[Bug]: Budget Payee Filter does not allow arbitrary text for "contains" #2843

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opened 2026-02-28 20:30:25 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @jhollowe on GitHub (Jan 20, 2026).

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What happened?

When trying to filter a budget's payees to find duplicates (or really near misses), I tried to use the "contains" operator. However, the UI does not allow the extbox to have an arbitrary string to filter by and a pre-defined exact payee must be selected. It then tries to filter by payee names that contains the UUID of the payee, which matches nothing.

How can we reproduce the issue?

Go to a budget, click "Filter", select "Payee", choose "contains" and try to type in a partial payee name.

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Docker

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Chrome

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Windows 10

Originally created by @jhollowe on GitHub (Jan 20, 2026). ### Verified issue does not already exist? - [x] I have searched and found no existing issue ### What happened? When trying to filter a budget's payees to find duplicates (or really near misses), I tried to use the "contains" operator. However, the UI does not allow the extbox to have an arbitrary string to filter by and a pre-defined exact payee must be selected. It then tries to filter by payee names that contains the UUID of the payee, which matches nothing. ### How can we reproduce the issue? Go to a budget, click "Filter", select "Payee", choose "contains" and try to type in a partial payee name. ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fecaeca7-d650-4a75-ac0a-f48d325d9cf1) ### Where are you hosting Actual? Docker ### What browsers are you seeing the problem on? Chrome ### Operating System Windows 10
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-02-28 20:30:25 -06:00
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@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2026):

This has been fixed on edge

@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2026): This has been fixed on edge
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Reference: github-starred/actual#2843