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ongoing system outages, performance issues
Hi Xero,
I am writing to formally raise concerns about the ongoing system outages, performance issues, and the broader impact these disruptions are having on my ability to complete client work.
Over recent months, Xero has experienced repeated outages too many changes and significant slowdowns. These issues directly affect productivity, delay essential bookkeeping and compliance tasks, and ultimately result in lost income. As a bookkeeper who relies on Xero daily, this level of instability is becoming increasingly difficult to manage.
What has been particularly disappointing is that, despite these ongoing problems, Xero has announced further price increases. It feels as…1 voteThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.
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curser
When taken to the 2FA page. Have the curser already in the text box field.
Should not have to move the mouse into the box and click before typing in 2FA1 voteThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.
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Opportunity to Improve Purchases Module and Invoice Automation in Xero
Dear Xero Team,
I would like to share a constructive observation regarding the Purchases module, specifically around the management and automated processing of bills.
From a user perspective, the bills segment currently feels underserved and lacking ongoing optimization. This represents a clear opportunity for improvement and growth. Many of us who use Xero regularly recognize that the automated invoice capture and processing system does not meet expectations, particularly in terms of data extraction accuracy.
While the feature that allows forwarding invoices to a designated Xero email address is a step in the right direction, it has notable limitations in practice:
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Pop out for JAX
Create a button on Jax that allows the dialog box to "Pop Out" or detach from Xero. It makes no sense that I have to copy directions from Jax to paste into Word so I can follow the often multi-step instructions that cannot be done while Jax is active.
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Request for Duplicate Invoice Submission Prompt
Hi Xero Support Team,
We would like to suggest a system enhancement. Could you please explore the possibility of having a prompt message appear to vendors whenever a duplicate invoice is submitted to us?
Currently, duplicate submissions create additional manual checks and reconciliation work for our Finance team. A prompt at the point of submission would help prevent errors, reduce rework, and improve efficiency.
Thank you for considering this request. We look forward to your feedback.
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timed log out
The automatic, timed log-out leaves data visible on screen for a few seconds before reverting to a log-in screen. This may be browser specific (I tend to use Chrome) but there is a small security or privacy risk when this happens if whoever sees it isn't meant to. And once you know it happens, you can plan for it. I haven't tried it yet, but a screengrab seems a simple approach. I'm not clear on the mechanism to fix this, however, but I thought it would be a good, if trivial, improvement.
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link to XPM dashboard from Xero tax returns
When I have finished working in a tax return, I would like to return to the XPM dashboard directly, rather than having to click back to the client, client list or job list. Would it be possible to add a dashboard button at the top menu?
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Having different user access levels for different reports and areas of business
Within Xero, the current “Invoice Only” user access level could be enhanced to allow access to reports that are directly relevant to their role. This would include areas such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, and customer and supplier reports, while still restricting access to broader financial reports like the Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet.
Although users with this profile can enter, approve, and pay invoices, they are currently unable to generate key supporting reports such as receivables ageing to follow up overdue debtors or payables reports to monitor outstanding obligations. Introducing more tailored reporting access within this user level…
3 votesThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.
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Clarity on Statements
When sending clients statements, clients cannot view their payments clearly. For example our client made a payment on 8th September however all he could see was the allocation rather then the actual payment.
Is there a way for the statement to show the payment as well as/ instead of how it was allocated to make it easier for clients to understand2 votesThanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.
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Visual communication between client and accountant
I need to be able to leave a note (like postit note) somewhere in the product to my accountant. They would be notified and be able to go exactly to the view I have a question/comment about and respond right there.
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Name, dates and times on Xero chat support logs
When speaking to Xero support on a chat can Xero show the date, time of each part of the chat please like most other providers do each time each party of the chat types something in. It's really handy to refer back to.
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Subscribe to Status updates
Ability to be able to subscribe (via email) to Status updates and incidents for all or selected options within Xero, via the Status page.
A problem with Projects the other day, there was NO alert, no notification. I was entering data thinking it was being saved. Only by accident did I notice my whole day of adding time was gone, went to the discussions then to the status page to see the incident report.
If I was aware of the issue, I could have done manual recording of time.
Other brands like Webflow, Squarespace and many others do this.
How…
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Xero Film Production Accounting Software
I would love Xero to create a piece of software for Film Production Accountants - Xero4Film!
I work doing some film production accounting/bookkeeping for feature film companies in the UK as well as doing standard accounting for small businesses. Currently the software used for film productions seems to be Eclipse or Smart Accounting. Neither of these are very user friendly and I wondered if there was a possibility of Xero bringing out a version of its accounting software that could be used by Film Production Accountants. There are a few other software options out there eg Creative Computing but they…
1 voteHi Elizabeth thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. We understand how a software especially for film production may be useful! We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!
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Assurance dashboard | Contacts - Contacts with same bank account
I'm in the Assurance Dashboard in a client's datafile, doing a quick audit trail check for things that might need fixing or looking at, and I noticed that there were a couple of contacts being flagged as having the same bank account. So I looked at those contacts, and yes they do have the same bank account... Because one of them was merged into the other and then archived!
