fix(transactions): supersede rows imported twice instead of deleting them
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Statements 107, 142 and 143 bill overlapping periods on one ANZ account, so 31
transactions -- $42,040.68 -- are in the ledger twice.

They are marked superseded, not deleted. Every child of transactions is ON
DELETE CASCADE (splits, tags, overrides, expense_metadata, order_reviews), so
deleting "the duplicate" destroys whatever curation sits on it, and which
member of a pair holds that curation is an accident of import order: here 1
pair carries splits and 6 carry overrides, all on the surviving side, but
nothing guarantees that. Superseding keeps the row, keeps its children, and
makes a mistake one UPDATE to undo rather than a restore from backup.

reconciled_with_id could not be reused. Its predicate is scoped to
statement_id IS NULL on purpose -- a statement line pointing at something else
is the survivor, not the duplicate -- and here both rows are statement lines.

The exclusion goes into EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE rather than into a new
fragment, so every query already asking "count each purchase once" gets it
without being edited. The trip cost queries did not use that fragment at all
and now do; verified a no-op on current data (0 trip-tagged rows are either
reconciled sources or duplicates), but they were one import away from
double-counting.

Most of the $42k is transfers and investments, which spend already excludes.
The damage was elsewhere: duplicated rows in the list, and rules re-splitting a
duplicate -- txn 3807 is one of these 31 and was a candidate for splitting
earlier today.

