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June 27, 2026

Odoo Taps Australia's Open Banking Rails With Basiq Integration for Automatic Bank Feeds

Odoo adds Basiq as a bank synchronization provider, giving Australian businesses free, CDR-compliant automatic transaction feeds from every major bank — no CSV uploads, no manual imports, no third-party subscription fees.

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June 27, 2026

Odoo Replaces Its Time Off List Views With Kanban Dashboards and Redesigned Request Forms

Odoo overhauls its Time Off module with default Kanban views for leave requests and allocations, redesigned request forms with clearer field layouts, and inline approve/refuse buttons that let managers process leave requests without opening a single record.

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June 27, 2026

Odoo Ships Native Payroll for Kenya and Overhauls Australian Payroll With SuperStream and STP Phase 2

Odoo expands its payroll module to Kenya with NHIF, NSSF, PAYE, and Housing Levy support, while simultaneously delivering a comprehensive Australian payroll overhaul covering SuperStream compliance, STP Phase 2 reporting, and ATO tax scale tables.

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June 27, 2026

Odoo Finally Lets You Build Custom Tax Reports From Scratch With a Visual Report Engine

Odoo adds a custom tax report builder to its accounting module, letting businesses define their own report lines, formulas, and tax tag mappings — addressing one of the most frequently requested features for companies with non-standard tax reporting requirements.

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June 26, 2026

Odoo Renames Its Website Builder Asset Bundle and Locks Header Templates Behind an Explicit Manifest Entry

Odoo replaces the old website.assets_wysiwyg bundle with website.website_builder_assets, adds meaningful descriptions to every asset bundle in its theme documentation, and now requires developers to explicitly register header and footer templates in the manifest before they will load.

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June 26, 2026

Odoo 19 Connects Belgian Tax Filing to the Intervat API and Moves Vehicle Deductions Into the Chart of Accounts

Odoo overhauls its Belgian accounting localization for version 19 with direct Intervat API configuration in settings, a restructured fiscal categories system replacing the old disallowed expenses model, and vehicle tax deductibility rates now managed directly through the Chart of Accounts.

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June 26, 2026

Odoo Recruitment's 'Generate Offer' Button Won't Appear Without This One Module Installed

Odoo's Recruitment module hides its Generate Offer button entirely if the Salary Configurator module isn't installed, with no error message or indication that a dependency is missing — a silent gotcha that trips up HR teams who expect the feature to just work.

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June 25, 2026

Odoo Abandons Per-App Pricing and Bets Everything on Subscription Plans

Odoo Enterprise drops the per-app billing model that defined its pricing for years, replacing it with flat-rate subscription plans that bundle every module into a single per-user fee — a fundamental shift in how the platform is sold and licensed.

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June 25, 2026

Odoo Rebuilds Its Documentation Interface With MDN-Style Sliding Navigation and CSS Grid Layouts

Odoo redesigns its documentation site with a left-sliding mobile navigation inspired by MDN Web Docs, eliminates horizontal scroll on Windows with CSS grid, restyles all special terms for better legibility, and overhauls reference pages with visual parent-child relationship indicators.

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June 25, 2026

Odoo Expands Into UAE Payroll With Localized Salary Structures, WPS Compliance, and End-of-Service Calculations

Odoo adds comprehensive UAE payroll localization covering salary structures aligned with UAE Labor Law, Wage Protection System file generation, automatic end-of-service benefit calculations, overtime at statutory rates, and GCC nationality-based pension exemption rules.

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June 25, 2026

Odoo Adds Context-Aware Email Routing That Picks the Right SMTP Server for Each Company Automatically

Odoo introduces intelligent outgoing email server selection that matches the sender's From address to the correct SMTP server in multi-company environments, eliminating manual server switching and preventing cross-company email deliverability issues.

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June 25, 2026

Odoo Manufacturing Patches a Silent Trap Where Scrap Locations Could Block Entire Production Runs

Odoo adds a configuration warning to its Manufacturing module that prevents users from setting a scrap location as the destination on manufacturing orders — a mistake that silently blocks order completion with no error message, stalling production lines until someone figures out the cause.

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