[Bug]: Filtering Notes by Tags with Dollar Signs ($) Shows No Results #2449

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opened 2026-02-28 20:14:05 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @cculbertson81 on GitHub (Sep 4, 2025).

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What happened?

When filtering by notes with tags that contain dollar signs ($), no results are returned.

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The tag is detected and defined.
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Filtering instead for notes containing the text of the tag returns results as expected.
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How can we reproduce the issue?

  1. Add a tag containing a dollar sign ($) to any transaction.
  2. Add the tag via Find Existing Tags.
  3. Filter all accounts by notes > has tags > <new tag with $>
  4. Filter all accounts by notes > contains > <new tag with $>

Where are you hosting Actual?

Docker

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome

Operating System

Windows 11

Originally created by @cculbertson81 on GitHub (Sep 4, 2025). ### Verified issue does not already exist? - [x] I have searched and found no existing issue ### What happened? When filtering by notes with tags that contain dollar signs ($), no results are returned. <img width="2230" height="288" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fce5667e-a344-4a0f-949d-b211a2698197" /> The tag is detected and defined. <img width="1046" height="336" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d02fa6c5-121b-4171-9020-87cedfd5f49a" /> Filtering instead for notes containing the text of the tag returns results as expected. <img width="2202" height="440" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5da510b4-e023-4268-9a07-075480da3f7c" /> ### How can we reproduce the issue? 1. Add a tag containing a dollar sign ($) to any transaction. 2. Add the tag via Find Existing Tags. 3. Filter all accounts by notes > has tags > <_new tag with $_> 4. Filter all accounts by notes > contains > <_new tag with $_> ### Where are you hosting Actual? Docker ### What browsers are you seeing the problem on? Chrome ### Operating System Windows 11
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@astro-msk commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025):

Hi @youngcw, I was able to recreate this issue. I will start working on it and submit a PR.

@astro-msk commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025): Hi @youngcw, I was able to recreate this issue. I will start working on it and submit a PR.
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Reference: github-starred/actual#2449