Balances are unchanged: no duplicate carried a split.
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2026-07-28 11:54:25 +10:00
parent d5589b2980
commit dbfbd5196d
5 changed files with 125 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
-- A transaction imported twice cannot simply be deleted.
--
-- Every child of `transactions` is ON DELETE CASCADE — splits, tags, overrides,
-- expense_metadata, order_reviews. Deleting a row said to be "the duplicate"
-- therefore destroys whatever curation happens to sit on it, silently and
-- unrecoverably. The curation is not reliably on the surviving side either: of
-- the 31 known duplicate pairs, one carries splits and six carry overrides, and
-- which member holds them is an accident of import order.
--
-- So a duplicate is superseded, never removed. The row stays, keeps its
-- children, and points at the row that replaces it. Reversing a mistake is then
-- one UPDATE rather than a restore from backup.
--
-- This is the statement-vs-statement case. `reconciled_with_id` already covers
-- manual-vs-statement, and deliberately cannot be reused: the predicate that
-- hides a reconciled row is scoped to `statement_id IS NULL`, because a
-- statement line pointing at something else is the survivor, not the duplicate.
-- Both of these rows are statement lines.
ALTER TABLE transactions
ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS superseded_by_id integer
REFERENCES transactions(id) ON DELETE SET NULL;
COMMENT ON COLUMN transactions.superseded_by_id IS
'This row was imported twice; the named row is the one that counts. Excluded from every figure, kept for its children and its audit trail. NULL = live.';
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_transactions_superseded
ON transactions (superseded_by_id)
WHERE superseded_by_id IS NOT NULL;
-- A row cannot supersede itself, and a survivor cannot itself be superseded
-- (that would hide both members of the pair and lose the amount entirely).
ALTER TABLE transactions
DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS transactions_no_self_supersede;
ALTER TABLE transactions
ADD CONSTRAINT transactions_no_self_supersede
CHECK (superseded_by_id IS NULL OR superseded_by_id <> id);
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@@ -183,11 +183,14 @@ model transactions {
payment_method String? // card | cash | bank_transfer | other; NULL = unknown (migration 0016)
owner_id Int?
reconciled_with_id Int?
superseded_by_id Int?
principal_amount Decimal? @db.Decimal(12, 2)
interest_amount Decimal? @db.Decimal(12, 2)
statement statements? @relation(fields: [statement_id], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
reconciled_with transactions? @relation("reconciled", fields: [reconciled_with_id], references: [id], onDelete: SetNull)
reconciled_by transactions[] @relation("reconciled")
superseded_by transactions? @relation("superseded", fields: [superseded_by_id], references: [id], onDelete: SetNull)
supersedes transactions[] @relation("superseded")
expense_metadata expense_metadata?
order_review order_reviews?
}
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@@ -608,3 +608,61 @@ describe("getStatements — overlapping billing periods", () => {
expect(rows.every((r) => r.overlaps.length === 0)).toBe(true);
});
});
// A statement imported twice puts every transaction in the overlap in the
// ledger twice. The duplicate is superseded rather than deleted, because every
// child of `transactions` cascades on delete.
describe("superseded duplicates are excluded but kept", () => {
it("hides a superseded row from the transaction list", async () => {
const { ownerId } = await seedParticipants(pool);
const keep = await insertTransaction(pool, ownerId, { description: "RAIZ INVESTMENT", amount: 1500 });
const dup = await insertTransaction(pool, ownerId, { description: "RAIZ INVESTMENT", amount: 1500 });
await pool.query(`UPDATE transactions SET superseded_by_id = $1 WHERE id = $2`, [keep, dup]);
const { data, total } = await getTransactions(ownerId, { limit: 50, offset: 0 });
expect(total).toBe(1);
expect(data.map((t) => t.id)).toEqual([keep]);
});
it("keeps the superseded row and its children in the database", async () => {
const { ownerId, otherId } = await seedParticipants(pool);
const keep = await insertTransaction(pool, ownerId, { amount: 100 });
const dup = await insertTransaction(pool, ownerId, { amount: 100 });
await pool.query(
`INSERT INTO transaction_splits (transaction_id, participant_id, share_percent) VALUES ($1, $2, 50)`,
[dup, otherId]
);
await pool.query(`UPDATE transactions SET superseded_by_id = $1 WHERE id = $2`, [keep, dup]);
const rows = await pool.query(`SELECT superseded_by_id FROM transactions WHERE id = $1`, [dup]);
expect(rows.rows[0].superseded_by_id).toBe(keep);
const kids = await pool.query(`SELECT count(*)::int AS n FROM transaction_splits WHERE transaction_id = $1`, [dup]);
expect(kids.rows[0].n).toBe(1);
});
// The point of excluding it: a split on a duplicate must not be owed twice.
it("does not count a superseded row towards what someone owes", async () => {
const { ownerId, otherId } = await seedParticipants(pool);
const keep = await insertTransaction(pool, ownerId, { amount: 100 });
const dup = await insertTransaction(pool, ownerId, { amount: 100 });
for (const id of [keep, dup]) {
await pool.query(
`INSERT INTO transaction_splits (transaction_id, participant_id, share_percent) VALUES ($1, $2, 50)`,
[id, otherId]
);
}
await pool.query(`UPDATE transactions SET superseded_by_id = $1 WHERE id = $2`, [keep, dup]);
const balances = await getParticipantBalances(ownerId);
const bob = balances.find((b) => b.id === otherId);
expect(Number(bob!.total_owed)).toBeCloseTo(50);
});
it("refuses to let a row supersede itself", async () => {
const { ownerId } = await seedParticipants(pool);
const id = await insertTransaction(pool, ownerId);
await expect(
pool.query(`UPDATE transactions SET superseded_by_id = $1 WHERE id = $1`, [id])
).rejects.toThrow();
});
});
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@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export const OWNER_SCOPE = `COALESCE(t.owner_id, s.owner_id)`;
export const STATEMENTS_JOIN = `LEFT JOIN statements s ON s.id = t.statement_id`;
/**
* Drops the manual/CSV row that a statement line has superseded.
* Drops rows that a different row has replaced. Two distinct cases:
*
* **1. The manual/CSV row a statement line superseded** (`reconciled_with_id`).
*
* Reconciliation keeps both rows: the manual one the user entered and the
* statement line it turned out to be. Only the statement line should count, or
@@ -52,8 +54,26 @@ export const STATEMENTS_JOIN = `LEFT JOIN statements s ON s.id = t.statement_id`
* inserted with `reconciled_with_id` NULL and are held out of the reconcile
* queue by `needsCardMatch()`, so nothing ever sets it. If one is reconciled by
* hand against a card line, this is what stops it double-counting.
*
* **2. The statement row imported twice** (`superseded_by_id`, migration 0023).
*
* When two statements for one account bill overlapping periods, every
* transaction in the overlap arrives twice — 31 pairs on ANZ `4085-56264`, from
* statements 107/142/143. Case 1 cannot express this: its predicate is scoped
* to `statement_id IS NULL` on purpose, and here BOTH rows are statement lines.
*
* The superseded row is excluded rather than deleted because every child of
* `transactions` cascades on delete, and the curation is not reliably on the
* surviving side.
*
* Adding it to this fragment rather than making a new one is deliberate: every
* query that already asks "count each purchase once" now excludes both kinds
* without being edited. Anything summing transactions without this fragment
* still double-counts — that is the same gap that let reconciled rows into the
* analytics routes in the first place.
*/
export const EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE = `NOT (t.statement_id IS NULL AND t.reconciled_with_id IS NOT NULL)`;
export const EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE = `NOT (t.statement_id IS NULL AND t.reconciled_with_id IS NOT NULL)
AND t.superseded_by_id IS NULL`;
/**
* The currency `t.amount` is actually denominated in.
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@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ export interface TripAnalytics {
// alias the shared fragments assume.
const TRIP_TOTAL_SPEND = `COALESCE(SUM(
CASE WHEN ${NET_SPEND_ROWS}
AND ${EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE}
AND COALESCE(o.category_override, t.category, 'other') NOT IN ('transfers', 'investment')
THEN ${SPEND_SIGNED} ELSE 0 END
), 0)::float AS total_spend`;
@@ -964,6 +965,7 @@ export async function getTripAnalytics(tripId: number, ownerId: number): Promise
JOIN transactions t ON t.id = o.transaction_id
WHERE o.trip_id = $1
AND ${NET_SPEND_ROWS}
AND ${EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE}
AND COALESCE(o.category_override, t.category, 'other') NOT IN ('transfers', 'investment')
GROUP BY 1
ORDER BY 2 DESC
@@ -977,6 +979,7 @@ export async function getTripAnalytics(tripId: number, ownerId: number): Promise
JOIN transactions t ON t.id = o.transaction_id
WHERE o.trip_id = $1
AND ${NET_SPEND_ROWS}
AND ${EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE}
AND COALESCE(o.category_override, t.category, 'other') NOT IN ('transfers', 'investment')
GROUP BY 1
ORDER BY 1
@@ -991,6 +994,7 @@ export async function getTripAnalytics(tripId: number, ownerId: number): Promise
JOIN transactions t ON t.id = o.transaction_id
WHERE o.trip_id = $1
AND ${NET_SPEND_ROWS}
AND ${EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE}
AND COALESCE(o.category_override, t.category, 'other') NOT IN ('transfers', 'investment')
GROUP BY 1
ORDER BY 2 DESC
@@ -1008,6 +1012,7 @@ export async function getTripAnalytics(tripId: number, ownerId: number): Promise
JOIN tags tg ON tg.id = tt.tag_id
WHERE o.trip_id = $1
AND ${NET_SPEND_ROWS}
AND ${EXCLUDE_RECONCILED_SOURCE}
AND COALESCE(o.category_override, t.category, 'other') NOT IN ('transfers', 'investment')
GROUP BY tg.id
ORDER BY 4 DESC