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+# Copyright 2025 Le Filament (https://le-filament.com)
+# License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html).
+from openupgradelib import openupgrade
+
+
+def _assign_journal_xmlids(env):
+    """
+    Starting in Odoo 17, Odoo expects journals to get external id
+    like account.1_sale for sale journal on company 1
+    We therefore assign xmlids to existing journals so that they will not be recreated
+    """
+    for company in env["res.company"].search([("chart_template", "!=", False)]):
+        template_data = env["account.chart.template"]._get_chart_template_data(
+            company.chart_template
+        )
+        existing_journals = (
+            env["account.journal"]
+            .with_context(active_test=False)
+            .search(env["account.journal"]._check_company_domain(company), order="id")
+        )
+        for xmlid, journal_data in list(
+            template_data.get("account.journal", {}).items()
+        ):
+            if not env.ref(xmlid, raise_if_not_found=False) and "type" in journal_data:
+                journal = existing_journals.filtered(
+                    lambda j: j.type == journal_data["type"]  # noqa: B023
+                )[:1]
+                if journal:
+                    existing_journals -= journal
+                    env["ir.model.data"]._update_xmlids(
+                        [
+                            {
+                                "xml_id": f"account.{company.id}_{xmlid}",
+                                "record": journal,
+                                "noupdate": True,
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    )
+
+
+@openupgrade.migrate()
+def migrate(env, version):
+    _assign_journal_xmlids(env)