[GNC] Accidentally unreconclied a transaction - how to mark reconciled again?

[Steve Butler]

I think you ignored my reference to PEBKAC.

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 09:57 Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> In over a decade of using GnuCash, I've *never* had it swap
> debits/credits on me.
>
> I have on a few occasions not been paying sufficient attention as to
> which account I was in and not paid sufficient attention when
> duplicating a transaction that was reversed. I've fat-fingered many
> times triggering an Orphan/Imbalance condition. But I've never seen it
> change my already entered data. (accidentally making an amount negative
> will swap it though, and I've done that once or twice by accident,
> several more times on purpose.)
>
> I don't use imports, but I'm aware due to somewhat recent changes in the
> importer, that one might import transactions reversed of what they
> should be. This can certainly be an issue if your import file has
> negative-signed amounts.
>
> If you are updating transactions on import, that *might* be the problem,
> though I didn't think it would update other than Description, Notes, or
> Memos. I could be wrong of course on that point.
>
> If GnuCash were swapping debits/credits on its own, the devs would
> certainly like to know I'm sure. Of course, repeatability would be crucial.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 12/22/25 12:30 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> > Nope.  I am convinced that GnuCash randomly switches splits on me so
> > that the transaction is reverse of what it should be. At least that is
> > the theory on which I am standing firm at this moment.
> >
> > This was driven home recently while searching for a missing $80
> > transaction.  If I could find it then reconciliation of the bank account
> > would finish.  I double checked each transaction twice!  On the third
> > pass I wondered why that $40 expense was in the deposit column.  Thought
> > I had duplicated that from an early event (which was entered
> > correctly).  So, there is my evidence that GnC randomly switches the
> > accounts on splits just to mess with my mornings!  I can't believe I'd
> > my such an elementary error (denying any PEBKAC issues).
>
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