Add expenses when you have no signal
New expenses wait on your device until you can reconnect.
A queued expense stays on the device where you entered it and appears on other phones only after it is sent to the room. Questions
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You can add a new expense in Peanut Split without an internet connection, provided you have already opened the room on that device. The expense waits locally and is sent when the room can connect again.
Other people cannot see a waiting expense yet. Its queued label tells you it still needs to reach the shared room.
Before and after losing signal
Open the room while online
Load the room on the device you will use. Keep the room link somewhere you can find again.Add the expense
Enter the amount, payer and people sharing it. While offline, the new row is marked as queued.Check it after reconnecting
Open Split when you have signal. Waiting expenses send one at a time in the order you entered them. Check for any item that needs review before leaving the room.
The queue stays on your device
Queued expenses survive a page reload and a restart of Split from your home screen. They have not reached the server, so opening the room on another phone will not show them.
The queue holds up to thirty expenses per device across all rooms. If it fills up, the oldest expense that is not blocked for review is dropped and you are told. If all thirty need review, a new expense cannot be added to the queue.
For a long period without signal, a shared note or paper list can be a useful extra record. Include the amount, currency, payer and who shares the cost so you can enter it later.
Editing and recording payments need a connection
Offline queuing covers new expenses only. You need to reconnect to edit or delete an expense, or to record a repayment. These actions ask you to retry instead of saving a change to send later.
A repayment recorded twice would change the balances incorrectly. For example, two records of a €40 payment would count €80. Wait until you are online and check whether the payment is already in the list before recording it.
Split records that someone said they paid. It does not move the money or verify it with a bank.
Questions
- Will a waiting expense appear on another phone?
- A queued expense stays on the device where you entered it and appears on other phones only after it is sent to the room.
- Can I close the browser before the expense sends?
- Yes. The queue is stored on your device and survives a reload. Open Split again with a connection to send any expenses still waiting.
- Can I record a payment offline?
- No. Editing, deleting and recording payments need a connection. If an action fails while offline, reconnect and try again.