[GNC] Reconcile Operation overrides User-entered Ending Balance

[Sherlock]

Hi Tom,

This sounds like the issue addressed by 
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/2263 and merged in to the stable 
branch on July 7th, 2026.

Regards,

Sherlock


On 8/4/26 2:35 PM, Tom Route36 wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I came across what looks to me like a bug in Reconcile operations; but 
> before I post anything to Bugzilla I just want to run it by folks here 
> to see if this is a real bug, or if maybe it's just operator error on my 
> part.  Here's the deal.  (And you can scroll ahead to the 5th paragraph 
> if you don't want all the background details.)
> 
> I get a credit card statement; and I want to reconcile it.  The 
> statement ending date is 7/27, and the statement ending balance is 
> $800.  I open up the account in GnuCash and hit the Reconcile button. 
> The Reconcile window pops up showing me a Statement Date of 7/25 with an 
> Ending Balance of $800.  So far, all is okay.  I know the Statement Date 
> in the Reconcile popup is an estimated date based on the previous month, 
> and the Reconcile Ending Balance is the balance of the account as of 
> that estimated date.  It's all good.
> 
> Now I need to do the Reconcile operation.  So in that popup window, I 
> edit the Reconcile Statement Date changing it from 7/25 to 7/27; and I 
> see that the Reconcile Ending Balance changed from $800 to $950.  That 
> change in Ending Balance doesn't surprise me because I know that I had a 
> transaction on 7/27 for $150; and that transaction won't appear on my 
> credit card statement until the following month. However, GnuCash 
> figures that $150 is part of the current reconciliation period.  No big 
> deal though.  I just go and edit the Ending Balance from $950 back to 
> $800.  With my edits, both those fields in the Reconcile popup window 
> now match my credit card statement.  Again, everything looks fine.
> 
> So I hit the OK button in the Reconcile popup window.  And that gets me 
> to the window where I can do the actual reconciliation - the listing of 
> Funds In and Funds Out.  And here's where I have a problem.
> 
> In the lower right corner of that Funds In vs. Funds Out window is a box 
> with the reconciliation summary.  And even though it shows my Statement 
> Date correctly as 7/27, it ignores the edit that I made to the Ending 
> Balance.  It's back at $950, instead of the $800, which is what I 
> entered in the Reconcile popup window.  To me, that seems like a bug.
> 
> Anyway, I just wanted to put this out here for any comments, in case 
> there's some logical reason that I'm not aware of for GnuCash ignoring 
> or overriding my input in the Reconcile popup window.  Let me know what 
> you think.
> 
> Tom