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[Bug]: Find & Replace not working correctly all the time #2886
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Originally created by @Juulz on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026).
Originally assigned to: @MatissJanis, @Copilot on GitHub.
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What happened?
After a few large find/replace operations, I found a few duplicated transactions and some missing transactions. Previously reconciled accounts with matching running balances no longer matched.
One transaction, in a closed account, was duplicated twice.
I had to revert to a backup.
How can we reproduce the issue?
How can we reproduce the issue? I don't believe I can reproduce it exactly, nor do I want to mess with my data again. Also, the find/replace works strangely and has no "Apply", you have to press "Enter". Not intuitive at all.
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@youngcw commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
I wonder if rules are getting run after and causing the problems.
@Juulz commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
That might explain the dupes made in a closed account. That's the one that really threw me!
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
I looked at the code for the find an replace again. Nothing in there seems like it would change amounts or create transactions. I would check your rules to see if anything jumps out.
@Juulz commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
Schedule with a rule, but no rule on its own. A couple of the operations were done on "All Accounts" and included about 90 transactions. I tested slowly before I did the whole batch, so I was surprised when a few balances were lower than I remembered when I reconciled an hour before. Hopefully it was a one-off as I was find/replacing an emoji (which is now back for Jan-Jun 2025, but I'm just gonna live with it)
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
If you could do it again and try to figure out edit caused the issue that would be useful. You should be able to CTRL-Z the changes once you find the one that is breaking things
@Juulz commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
OK... I went through month by month and it happened. I ctrl-z back and went forward and it was fine. I loaded up the backup again and it happened. I'm touching up screenshots, but I'm thinking it was merged transactions.
@Juulz commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
In order:
Before find/replace in just the Checking Account:
In All Accounts
Find/replace for 🔗 complete. Closed accounts now have amounts!
Here's All Accounts for that date. The 🔗s are gone. Transactions appeared. Looks like the transactions may have been merged?
@Juulz commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
Ctrl-z back to before the find/replace, redid the find/replace and no error. Closed accounts are fine:
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2026):
I wonder if it isn't because of merged transactions, but transfers in general. I wonder if new transfers are getting made
@MatissJanis commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2026):
Which PR introduced find&replace? We (or I) can ask an AI agent to do a preliminary analysis there to see if it finds any problems.
@Juulz commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2026):
#6282
@MatissJanis commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2026):
@copilot please investigate what could cause the problem reported in this issue. It was possibly introduced in #6282