It's been dealt with, and should no longer be coming up as flagged for checking.
1 voteHi Freya, thanks for your feedback regarding the Assurance Dashboard. You’ve highlighted an important point about how archived and merged contacts are still being flagged.
We’ve moved your suggestion to Gaining Support, meaning it’s now live for community voting. This allows us to monitor the idea's momentum and better understand its impact on our users.
To clear the flag manually, you can briefly restore the contact, update the bank account details by adding a number to it, and archive it again. While we understand this isn't an ideal solution, it will resolve the immediate display issue. If you have any other questions, our support team is always here to help.
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Reconciliation - Automatically allocate Subscription Sales into Unearned Income and Earned Income based on timing
Allow front-loaded revenue (such as annual subscriptions or project fees) to be automatically allocated to Unearned Income (i.e. a liability) and then gradually transferred to earned Subscription Sales Revenue.
As a small business owner which sells hundreds of annual subscriptions to our service (different price packages and different start dates for each customer), it would be really handy to know how much of that received money has been 'earned' and how much remains 'Unearned Income'. On Day-1, 100% of it is unearned income (and would need to be refunded if we close as a business), on Day-183, 50% is in…
1 voteHi Damon! Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.
We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!
Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero. Cheers!
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Subscription & Billing - Send payment failure alerts to the Billing Contact
It's a huge problem for me that when billing fails for an entity, no notification is sent to the billing contact, only the subscriber (me) gets notified. If I'm on holiday, and something goes wrong with billing, people get locked out of the platform.
There should at least be an option for the billing contact to receive these messages, if not the default setting. I can't think of any reason I wouldn't want my billing contact to know that the payment to Xero has failed. My book-keeper doesn't know something has gone wrong until she is locked out of Xero.
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4 votesHi Alan, thanks for sharing this idea. This would be useful for situations when a payment fails, allowing a nominated user to be notified as well so action can be taken quickly and avoid being locked out.
A simple workaround for now is setting up an email forwarding rule from noreply@post.xero.com
or subscription.notifications@post.xero.com
to your bookkeeper or Billing Contact. It’s not a permanent fix, but it can help make sure the right person sees the alert sooner.
I’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can see how many in the community would value more flexibility in who receives these notifications. If this would help your team, please add your vote or share your experience—it really helps us understand the impact.
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Reporting - Real-time ESG insights inside Xero to help small businesses understand their impact
Small businesses increasingly want to understand the environmental and social impact of their spending — but ESG tools are complex, expensive, and built for large enterprises.
Xero is uniquely placed to change that.
Idea:
Embed lightweight, real-time ESG context directly into Xero, so small businesses can understand the impact behind everyday transactions — without extra systems or reporting burden.What this could look like:
• ESG indicators at transaction or supplier level (e.g. climate, labour, governance risk)
• Simple, plain-English insights alongside payments and invoices
• Optional summaries over time (e.g. “This quarter’s spend impact”)
• No scores to manage…3 votesHi Andrew , thanks for raising this idea here. We understand the business need to report on environmental and social impact for your business. For this reason, we're moving this idea to gain more support from the community. Now it's upto the community to get behind it and support it. Feel free to share this idea with your friends and colleagues who would also benefit from this feature being added on so they can share their thoughts and add on a vote as well! :)
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Billing and Subscriptions - Simplify reactivation of subscriptions.
Make the reactivate process easier. Currently you need to change the selection to "All" under myxero. Hidden in the filter icon, could be more obvious with a visible drop down when you click subscription tab.
Current process
Select the Subscriptions tab.
Click the filter icon next to the search bar, select All, and search by the organisation name.1 voteHi Hunter, thanks for sharing your idea here.
We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!
We will monitor this space for further updates.
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JAX - Allow JAX in Demo Company
We would like our staff to be able to experiment with JAX outside of our clients accounts - to do this, we would like JAX to be available in the Demo Company and it is not currently.
5 votesThanks for your feedback on enabling JAX in Demo Company. We appreciate you sharing how important it is for your team to explore JAX's capabilities in a test environment.
We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!
Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.
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Xero Certification - Suggestion to reduce or remove the 24-hour lockout period
24 HOUR LOCK WHEN CERTIFICATION TEST "FAILS" NEEDS REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
We have a trainee going through his Xero certification. He timed out the first test. He is now locked out for 24 hours.
We can't have him spending weeks doing this.
LOCK NEEDS REMOVED IMMEDIATELY
6 votesHi team, we appreciate the feedback however want to be upfront here that we don't have any plans on removing the 24 hours lock off period - This 24 hour cooling off period is designed to give a user time to visit the learning needed to close any skills gap.
Certifications is a test of a users ability to carry out tasks in Xero accurately.
We generally recommend completing the full learning course first as it covers everything a user needs to know to pass.
The direct assessment route is really for those that have been certified before. You use Xero daily and have all the skills, and are just needing to get certified.
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