[GNC] Fetch rate crashing gnucash

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hello Samantha,

John mentioned already this morning the by alphavantage broken online 
update of currencies:
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2022-August/102424.html

We track it as https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798599
and a fix is pending at finance-quote:
https://github.com/finance-quote/finance-quote/pull/230

Am 15.08.22 um 16:59 schrieb Samantha Payn:
> 
> 
> Hello all!
> 
> I am operating Windows 11 Home, Version 21H2, OS build 22000.856
> 
> I have just updated Gnucash to Version: 4.11, Build ID: 
> 4.11+(2022-06-25), Finance::Quote: 1.49
> 
> I use fetch rate for USD (and occasionally EUR) conversions as some of 
> my clients pay me in these currencies. My home currency is GBP.
> 
> Unfortunately, since the most recent update (only installed today by me 
> as I've been away), Fetch Rate crashes Gnucash and I cannot record any 
> exchange rate for my transactions (invoices, payments).

Do I understand you right, you are fetching quotes on all foreign 
currency transactions — several times a day?

And the crash happens in the "Transfer Funds" dialog?

> I have tried reinstalling Online Price Retrieval, and a number of the 
> "test" lines said "skipped", but I don't really know what I'm doing. And 
> I'm still having the same problem.

You will have to wait for the next F::Q release or apply the patch 
yourself on your current F::Q module.

> Very grateful for any assistance you can offer!
> 

Regards
Frank