Introducing Release Preview Account | Version – 2025.1
NetSuite has announced the availability of its latest product version, Release 2025.1, providing clients with access to the latest features and enhancements. Like past releases, customer accounts will be upgraded to Release 2025.1 within the next three months.
What is NetSuite Release Preview account?
Your Release Preview account is a full copy of your production account, which can be used to verify that all your critical processes perform as expected.
What are its benefits?
The Release Preview Guide in the New Release portlet contains all the necessary information for planning and conducting testing in your Release Preview Account. Besides testing, the Release Preview enables you to:
i) Gain early insights into the new features incorporated in the upgrade and assess their performance in a copy of your current account.
ii) Understand new features and learn the best ways to improve your business processes.
Major Release Updates includes:
1. Removal of the Ext JS Library in 2025.1
As of NetSuite 2025.1, the unsupported Ext JS library is no longer available in NetSuite. The removal of the Ext JS library may break external references to it after your account is upgraded to 2025.1. If your customizations rely on the Ext JS library’s API despite its lack of support, you must do one of the following to ensure that your customizations will continue to work after your account is upgraded to 2025.1:
■ Adjust your code to work without the use of the Ext JS library.
■ To continue using the Ext JS library, you must replace it with your own external instance of the library.
After you have made script updates, you can test these updates by requesting a change to your account that will remove the Ext JS library before your account is upgraded to 2025.1.
2. Outbound Single Sign-on (SuiteSignOn) End of Support in NetSuite 2025.1
As of NetSuite 2024.1, support for the Outbound Single Sign-on (SuiteSignOn) feature ended in non-production accounts, such as sandbox accounts. As for NetSuite 2025.1, this feature will no longer be supported in production accounts.
If you want to keep your integrations working, you must replace them with new integrations using NetSuite as OIDC Provider feature. This feature is more secure, modern, and a more reliable authentication method. For more information, see the help topic NetSuite as OIDC Provider. Consider switching to NetSuite as OIDC Provider feature as soon as possible.
3. Additional Changes to Hidden Files
The stack property of Error instances and the .toString() method on functions will be functionally discontinued in hidden files. The following changes will take place in NetSuite 2025.1, with an estimated date of June 2025:
■ Usage of functionName.toString() where functionName is part of a hidden file will result in an error.
■ The stack property of an Error instance (i.e., Error.stack) will no longer show the trace of a function if it is a part of a hidden file.
As a script owner, if you use functionName.toString() or Error instances’ stack property in a hidden file, you must remove such usages to prevent the script functionality from breaking in target accounts.
4. End of Support for RSA PKCSv1.5 Scheme for OAuth 2.0
As of March 1, 2025, the RSA PKCSv1.5 scheme in algorithms for token signing for the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow will no longer be supported for security reasons.Update your integrations to use the RSA-PSS scheme, if you want to keep them working. The length of the RSA key must be 3072 bits, or 4096 bits. Alternatively, you can use an EC key instead. The length of the EC key must be 256 bits, 384 bits, or 521 bits.
If you use any integrations provided by a third party, you must inform the third party to update the integrations to use the RSSA-PSS scheme, or the EC key.
5. Security Enhancements to External Case Response Page in Case Management
As of NetSuite 2025.1, access to the External Case Response Page is provided only through time-limited links. These links are automatically generated and sent to users whenever their support cases are updated. You can adjust the validity period of the links by the External Link Validity Period preference in Support Preferences. Allowed values range from two to eight weeks. The default value is two weeks. Users who open an expired link will be automatically prompted to generate a new time-limited link.
You can review the current validity period of a specific link in the External Link Expiration Date field on an associated support case record.
6. End of Support for the NetSuite.com Data Source
Previously, a process was started to remove the NetSuite.com data source from SuiteAnalytics Connect. As part of this process, support is now ending for the NetSuite.com data source. This means that the NetSuite.com data source is still available, but support cases requesting bug fixes or performance enhancements for the NetSuite.com data source will not be considered. The only exception to this rule is
if the data source is down. To avoid disruption when the NetSuite.com data source is removed, you must complete all of the required actions to use SuiteAnalytics Connect with the Netsuite2.com data source only.
7. Removal of OAuth 1.0 Token-Based Authentication Support
In SuiteCloud SDK, starting February 2025, SuiteCloud SDK Version 24.1 will no longer be available for new installations. Version 24.1 is the last version that supports Token-Based Authentication (TBA) and OAuth 1.0. Existing installations will continue to work, however, OAuth 1.0 support will eventually be removed from SuiteCloud SDK version 24.1 and older versions. At that point, version 24.1 and older versions of the tools
will stop working.If you are still using older versions of the SuiteCloud SDK tools, you should upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. The latest version of the SuiteCloud SDK tools use OAuth 2.0 protocol for authorization.
How can we assist in this process?
As part of our regular process, we conduct bi-annual release preview testing for our approved customers. During this process, we thoroughly examine various flows such as O2C (ORDER-TO-CASH), P2P (PROCURE-TO-PAY), L2C (LEAD-TO-CASH), etc., ensuring that the normal working flows remain unaffected by the new release. We also offer help to:
1. Assess how new features might affect the existing configurations, customizations, and integrations in the client’s NetSuite instance.
2. Our NetSuite consultants can conduct training sessions for the client’s employees to familiarize them with the new features and changes introduced in the release, if required.
3. Additionally, we meticulously document the test scenarios and error logs.
To request your Release Preview account, your NetSuite Administrator should navigate to
Setup > Company > Release Preview and click the Request Release Preview button. He/she will receive an email notification when your Release Preview account is ready to use.
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