Topic: Electrum Address keeps repeating (Read 224 times)

Well only solution that work for me is now creating an unique address on console using the code

for i in range (1): print (wallet.create_new_address(False))

and then make all addresses visible and edit the label for that new address and put any reference I need. That way it will create a new address and I will know what is for as the label will show. So this does work and thanks for you guys help, however there is still an issue with the app but for now this will do just fine.

Is there a code which will create the address and also crate a label?

You can only downgrade from incompatible versions by restoring your seed phrase using "new wallet" menu.
If you have a backup of your wallet created before 4.3.2, it will also work.

When I unstiall 4.3.2 and try to revert to 4.3.1 when opning I get this error.

"Cannot load wallet(2) :
WalletFileException('This version of Electrum is too old to open this wallet.\n(highest supported storage version: 49, version of this file: 50)')

I tried to install 4.3.1 before but it could open the wallet it said version was too old. Maybe I download the wrong one. Which of all those links is the one for the windows version?

My advice was to install an older version, like 4.3.1. It's probably this one, however, this is the 4.3.1 releases folder.
Maybe the change in the feature you've been using came with a bug and the expiry date may not taken correctly into account.
Did 4.3.2 fix any important bug that was affecting you? I guess not, so for now you'll be OK with 4.3.1.
It would be nice to report the issue, as already said. Plus you'll probably have to keep an eye and check whether one of the next versions fixes your problem.

I tested a same wallet type and still can't reproduce the issue.

Have you reinstalled Electrum as suggested?
If so and the issue persists, follow Abdussamad's suggestion to post a new issue.

Also, providing the logs to the new "issue" will help a lot in solving it; to enable logging, tick the setting "Tools->Preferences->Misc->Write logs to file".
Restart Electrum and reproduce the issue; disable logging before closing Electrum.
The logs can be found in "logs" folder inside Electrum's datadir (location).

you should post a bug report on github:

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues

Yes but if no one else is experience this (apparently only me) and I have already uninstall the wallet and reinstall it and the behaviour still the same, what should be causing the problem then?

With that update, electrum should regenerate an address that has been generated before in another request, if the previous request has been expired and the address has never received any fund.
Since OP has set the expiry time to never, electrum shouldn't generate the same address again. I don't think what's happening in OP's wallet is the correct behavior.

I was looking at old posts related to this subject, and I found this answer from bob123


Have you tried this?

I just tried in my wallet and it works

For example:


Then you can simple generate all addresses you want and give them to whoever you want.
 I don't like that "request" feature and you don't need it.

OK... so maybe if I change to never expire to expire after 10 minutes maybe then it will generate a new address? I will give it a try.

It may worth mentioning that Electrum 4.3.2 has a change in its behavior, and may be exactly your "problem". The thing is that, from the others' point of view, this is a fix.


So if you want to take advantage of the older version's behavior, you'll need the older version, sorry. Or maybe BTCpay is what you actually need...


PS. If you have set all those to never expire, it may be a new bug though...

I uploaded a video here of the issue... let me know your thoughts on it.   https://streamable.com/zanvhn

Ok guys I uploaded a video here   https://streamable.com/zanvhn

Let me know your thoughts and you welcome to report it as a bug if you to use my video...permission given.

You can use any video hosting website, YouTube will do (set the video as "unlisted"), then paste the link to your reply.

What's happening isn't normal to a standard wallet and AFAIK, isn't a known issue.
I can only suggest to backup your wallet and seed phrase, then reinstall Electrum. (it wont delete your wallets though, but create a backup just in case)
Before installation, make sure to verify it (instructions) before proceeding to make sure that it's not corrupted or a fake version.

It would always give me a new address before not even unused as it would keep any unused address connected uniquely to the label created. The gap is even over a day or two it does not matter, it will always give me a repeated address and it does this in order. For example if I have address A, B, C and D... if I create a new request, it will give me address A again... if I create a new one, then gives me B and so one until D. IN this example only on the fifth request it would finally give me a new address in this case E. And it repeats this loop every time I create a new address and as the address list mounts as you can image the loop just gets bigger until I'm served a new unique address. It's just insane. If there a way to post a video I can post one for you guys to see how it behaves.  

Everything was working normal until the 11th November exactly. After that date all start to behave like this.

That is the thing, I have all addresses set to "Never Expire" and I have not recovered the wallet. Also I use windows 11 and I have plenty of space.

It just started to do this by itself without me changing anything at all. I Always had for addresses to never expiry and it always produced a new unique address every time I place a new request and the label always stays on history.

Now it just does this and I even noticed a week ago while it was still providing new unique addresses that once I log out and log in again after a day or so if there was a new request that I created but which have not been paid yet, that address would not show on the request tab anymore, which is another thing it never did.... previously any request I would create, it  would always provide an unique BTC address, and would never disappear the list until it received BTC.

Now it is just nuts, sometimes those requests disappear even if not used, repeating BTC addresses on new requests, and if a request received a BTC payment shows on history without the label created. Just insane... I tried to revert to version 4.3.1 but software message told me that wallet cannot open previous wallet file due to being too old version... maybe a major update was on 4.3.2... I can still manage things it is just it became a nightmare with the addresses, and tracking and I only can think of waiting for next update.

I'm on windows 11 by the way but I think the OS is not the issue.

The only thing that comes to mind is that you restored your wallet using your seed phrase and electrum generated your unused addresses again.
When you restore your wallet using your seed phrase, you create a new wallet file and electrum doesn't know which addresses have been generated before, unless they have received fund.

Was the gap between those requests more than 10 minutes and your invoice's expiration is set to 10 minutes?
If so, it will reuse the addresses of those old expired invoice as long as the address didn't received BTC yet.

For the label, if the invoice was expired or the amount wasn't fulfilled, the label wont be saved to the history since it didn't matched the invoice.

The workaround is to use the Addresses tab instead ("View->Show Addresses" to enable).
You can put a label to the unused addresses instead and it will show up in the history tab once it receive funds.
Or set expiration to "Never".