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May 22, 2026

Odoo Now Lets You Generate and Revoke API Keys Through Code, Making Automated Key Rotation Finally Possible

Odoo adds programmatic API key management methods that let developers generate new keys, set expiration dates, define scopes, and revoke old credentials through RPC calls — enabling zero-downtime key rotation in automated deployments.

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May 22, 2026

Odoo Adds a Native USPS Shipping Connector With Label Printing, Rate Shopping, and Return Label Generation

Odoo ships a first-party USPS integration that connects directly to the postal service's updated API, handling label generation, rate calculation, package type selection, and return labels without third-party middleware.

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May 21, 2026

Odoo Events Now Lets Organizers Split a Single Event Into Multiple Time Slots With Per-Session Registration

Odoo introduces a multi-slot scheduling system for its Events module that lets organizers divide a single event into bookable time windows, each with its own capacity limit, calendar view, and attendee registration flow.

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May 21, 2026

Odoo Manufacturing Adds a Visual Production Overview That Turns the Kanban Board Into a Real-Time Factory Dashboard

Odoo repurposes its Manufacturing Orders Kanban view as a production overview dashboard with time-remaining estimates, color-coded status bars, component availability indicators, and flexible grouping by product, date, or material readiness.

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May 21, 2026

Odoo Inventory Adds CipherLab UHF RFID Scanner Support That Works Straight From a Web Browser

Odoo expands its RFID hardware compatibility to include CipherLab RS36 and RS38 series UHF scanners, with a setup that bypasses the Android app entirely and works through the Barcode Progressive Web App or any mobile browser.

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May 21, 2026

Odoo Barcode App Brings Package-Level Scanning to Receipts and Deliveries for Faster Warehouse Processing

Odoo extends its Barcode app with package-aware scanning for receipt and delivery operations, supporting source packages, destination packages, and nested pack-in-pack configurations that process multiple product lines with a single scan.

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May 21, 2026

Odoo Rolls Out Avalara Included, a Credit-Based Tax Engine Built for Small Businesses That Outgrow Manual Rates

Odoo launches Avalara Included, a pay-per-transaction tax calculation service built on Avalara's AvaTax engine that gives small businesses state, county, and city-level tax precision without the overhead of an enterprise Avalara contract.

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May 20, 2026

Odoo Rebuilds Bank Reconciliation Around an AI Engine That Learns From Every Transaction You Approve

Odoo 19 replaces its bank reconciliation interface with an AI-driven matching system that uses OCR for statement uploads, remembers past reconciliation decisions, and auto-matches recurring transactions — turning a weekly accounting chore into a one-click approval flow.

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May 20, 2026

Odoo Point of Sale Turns Any Tablet Into a Self-Service Kiosk With Two-Tap Preset Switching

Odoo 19 ships built-in self-ordering kiosk functionality that transforms any tablet into a customer-facing order terminal, with QR-based mobile ordering, preset mode switching between eat-in and takeout, and combo deal builders that work without cashier intervention.

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May 20, 2026

Odoo Retires 'Batches' and Introduces Pay Runs With a Guided Four-Step Payroll Workflow

Odoo 19 renames payroll batches to Pay Runs and wraps the entire payroll cycle in a step-by-step guided workflow that walks HR teams from work entry generation through payslip review, approval, and payment — replacing the open-ended batch screen with a directed process.

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May 19, 2026

Odoo Rental Module Splits Product Configuration Into a Dedicated Page With Goods, Services, and Nightly Period Rules

Odoo moves rental product type configuration out of the main module landing page and into a standalone section that covers goods versus services classification, delay cost defaults, app integrations, and nightly rental period check-in and check-out times.

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May 19, 2026

Odoo Time Off Gets a Standalone Type Configuration Page With Negative Balances, Payroll Links, and Tiered Approvals

Odoo separates time off type management into its own dedicated interface, covering duration formats, multi-level approval chains, allocation controls, negative balance caps, payroll work entry integration, and dashboard display customization.

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