Further to a recent thread on reddit about methods for reconciliation, there appears to be a bug with hledger-ui where it does not update automatically when changes to the journal file are saved. The workaround is to manually refresh using g.

System specifications

Arch Linux 5.12.13-arch1-2
hledger 1.21

Steps to reproduce

1. Edit a journal file
   $ vim myfile.journal
   Change the flag on any unreconciled transaction in Account A by changing <blank> to *.
   Do not save yet.

2. Open a new terminal window and start hledger-ui
   $ hledger-ui -f myfile.journal --watch
   Navigate to Account A and list the transactions so that the just-edited transaction is visible. It should not show a * flag.

3. Return to the editor window and Save the file.

Expected behavior

The edited transaction is updated in the hledger-ui window and now shows *

Actual behavior

The edited transaction is not updated in the hledger-ui window.

Workaround

In the hledger-ui window, refresh the underlying data by pressing g. The edited transaction is updated and now correctly shows as being reconciled *.