NetSuite 2025.1 Release Notes
A clear, business-first summary of the NetSuite 2025.1 release: around 95 documented changes across 18 functional areas, with NetSuite's first wave of embedded AI, stronger banking and AP automation, and a security deprecation to plan for. Velaura breaks down what is new and what it means for your operation.
What is in the NetSuite 2025.1 release?
NetSuite 2025.1 is the first major release of 2025 and introduces around 95 documented changes across roughly 18 functional areas. The most significant theme is the arrival of embedded AI, including the CPQ AI Assistant, alongside stronger automation in banking and accounts payable, deeper analytics, and improvements across inventory, order management, and a new retail focus.
This release also carries an important security change: the end of support for the RSA PKCSv1.5 scheme in OAuth 2.0, which affects some integrations. NetSuite rolls releases out in phases, so accounts move to 2025.1 on different dates within the window. Below we summarize the highlights that matter most to finance, operations, and IT, flag the deadlines that need action, and explain what each change means in practice.
Key updates and action items in 2025.1
A few 2025.1 changes carry deadlines or deserve a plan. These are the ones worth putting on the calendar.
End of RSA PKCSv1.5 in OAuth 2.0
Support for the RSA PKCSv1.5 scheme in OAuth 2.0 ends in 2025.1. Update affected integrations to a supported signing scheme to avoid authentication failures.
CPQ AI Assistant available
NetSuite's CPQ AI Assistant arrives to support product configuration. Plan how and where to introduce AI assistance to your sales and configuration teams.
AP automation with Bill Capture
Expanded AP automation and bill capture streamline vendor bill entry. Review your AP workflow to take advantage of the automation.
Banking auto-create rule changes
Auto-create rule management and behavior change for bank transaction matching. Review your banking rules so reconciliation continues smoothly.
Advanced Partner Center permissions
Advanced Partner Center role permissions are updated. Review partner access if you use the Partner Center.
Release Preview testing window
Request the Release Preview environment under Setup, Company, Release Preview to test 2025.1 against your account before the upgrade reaches you.
NetSuite's first wave of embedded AI
2025.1 marks the point where AI moves from concept to feature, starting in product configuration and finance automation.
- ✓CPQ AI AssistantAI support inside CPQ to speed and simplify product configuration for sales teams.
- ✓AP automation & Bill CaptureExpanded automation for entering and processing vendor bills, reducing manual data entry in accounts payable.
- ✓Uplift decimal precisionUplift pricing gains decimal precision to eight places for more accurate financial calculations.
Smarter reconciliation and deeper insight
Banking automation, analytics, and inventory all advance, with a new retail focus joining the mix.
- ✓Banking automationImproved auto-create rule management, behavior, and automatic transaction creation for faster, cleaner reconciliation.
- ✓SuiteAnalyticsContinued analytics enhancements for more flexible reporting and deeper operational insight.
- ✓Inventory, order & retailAdvances in inventory and order management, plus a dedicated retail focus for omnichannel sellers.
2025.1 highlights at a glance
A quick tour of where the changes land, so you can jump to what matters for your team.
AI
The CPQ AI Assistant marks NetSuite's first embedded AI feature, supporting faster, more accurate product configuration.
Banking
Improved auto-create rule management and behavior, plus enhanced automatic transaction creation rules for cleaner reconciliation.
Accounts payable
AP automation with Bill Capture streamlines vendor bill entry and reduces manual keying.
Accounting
Uplift pricing decimal precision extends to eight places for more accurate financial calculations.
SuiteAnalytics
Continued analytics and reporting enhancements for more flexible, insightful dashboards.
Inventory & order management
Enhancements across inventory and order management that streamline fulfillment and operational accuracy.
Retail
A dedicated retail focus supports omnichannel sellers managing stores, inventory, and customers.
Employee Management
SuitePeople and employee management refinements that streamline workforce processes.
Authentication & security
End of support for the RSA PKCSv1.5 scheme in OAuth 2.0 and updated Advanced Partner Center permissions.
Turning 2025.1 changes into real value
A release only helps if the right changes are adopted in the right way. Here is how a few 2025.1 highlights translate into outcomes.
AI enters NetSuite
The CPQ AI Assistant brings embedded AI to product configuration.
Pilot AI assistance with your sales team to speed quoting and reduce configuration errors.
AP automation expands
Bill Capture and AP automation reduce manual vendor bill entry.
Reroute AP through automation to cut keying, speed approvals, and close payables faster.
OAuth security change
Support for RSA PKCSv1.5 in OAuth 2.0 ends.
Audit integrations now and move to a supported signing scheme before authentication breaks.
Banking rules change
Auto-create rule management and behavior are updated.
Review and retune banking rules so transaction matching and reconciliation stay accurate.
Decimal precision improves
Uplift pricing supports eight decimal places.
Apply precise contracted price changes without rounding drift on long-term subscriptions.
Retail focus arrives
A dedicated retail capability set joins the release.
Tighten omnichannel inventory and customer data for sellers operating across stores and online.
From release notes to a release plan
Reading the notes is the easy part. Applying them safely in a live account is where the Velaura NetSuite team comes in.
Release review
We map the changes to your account, configuration, and customizations to see what is relevant and what needs action.
Impact & risk check
We flag deadlines, deprecations, and any custom scripts or integrations that the release could affect.
Sandbox testing
We test the changes and any new features you want in a sandbox before anything touches production.
Adoption plan
We prioritize the features that deliver real value and build a plan to configure and roll them out.
Enablement
We configure the chosen features, update dashboards and workflows, and train your team on what changed.
Ongoing support
We stay on through the next release cycles, so each NetSuite update is an opportunity rather than a scramble.
A NetSuite partner who reads every release for you
New features only pay off when someone connects them to how your business runs. That is the work we do every release.
Business-first reading
We translate release notes into what matters for finance, operations, and commerce, not a wall of technical detail.
Working in Oracle ERP since 2013
More than a decade across NetSuite and the wider Oracle ERP family, through release after release.
Test before you deploy
We validate changes and new features in a sandbox so production stays stable through every upgrade.
Deadline aware
We track deprecations and cutoff dates so security and integration changes never catch you by surprise.
Adoption that sticks
We prioritize the features worth enabling and make sure your team actually uses them after go-live.
Support beyond the release
On-demand consultants keep your NetSuite account improving release after release.
Results from teams who trusted us
"They piloted the CPQ AI Assistant with our sales team and tuned it to our catalog. Quoting got noticeably faster."
"They caught the OAuth deprecation before it hit us and updated our integrations. Zero downtime on authentication."
"Bill Capture and AP automation cut hours of manual entry every week. Our payables close is materially faster."
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