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Civi using incorrect donor name
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A donor in Zendesk ticket #1860417 / CID 69517967 said the receipt they received for their 04/03/2026 donation made via Apple Pay was in an incorrect name. We asked for them for the correct name to be used moving forward and also advised them that they will want to ensure the correct name is listed in their Apple Pay account.

Today we corrected their name in Civi as requested to the name beginning A*. Then, we noticed when looking at their 04/03 transaction in Gr4vy (see 57ee2e72-5fab-4e03-a170-b5fe75bda3a4) that the name actually associated with the transaction in Gr4vy IS correct and is the name the donor noted should have been used.

The name that WAS listed on their Civi record and on the receipt they received appears to be associated with their previous donation received on 12/11/2025 (see 689b7b33-9008-42ad-9237-0789e3718bb0). It's slightly harder to review as we've changed the name in Civi already, but looking at activities we can see the receipt for the April donation was sent to a name beginning J** despite this new donation having the correct donor name beginning A**** at Gr4vy.

It seems like the name associated with the first donation made back in December 2025 was retained as the donor's name in Civi despite the donor having a new/corrected name associated with their newest Apple Pay donation? This seems similar to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397860, but we're unclear if it's the exact same issue so creating this new phab.

Thanks in advance for your help! :)

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Lars added subscribers: AnnWF, Lars.

@AnnWF actually already has a patch ready, which I need to review, that will solve this exact problem.

Just adding in a fresh example if it's helpful. Zendesk ticket #1868082 / CID 43973639 who donated today via Apple Pay only has a first name listed on their Civi record despite there being a first and last name for them attached to their donation at Gr4vy. I'm assuming it's the same scenario where the info we had existing at Civi was not updated to the information we now have associated with their new donation at Gr4vy.

Thanks @AMJohnson. We are still working on that patch.

Thanks @Lars!

Just adding in another one that's come in Zendesk ticket #1872083 / CID 63574055 who noted "Hey, just got a quick question, i just donated to Wikipedia, never had an account I believe, and yet i have received an email with a donation receipt with my deadname on it, where does Wikipedia even pull that from may i ask? If it's PayPal or Google account, none of those have that name on them so im confused, the donation never stared a name will be shared. Even though little, im willing to help and donate something, but this did reach into my privacy quite a bit as I don't recall having an account, or at least, being logged in at the time of the donation even if i did.." Looks like they were affected by this too. We've corrected their name in Civi and sent them a correct receipt.

When the patch is pushed out we were curious if we're planning to go back and fix any records that were affected by this and update their name in Civi? Thanks! :)