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Fishbowl 2026.9: reconcile entries now land in the right period, duplicate card charges closed off
Fishbowl 26.9 dates the post-shipment cost reconciliation journal entry to the shipment date in QBO and Xero (it used to be dated whenever the export ran), stops a QBO Automated Sales Tax future-ship-date failure from halting the whole export, fixes three ways Fishbowl Payments could double-record a charge, and exposes the accounting export and full work order detail through the REST API.
September 4, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.8: credit return exports fixed, PO reconciliation simplified, and a FIFO cost bug to check for
Fishbowl 26.8 fixes a cluster of credit return export bugs (wrong sign on discounts, shipping lines not reversed, COGS mirrored instead of reversed), posts one journal entry per sales order for PO reconciliation, and repairs a FIFO reconcile bug that could inflate average cost. Also new: payment status in Sales Order and Shipping, a one-click Update Pricing button, bulk location renaming, and more REST API transfer order actions.
August 25, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.7: QuickBooks/Xero connections that stay connected, no more duplicate invoices, and job costing in QBO
Fishbowl 26.7 auto-refreshes QuickBooks Online and Xero tokens so connections stop dropping, stops the export bug that double-posted invoices when an account was missing, brings customer/job to QBO journal entries, and adds REST API endpoints for transfer orders and work order memos. Plus MySQL 8.0 EOL and upgrade notes.
July 14, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.6: read-only location groups, more REST API, and a QuickBooks export fix we've waited for
Fishbowl's 26.6 release adds read-only location groups, several REST API additions, and a QuickBooks Online export fix that finally surfaces the real error behind Business Validation failures.
June 25, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.5: Transfer Order API, secure REST calls from BI reports, and the QBO price-mismatch fix
Fishbowl 26.5 brings REST API Transfer Order operations, apiFetchAsync for BI reports, an Intuit Enterprise Suite integration option, and the fix for QBO's 'Amount is not equal to UnitPrice * Qty' export error.
May 20, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.4: granular import/export rights, USPS validation restored, and credit-return tax fixes
Fishbowl 26.4 adds per-operation import/export access rights, password expiration policies, a working USPS address validation integration, and fixes for Canadian QBD tax rounding and TaxJar/QBO credit-return taxes.
April 14, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.3: the MySQL 8.4 upgrade path, REST API shipments, and QuickBooks/Xero export fixes
Fishbowl 26.3 adds an optional MySQL 8.4 auto-upgrade ahead of the September deadline, REST API shipment/payment/product search, Level 2/3 payment data, and fixes for QBO currency and Xero class-tracking exports.
March 23, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.2: new BI dashboards, remote server administration, and a REST API performance overhaul
Fishbowl 26.2 ships five redesigned BI dashboards, a Server Administration module with remote restart, REST API memo endpoints, and a performance rework that fixes Java heap errors on large datasets.
February 19, 2026 →Fishbowl 2026.1: the Java 21 era begins, and four things to check before you upgrade
Fishbowl 26.1 opens the Java 21 generation. Before you upgrade: MySQL 5.7 is gone, custom plugins are done, Fishbowl Anywhere is on hold, and upgrades from 2025.9 or older need a coordinated install.
January 15, 2026 →