[GNC] Reconcile Operation overrides User-entered Ending Balance

[Tom Route36]

Stephen,

I've only run into this issue with my credit card accounts, where I'm 
reconciling them each month.  I haven't tried or seen the issue in a 
case where multiple months have been involved.

I've also never seen the problem on any mortgage loan account either.  I 
tried a quick test just now on an old mortgage account that had never 
been reconciled (so lots of un-reconciled transactions).  And I can't 
reproduce the issue there either.  So our test results match in that 
regard.  But is there any way you could try testing specifically with a 
credit card account that you reconcile monthly, and that is currently 
up-to-date with its reconciliation except for the most recent month's 
transactions?

Tom


On 08/04/2026 05:05 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> On 8/4/26 15:48, Tom Route36 wrote:
>> Stephen,
>>
>> It's GnuCash version 5.16, Build ID: 5.16+(2026-06-27), on Windows 
>> 11.  But I don't think the GnuCash version has anything to do with 
>> this.  I've seen the same problem now on two earlier versions as well.
>>
>> If you're trying to reproduce the problem on your system, the key 
>> factor is that there has to be a transaction in the account with a 
>> transaction date exactly equal to the ending date that you're typing 
>> into the Reconcile popup window.  And additionally, the ending 
>> balance that you're typing into the popup window needs to be an 
>> amount that excludes that transaction.
>>
>> Tom
>
> OK.  I have a Liability Account (Mortgage statement) that was a couple 
> months since last reconciled.  I set the date to July 31 since that is 
> the date of a the most recent payment.  Then I overrode the ending 
> balance to ignore that last payment.  The override ending balance 
> worked just fine (showed the amount I had typed in).
>
> Unable to reproduce on my set of data.