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Autosave wastes invoice numbers. Having drafts meant they could be prepared and deleted if not required without using up invoice numbers.

We don't use third-party software or integrations...Autosave just plain sucks and is probably the singular, most disruptive and dumbest part of the "upgrades" brought in with "new" invoicing.

I know there are some folks out there that appear to like it, but so many of us don't and it is causing us no end of issues including monetary ones, in terms of staff time and productivity losses, not to mention direct fiscal hits (when mistakes caused by autosave lags don't get spotted before the invoices are sent!)...

Xero is all about the money, these days, so surely you should understand that?

Make it optional for Pete's sake!

We do not need to use any third party software to correct inconvenience created by "so cleaver" Xero coders. Remove autosave or make it optional!!!

Not using any third party tools! Invoicing is just horrible with auto save.

Oh great, another work-around!!

I hear you — the auto-save feature in Xero's new invoicing can definitely be frustrating when you're using third-party tools like Trello that rely on the invoice being manually saved or finalized. Auto-save often triggers too early, before all the details are complete.

At the moment, Xero doesn’t allow you to turn off auto-save in the new invoicing layout. One workaround could be adjusting your Trello integration (if possible) to trigger only when the invoice is approved or marked as sent, instead of just saved.

We've come across this issue with several clients, and it's something we cover in our training sessions. If you're looking for guidance on setting up workflows like this effectively, feel free to check out our Xero training here:
👉 https://ecloud-experts.com/xero-training/

Hope that helps!

It also slows the whole billing process down and it's slow enough as it is on the new invoicing system! How am I going to recover the extra time costs from clients for the time it's taking me to do the billing. At some points in the day it can take up to 20 seconds before I can even click on one of the boxes, then it autosaves, then another 15 seconds to move to the next box. I won't even go onto the visuals!

Invoicing is now taking me twice as long while I wait for it to catch up so I can attach a document and include it with the invoice. Who is going to pay for the extra time it's taking me? It shouldn't be my client. Maybe Xero can pay some compensation for replacing a very good invoicing system with this dysfunctional rubbish.

I can't understand the dumb logic of the coding behind the need for autosave after every word in a description cell; therefore, there is a delay in completing a simple task. Common sense would tell you to await the end of the full row before initiating autosave.

Presumably, the lag is down to the AI learning processes you are trying to utilise?

Auto-save is completely unnecessary in all but the most specific situations.
In every other scenario is it actively detrimental to efficient workflows.

Normally I'd suggest a toggle wouldn't be hard to implement, but this is Xero, so it's likely three years worth of development away.

@Mike Johnston - I've tried that and then as soon as I add a contact, all of the customer defaults kick in and it changes my accounts and tax rates or, if I haven't got any defaults set, deletes them entirely. Either way, it forces me to redo work for no reason other than Xero's dev incompetence.

Autosafe is a very frustrating default function, please Xero, have an option to switch it off, otherwise there are too many versions of the same invoice or a bill and it is extremely unprofessional and confusing!

Sharing this as it might help others frustrated with invoice auto-save (isn't everyone?).
I'm not sure if this is working in every situation but I am now avoiding auto-save by not entering a contact until the last step of invoice creation. most of our invoices are copies of previous month's so I delete the contact out as part of the copying process. Seems to be working much better and faster this way, just entering the contact as the last step before approval/saving.
Here's hoping Xero kills autosave ASAP

Autosave is ridiculously slow. Other cloud based applications are far superior - perhaps Xero could reach out and find out how to do it properly.

Hi, I was also directed here by Xero Support...Auto-Save has only recently started causing me issues when invoicing. The program slows down to a frustrating rate as it auto-saves after every entry, so to complete one line can take a minute. Try completing an invoice with 40 lines! That's 40 minutes to enter 1 invoice!! Can the auto save be less aggressive, have it do it every 20 seconds not every 3-5 seconds? Thanks

I also have been directed here and not useful at all, i DO NOT want my invoices to auto save, sometimes i need to go into them, then not use them at all for some reason or other, but it takes the invoice and auto saves it anyway! so frustrating!
Even if you go back a page or try to come out of it, it saves it
The old Xero never used to do this, you could come out of them with out any consequence at all
Come on Xero! sort it out, its clearly causing issues for everyone

Heather Plews

I looked at previous ideas where people discussed their lost transactions (bills, invoices, money sped, money received, journals). The annoying thing that Xero does not warn you when you close the browser tab with UNSAVED record. That is the way to lose your records. It does happen to me; I will discover unsaved bills when the suppliers send me their statement.

The proposed decision was to issue a warning (as, for example, Xero does in custom reports when you change the layout) so you won't lose your unsaved record.

Instead of this Xero invented autosave. We did not ask for that.

Please make the autosave optional and create a warning for all type of transactions when we are trying to close the browser tab.

To be fair , the auto save only causes me issues once I reach about 40 lines on the invoice . it slows down to a frustrating rate after 40 lines .May question is can the auto save be less aggressive , have it do it every 20 seconds not every 3-5 seconds like it does now or can we have the option to turn it off and on at out deciding?. not an totally automated feature and being a hinderance , as it is now ?.. its great idea but just too aggressive in its frequency of saving the invoice as is...

I also have been directed here and not useful at all, i DO NOT want my invoices to auto save, sometimes i need to go into them, then not use them at all for some reason or other, but it takes the invoice and auto saves it anyway! so frustrating!
Even if you go back a page or try to come out of it, it saves it
The old Xero never used to do this, you could come out of them with out any consequence at all
Come on Xero! sort it out, its clearly causing issues for everyone