In over a decade of using GnuCash, I've *never* had it swap
debits/credits on me.
I have on a few occasions not been paying sufficient attention as to
which account I was in and not paid sufficient attention when
duplicating a transaction that was reversed. I've fat-fingered many
times triggering an Orphan/Imbalance condition. But I've never seen it
change my already entered data. (accidentally making an amount negative
will swap it though, and I've done that once or twice by accident,
several more times on purpose.)
I don't use imports, but I'm aware due to somewhat recent changes in the
importer, that one might import transactions reversed of what they
should be. This can certainly be an issue if your import file has
negative-signed amounts.
If you are updating transactions on import, that *might* be the problem,
though I didn't think it would update other than Description, Notes, or
Memos. I could be wrong of course on that point.
If GnuCash were swapping debits/credits on its own, the devs would
certainly like to know I'm sure. Of course, repeatability would be crucial.
Regards,
Adrien
On 12/22/25 12:30 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
Nope. I am convinced that GnuCash randomly switches splits on me so
that the transaction is reverse of what it should be. At least that is
the theory on which I am standing firm at this moment.
This was driven home recently while searching for a missing $80
transaction. If I could find it then reconciliation of the bank account
would finish. I double checked each transaction twice! On the third
pass I wondered why that $40 expense was in the deposit column. Thought
I had duplicated that from an early event (which was entered
correctly). So, there is my evidence that GnC randomly switches the
accounts on splits just to mess with my mornings! I can't believe I'd
my such an elementary error (denying any PEBKAC issues).
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