[Bug]: Inconsistent behavior when prepending or appending to notes #2247

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opened 2026-02-28 20:07:52 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @jbschooley on GitHub (Jul 2, 2025).

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What happened?

If I append to a transaction's notes, Actual adds a space between the previous note and the added text. However, if I set up a rule to append to a note, no space is added between the note and added text. I'm ok with either behavior, but would prefer it to be consistent.

How can we reproduce the issue?

Select a transaction, bulk edit note, prepend or append, type anything in. You will notice a space is placed in between the old and new text.

Create a rule (or just use the rule editor to bulk edit) that prepends or appends to a note, run it, you'll see that no space is added.

Where are you hosting Actual?

Docker

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome, Firefox

Operating System

Windows 11

Originally created by @jbschooley on GitHub (Jul 2, 2025). ### Verified issue does not already exist? - [x] I have searched and found no existing issue ### What happened? If I append to a transaction's notes, Actual adds a space between the previous note and the added text. However, if I set up a rule to append to a note, no space is added between the note and added text. I'm ok with either behavior, but would prefer it to be consistent. ### How can we reproduce the issue? Select a transaction, bulk edit note, prepend or append, type anything in. You will notice a space is placed in between the old and new text. Create a rule (or just use the rule editor to bulk edit) that prepends or appends to a note, run it, you'll see that no space is added. ### Where are you hosting Actual? Docker ### What browsers are you seeing the problem on? Chrome, Firefox ### Operating System Windows 11
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@Juulz commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2025):

This turns out to be important when prepending tags or to notes with tags. A trailing space needs to be added or the tag gets missed when filtering for tags.

i.e. 🔗#cat will be missed when filtering for has tag #cat.

@Juulz commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2025): This turns out to be important when prepending tags or to notes with tags. A trailing space needs to be added or the tag gets missed when filtering for tags. i.e. 🔗#cat will be missed when filtering for has tag #cat.
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Reference: github-starred/actual#2247