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[Bug]: All Accounts totals do not match when a closed account has a balance

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#5,413 opened on Jul 28, 2025

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Description

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What happened?

A bug happened! When a closed account has a balance (for whatever reason), the reported totals: Purple sidebar All accounts does not include the balance from the closed account(s) Green Transaction page All Accounts total DOES include the balance from the closed account(s).

How can we reproduce the issue?

How can we reproduce the issue? Add a transaction to a closed account so it's balance is not zero.

Where are you hosting Actual?

Pikapods

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome

Operating System

Windows 11

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the difference in balance calculation between the sidebar 'All Accounts' total and the transaction page 'All Accounts' total. Look for where closed account balances are included or excluded.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
GitJavaScript
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60