open',
+                                labels: [LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/12', // New
+                                number: 12,
+                                state: 'open',
+                                labels: [LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    };
+                }
+
+                return {data: []};
+            });
+
+            return run().then((result) => {
+                expect(result).toStrictEqual({
+                    owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
+                    repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
+                    issue_number: openStagingDeployCashBefore.number,
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                    html_url: `https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/${openStagingDeployCashBefore.number}`,
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                    body: `**Release Version:** \`1.0.2-2\`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/7\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/8\r\n- [ ] ${newPullRequests[0]}\r\n- [ ] ${newPullRequests[1]}\r\n\r\n**Deploy Blockers:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/9\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/10\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/11\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/12\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n`,
+                });
+            });
+        });
+
+        test('without NPM_VERSION input, just a new deploy blocker', () => {
+            mockGetPullRequestsMergedBetween.mockImplementation((fromRef, toRef) => {
+                if (fromRef === '1.0.1-0' && toRef === '1.0.2-2') {
+                    return [
+                        ...baseNewPullRequests,
+                    ];
+                }
+                return [];
+            });
+            mockListIssues.mockImplementation((args) => {
+                if (args.labels === GithubUtils.STAGING_DEPLOY_CASH_LABEL) {
+                    return {data: [openStagingDeployCashBefore, closedStagingDeployCash]};
+                }
+
+                if (args.labels === GithubUtils.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH_LABEL) {
+                    return {
+                        data: [
+                            ...currentOpenDeployBlockers,
+                            {
+                                url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/11', // New
+                                number: 11,
+                                state: 'open',
+                                labels: [LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH],
+                            },
+                            {
+                                url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/12', // New
+                                number: 12,
+                                state: 'open',
+                                labels: [LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER_CASH],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    };
+                }
+
+                return {data: []};
+            });
+
+            return run().then((result) => {
+                expect(result).toStrictEqual({
+                    owner: GithubUtils.GITHUB_OWNER,
+                    repo: GithubUtils.EXPENSIFY_CASH_REPO,
+                    issue_number: openStagingDeployCashBefore.number,
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                    html_url: `https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/${openStagingDeployCashBefore.number}`,
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                    body: '**Release Version:** `1.0.2-2`\r\n**Compare Changes:** https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/compare/production...staging\r\n\r\n**This release contains changes from the following pull requests:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/7\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/8\r\n\r\n**Deploy Blockers:**\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/pull/6\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/9\r\n- [x] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/10\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/11\r\n- [ ] https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/issues/12\r\n\r\ncc @Expensify/applauseleads\r\n',
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});