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[GH-ISSUE #6562] [Bug]: Regression in v26.1.0: #template schedule underfunds multi-month schedules after skipped months #17012
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Originally created by @coltrane42 on GitHub (Jan 5, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/6562
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What happened?
In Actual v26.1.0, #template schedule <SCHEDULE_NAME> can underfund a category for a multi-month schedule when some months are skipped/left at 0.
Observed behavior: if I skip funding for one or more months, the schedule template will “catch up” only on the first subsequent month, but then it reverts back to the original base monthly amount even though the category is still behind, and the due month arrives underfunded.
This looks like a regression. Same budget file + same actions:
#template <amount> by <date>(keeps increasing all remaining months as needed)How can we reproduce the issue?
I’m attaching a minimal test budget file that defines a single schedule:
TEST_SCHEDULEI've set 2 categories:
SCHEDULE TEMPLATE:
#template schedule TEST_SCHEDULE
BY TEMPLATE:
#template 50 by 2025-10 repeat every 6 months
If I skip october, november and december, and begin running the templates starting in 2026-01, the two templates behave exactly the same in v25.12 until 2026-04: they increase the budgeted amount proportionally to 12.50 to hit the due date fully funded.
Doing the exact same actions in v26.1, the schedule template only budgets 12.5 on january and reverts back to budgeting 8.33 on february, march and april, hitting the due month underfunded with 37.49 instead of 50.
v26-1-regression-My Finances.zip
Where are you hosting Actual?
Desktop App (Electron)
What browsers are you seeing the problem on?
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Linux
@coltrane42 commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2026):
Here are two screenshots showing the situation:
This is the setup after running the templates in v25.12.0:
This is the exact same setup after re-running the templates in v26.1.0:
January and february are now silently underfunded in the scheduled template even though their balances appear in green.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 9, 2026):
When I use your example file I get 12.50 on both categories, and if I do your screenshot setup, I get 10 for both categoriesNVM, I needed to update my test@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 9, 2026):
Ok, I was working on a different schedule issue and accidentally may have fixed this one. Ill put in a PR.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 9, 2026):
@coltrane42 can you test out https://deploy-preview-6610.demo.actualbudget.org/ and confirm it fixes your issue?
@coltrane42 commented on GitHub (Jan 10, 2026):
Yes, it's working fine and I couldn't replicate the underbudgeting anymore, thanks!
@vfhykrmh4k-dot commented on GitHub (Jan 10, 2026):
PR#6610 does not seem to have pushed the corrected code to Build #1437, which I installed this morning via Docker Container Manager. The Docker image timestamp matches the Build Edge Docker Image timestamp.Actual in Safari indicated an update was available, which was then applied. Browser cache and
localStoragewere then cleared, and I loaded Actual in a Safari Private window to double-check. Unfortunately, the issue shown below persists.Issue:
#template schedule <SCHEDULE_NAME>underfunds a category for a multi-month schedule in two instances:How can we reproduce the issue?
Attached is a test budget file that defines a single schedule:
2026-01-10-Test Budget.zip
Math breakdown in local Docker:
Template used:
#template schedule CELLPHONEEnvironment:
Setup on local Docker (Issue persists in Build #1437):
Setup on Deploy Preview 6610 (Fixed):
This is the exact same setup in the preview environment, which correctly fixes the issue as mentioned in PR #6610.
Let me know if you prefer a new ticket for this.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 10, 2026):
I haven't tested docker, but you are right that these changes haven't made it to https://edge.actualbudget.org. I don't know why that is but the changes do show in the source. They should show up soon I would think. The desktop app built by that PR does have the change.
@vfhykrmh4k-dot commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2026):
I've done some further testing
and it seems that the updated code only corrects/applies to newly created schedules and templates linked to them.Eg existing schedules and linked templates still have the calculation error as mentioned in my comment above.Attached budget file2026-01-11-Our Finances.zip
In the example below I've created a new schedule and template linked to it in the row labeled CELL, as you can see the calculations are correct. The row below it labeled 📱Cellphone is the existing schedule and template with the calculation error.
Troubleshooting steps performed:
Here is the docker image I used for the update/rebuild of the container.
Let me know if I should open a new ticket for this?
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2026):
There is only one block of template code, so that block applies to all schedule templates. Are you rerunning your templates with overwrite?
@vfhykrmh4k-dot commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2026):
The issue seems to be caused by the "repeat every" field for schedules, specifically when days or weeks are selected, months and years seem to be unaffected. All schedules are affected, new and existing.
I accidentally set the new schedule to repeat every year instead of repeat every 360 days (Cellular provider bills every 360 days), hence it looked like new schedules were unaffected. Apologies!
Updated budget file attached with both schedules repeating every 360 days.
2026-01-11-Template.Issue-2.zip
I went to the existing schedule Cellphone and changed it from repeat every 360 days to repeat every 1 year and now it's calculating correctly. I've tried changing it to 361 and 359 days but then the calculation errors returns. It also calculates correctly when there is no repeat set.
I'm pleased to report that with two template schedules in a category the calculations are now correct as long as the "repeat every field" is not set to days or weeks. In the interim I'll update both schedules to repeat yearly until a fix is pushed.
@vfhykrmh4k-dot commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2026):
@youngcw should I open a new ticket for this?
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2026):
@vfhykrmh4k-dot sure
@vfhykrmh4k-dot commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2026):
Done 😀 Apology for not replying earlier! https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/6644