Re: [GNC] Reconcile Operation overrides User-entered Ending Balance

It will be about 3 weeks before I can download the next reconcile for 
the CC.  I'll see if I can setup that condition then (unless other 
resolution appears on the mailing list).


On 8/4/26 16:48, Tom Route36 wrote:
> 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.
>

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