Xero API
Accounting Activities API removal
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On May 4, 2026, the Accounting Activities API was retired. Calls to GET /finance.xro/1.0/AccountingActivities/* now fail. This decommissioned endpoints including Account Usage, Lock History, Report History, and User Activities.
Calls it hits
GET /finance.xro/1.0/AccountingActivities/*
What to use instead of these calls
Use the Finance API Bank Statements endpoints, such as GET /finance.xro/1.0/BankStatementsPlus/statements, for cash flow analysis. Note that no replacement endpoints exist for account usage, lock history, report history, or user activities.
Account usage, lock history, report history and user activities have no replacement endpoint.
In Xero API's words
We decommissioned the Accounting Activities API . The Accounting Activities API—which included Account Usage, Lock History, Report History, and User Activities endpoints—was retired.
Facts
- API
- Xero API
api.xero.com - Kind
- Removal
- Announced
- May 4, 2026
- Takes effect
- May 4, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Xero API's own pages
Questions
When does this change take effect?
Calls to GET /finance.xro/1.0/AccountingActivities/* on Xero API stopped working on May 4, 2026.
What happens to calls after May 4, 2026?
They have failed since May 4, 2026.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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