[GNC] Importing QIF Files with Reminder Transactions causes GnuCash to Crash

[Tom Route-36]

Hi Sherlock,

Thanks for that link.  I had tried various Internet searches to find if 
this problem had previously been reported; but I was never able to find 
anything relevant.  Like I said, I'm pretty new to GnuCash.

I'll be sure to search https://bugs.gnucash.org in the future if I come 
across anything else that looks like a problem.  Thanks again for 
pointing me in the right direction.

Tom


On 8/12/2025 11:02 PM, Sherlock wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Welcome to GnuCash.
> 
> The issue has already been reported:
> 
>      https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798423
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sherlock
> 
> 
> On 8/12/25 7:42 PM, Tom Route-36 wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm a new user to GnuCash and this mailing list; but I think I found a 
>> bug in the program regarding the Import of QIF Files.  I hope this is 
>> the proper place to report it.  Anyway, here's the issue.
>>
>> The QIF file of interest was exported from Quicken 2016 Home & 
>> Business.   Among the many exported Quicken accounts there are several 
>> Brokerage accounts.  And in some of those Brokerage accounts there are 
>> a few transactions that Quicken refers to as Reminder Transactions.  
>> It seems that the GnuCash Import process can't handle QIF files that 
>> include such Reminder Transactions.
>>
>> This is what happens.  I'll select that QIF file to import it. And 
>> everything appears to start out just fine.  It loads normally.  And 
>> I'm able to go thru all the normal prompts for accounts and stock 
>> holdings, matching QIF and GnuCash accounts, Income and Expense 
>> categories, etc. When it gets to the QIF Import step, I'll start the 
>> Import process; and it also starts out just fine.  But then midway 
>> thru that Import process (maybe 60% across the progress bar) GnuCash 
>> just crashes and closes without any warning.  There's no error message 
>> or pop-up window to indicate what went wrong.  The GnuCash program 
>> just completely closes altogether without any indication of why or 
>> what happened.
>>
>> To be clear, I'm not reporting this here because I need any help.  
>> I've already found a solution for my own needs.  I fixed it by going 
>> back into Quicken and removing those Reminder Transactions from the 
>> Brokerage accounts.  After removing them I re-exported all the 
>> accounts to an updated QIF file.  And that updated QIF file (without 
>> the offending Reminder Transactions) can now be imported into GnuCash 
>> just fine.  What I want to do here is to let the right folks know 
>> about this issue; since it causes GnuCash to crash and close 
>> completely without any warning. That seems like kind of a user- 
>> unfriendly way of handling an Import error.
>>
>> Anyway, if you want any additional details about this just let me 
>> know. I'm happy to help.  FYI, I confirmed this problem with the 
>> latest GnuCash v5.12 on Windows 11 Home v24H2.
>>
>> Tom
> 
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