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[Bug]: Lower priorities allocated before higher #2480
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Originally created by @cavazos-apps on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025).
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What happened?
I have multiple tiers of priorities for categories. 0, 1, 2, 3, 10, 20, 30, 40. 0 and 1 are being fully funded but
#template-20appears to be getting funded before#template-2. I have severial#template-10with no funding but several#template-20with funds, even before#template-3categories.How can we reproduce the issue?
Set up multiple tiers of priorities, partially fund the month, overwrite with budget template
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Docker
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Firefox, Chrome, Safari
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Mac OSX
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
What version are you on? Do you have an example file that I could test with?
@cavazos-apps commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
App: v25.9.0 | Server v25.9.0
Is there a recommended way to provide my files without sensitive info? I've got quite a few categories and not sure what's causing it as I tried in a blank budget with only a couple and couldn't replicate.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
Make an example in edge.actualbudget.org then export it then upload it here. That way there isn't any personal data in the example.
@cavazos-apps commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
I don't seem to be able to easily reproduce without building out a much larger budget. Could it perhaps be related to importing from YNAB and not starting fresh? I've even zeroed out the budget and re-overwritten and still seeing strange results.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
It shouldn't matter where the budget came from. The templates only look at your to budget and sometimes category balances. Are any of your templates budgeting a negative amount? That could cause what you are seeing.
@cavazos-apps commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
Just as a sanity check
No, I have no negative values in any templating, either in priority or amount.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
But did any of the budget amounts come out negative? Some templates have the potential to remove funds from the categories even if they are requesting positive funds. Your limit example could remove funds
@cavazos-apps commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
Ah, yes! There was one overspent category that should have been covered by another that must have not carried over resulting in the template subtracting a large sum, that seems to have fixed the issue as long as following covering the overspending, I apply templates and not overwrite with templates. I assume when the month rolls over that should be a non-issue?
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
I don't quite follow. It's best to run templates at the beginning of the month then if you overspend you manually fix it as needed.
@cavazos-apps commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2025):
Yeah makes sense. Just spun up an instance today to try it out. I expect the issue came from trying to template partially through the month. Thanks for the help.