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[Feature] Don't reimport transactions that were moved to another account. #2680

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opened 2026-02-28 20:24:08 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 4 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:24:08 -06:00
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Originally created by @rmmanseau on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025).

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What happened?

I have two accounts, one is on budget and hooked up with bank sync to import transactions. The other is off budget and does not have bank sync set up.

When I run bank sync and transactions are imported into the on budget account, there are some transactions that I want to move to the off budget account. I have set up a rule to do this and it works fine, but the next time I run bank sync, the transaction that I moved gets reimported into the bank sync account.

There is a check box in the bank sync settings that says "Reimport deleted transactions". I do not have it ticked, and I can confirm that it works as expected. But if you move the transaction to another account instead of deleting it, then it does get reimported.

How can we reproduce the issue?

To repro the issue:

  1. create an on budget account, account A, and hook it up to bank sync.
  2. create an off budget account, account B.
  3. set up a rule that moves transactions from account A to account B
  4. run bank sync on account A. the rule will move them to account B
  5. run bank sync on account A again. they will be reimported and then moved to account B again.
  6. repeat and get a ton of duplicate transactions in account B.

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Docker

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome

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Linux

Originally created by @rmmanseau on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025). ### Verified issue does not already exist? - [x] I have searched and found no existing issue ### What happened? I have two accounts, one is on budget and hooked up with bank sync to import transactions. The other is off budget and does not have bank sync set up. When I run bank sync and transactions are imported into the on budget account, there are some transactions that I want to move to the off budget account. I have set up a rule to do this and it works fine, but the next time I run bank sync, the transaction that I moved gets reimported into the bank sync account. There is a check box in the bank sync settings that says "Reimport deleted transactions". I do not have it ticked, and I can confirm that it works as expected. But if you move the transaction to another account instead of deleting it, then it does get reimported. ### How can we reproduce the issue? To repro the issue: 1. create an on budget account, account A, and hook it up to bank sync. 2. create an off budget account, account B. 3. set up a rule that moves transactions from account A to account B 4. run bank sync on account A. the rule will move them to account B 5. run bank sync on account A again. they will be reimported and then moved to account B again. 6. repeat and get a ton of duplicate transactions in account B. ### Where are you hosting Actual? Docker ### What browsers are you seeing the problem on? Chrome ### Operating System Linux
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GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:24:09 -06:00
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@youngcw commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025):

What is your use case for splitting the account up like that?

@youngcw commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025): What is your use case for splitting the account up like that?
GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:24:09 -06:00
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@rmmanseau commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025):

account A is a vanguard brokerage account. account B is one of my individual vanguard holdings. I use simplefin bank sync to import vanguard transactions into account A, but then I use rules to move transactions that are specific to a given holding into its designated account. This way I can see at a glance how my money is split up within vanguard, rather than having 1 vanguard account that is just a sum of all my holdings.

Heres a concrete example. I import transactions into account A, and two of the transactions are "dividend for holding B" and "reinvestment for holding B". I set up a rule to change the account of the dividend transaction to account B, and then I delete the reinvestment transaction. this way account B's balance reflects how much money I have in holding B after the dividend/reinvestment.

@rmmanseau commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025): account A is a vanguard brokerage account. account B is one of my individual vanguard holdings. I use simplefin bank sync to import vanguard transactions into account A, but then I use rules to move transactions that are specific to a given holding into its designated account. This way I can see at a glance how my money is split up within vanguard, rather than having 1 vanguard account that is just a sum of all my holdings. Heres a concrete example. I import transactions into account A, and two of the transactions are "dividend for holding B" and "reinvestment for holding B". I set up a rule to change the account of the dividend transaction to account B, and then I delete the reinvestment transaction. this way account B's balance reflects how much money I have in holding B after the dividend/reinvestment.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:24:10 -06:00
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@youngcw commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025):

This isn't really a bug, the transaction no longer exists in the account so its getting imported. Ill move it to a feature request.

@youngcw commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025): This isn't really a bug, the transaction no longer exists in the account so its getting imported. Ill move it to a feature request.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:24:10 -06:00
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025):

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