[GNC] Strange behavior when reconciling credit card account, version 5.12

[Gyle McCollam]

Did you know that you can change the Reconciled information without canceling and starting over?  If not, in the reconcile matching window select "Reconcile", the first option, then "Reconcile Information" where you can change the date and ending balance.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
Sent: Friday, August 8, 2025 10:46 AM
To: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>; sunfish62 at yahoo.com <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>; Mike Carney <mwc at carneymisra.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Strange behavior when reconciling credit card account, version 5.12

Op vrijdag 8 augustus 2025 15:09:27 Midden-Europese zomertijd schreef Mike Carney:
> On 8/8/25 8:47 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > It's always been the case that GnuCash guesses at the closing date and
> > computes the ending balance based on transactions up to that date.  If you
> > change the date, it will recompute the balance.  You can (and I always do)
> > enter the balance into the field manually to set the correct ending
> > balance.
> >
> > Are you saying that if you manually enter an ending balance into the field
> > and then continue, GnuCash ignores it?  If so, then that is a new (and
> > broken) behavior.  The reconcile process should take whatever is input
> > into that field as the ending balance, whether it is the computed value or
> > a manually input value.
>
> Yes, exactly this -- I entered a value in the Ending Balance field of
> the "Reconcile Information" dialog, and gnucash ignored this value. In
> my previous experience, gnucash always used the "Ending Balance" field,
> hence my confusion when the account wouldn't reconcile. Then I noticed
> that the Ending Balance field of the large Reconcile window didn't match
> what I entered. I cancelled the reconcile, and tried again -- same
> behavior. Then I changed the Statement Date in order to exclude the
> statement date transactions that weren't included in the statement in
> order to properly reconcile the account. Very strange -- I never saw
> this behavior before. Not sure if it matters, but I'm using fedora 42 +
> wayland + KDE.
>

This may be this bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799650[1]

If it is, it will be resolved in the next gnucash release.

Regards,

Geert

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[1] https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799650
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