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[Bug]: Merging split transaction with imported transaction removes split categories #2498
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Originally created by @meltedesco on GitHub (Sep 23, 2025).
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What happened?
After importing some new transactions via file import, I noticed one imported transaction had failed to match to an existing split transaction because I had made a typo and the amounts were off. I corrected the amount in the manual transaction and merged the transactions.
Expected behaviour:
Merged transaction would inherit the categories and split transactions from the manual ('dropped') transaction,
Actual behaviour:
The only note kept from the 'dropped' transaction was the note on the entire transaction; the merged transaction was left uncategorized, and all the splits and other notes were lost.
See below photos for the details of the transaction(s) as they were post-import (before fixing the typo), immediately pre-merge (typo fixed), and post-merge.
The split transactions are also not deleted properly, as I found by running "repair transactions" after.
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How can we reproduce the issue?
Where are you hosting Actual?
Pikapods
What browsers are you seeing the problem on?
Desktop App (Electron)
Operating System
Windows 11
@willkell commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2025):
Hi, can I work on this?
@meltedesco commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2025):
@willkell I'm just the bug reporter but definitely happy for anyone to work on this issue! Let me know if you have any issues reproducing it or need any files / testing from me.