Spire 4.1 was released on September 16, 2026; the latest update in this version is 4.1.1 (October 7, 2026). Below are Spire Systems’ release notes for every 4.1 release, organised by area, newest first. Spire 4.x and Spire 3.x are separate lines; these notes are for Spire 4. All Spire 4.x release notes.

In this version: 4.1.1 · 4.1

Highlights

  • User Roles and better audit history. Spire 4.1 adds User Roles, and every table now records which user created and last modified each record.
  • Spire Advisor licence. A new licence type gives access to General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable only.
  • Email. Choose the From address when sending, and purge old email message history.
  • Spire Web. Location/Profit Centre setup, a Cash Out process, a Sales section on customers, serial counts, and stored comments on POS and sales order lines.
  • Spire 4.1.1 is a maintenance update: a fix for card-present payments with Global Payments, user deletion on Spire Cloud, a new mobile interface for Spire Web, many smaller corrections, and the changes from Spire 3.13.15.
  • For developers and report writers: new user ID fields on every table, and several Crystal reports now use parameters instead of shared variables for view-cost permissions. If you have customised these reports, compare them with the new versions.

Spire 4.1.1 (October 7, 2026)

General

General

  • Include changes from Spire 3.13.15

Spire Desktop Improvements and corrections

General

  • Correct Critical Error processing a Card Present transaction with Global Payments
  • Allow a user to be deleted on Spire Cloud

Accounts Receivable Module

  • Retain New button after navigating to next customer

Customer Module

  • Correct error creating a new Sales Order from the Edit Customer, Sales tab

General Ledger Module

  • Allow a new Foreign GL Account to be deleted when transactions exist in the base GL Account
  • Do not allow the account number or currency to be edited in the Account Reconciliation dialog

Inventory Module

  • Allow Vendor code to be saved in a Price Matrix record

Purchases Module

  • Do not populate Inventory Remaining quantity while receiving when FIFO/LIFO is not enabled
  • Rewrite Inventory On Order Qty during PO Unissue, Reissue

Sales Module

  • Correct Trio nursery error navigating Sales Orders

Spire Server Improvements

  • Correct NoneType error creating an Archive
  • Correctly restore custom reports named the same as stock reports, when importing an Archive
  • Reliably show Select Logo in Database Settings dialog
  • Allow a User Account to be deleted on Spire Cloud
  • Add a confirmation message when saving Database Settings

Spire Web Improvements and corrections

General

  • Upgrade Mobile User Interface
  • Correct auto complete when using the “/” key

POS Module

  • Use local date/time for Order Date and Invoice Date

Sales Module

  • Use local date/time for Order Date and Invoice Date
  • Improve field padding, double outlines and total footer
  • Correctly show items when clicking Toggle Kit Components
  • Refresh Total Weight as new lines are added

Spire Report Changes

  • Correct ParameterValidationError when printing Invoice (Stock) with Sales Order Batching enabled

Crystal Report Changes

  • Remove SystemsSettings subreport and replace with parameters where possible
  • Optimize SystemSettings subreport where it is still required
  • Correct export RTF from Report Preview screen
  • Correct Critical Error printing cheques to a saved printer —

Spire 4.1 (September 16, 2026)

Spire Desktop New features

General

  • Refactor program behaviour on lookups to improve stability
  • Add User Roles
  • Add user_id to all tables to improve audit information for the user that created and modified the record
  • Add support for a Spire Advisor license to access GL, AR and AP only
  • Add ability to purge email message history
  • Add ability to select a From address when sending email

Spire Desktop Improvements and corrections

General

  • Display company colour on Company and User Settings status bar
  • Correct US state selection when entering a zip code between 32000 – 39901 and 00501 – 14925 in an address
  • Disable Send button while creating attachments for single Emails
  • Remove filters for To, cc, bcc addresses on Email Lists
  • Improve performance accessing Communications records
  • Remember size and position of credit card payment dialog
  • Remove addresses and contacts records during Purge Purchase History
  • Show edited user permissions in bold

Accounts Payable Module

  • Populate Province/State after populating Postal Code during One Time entry

Accounts Receivable Module

  • Remove requirement to close record in an Open Item to access another module

General Ledger Module

  • Correct Currency filter

Production module

  • Correct Vendor column header text

Purchases module

  • Respect 0.00 Vendor Price when adding a part number to a PO line

Spire Web New Features

General

  • Add Location/Profit Centre setup
  • Add Cash Out process

Customer Module

  • Add Sales section

Inventory Count Module

  • Add Count Serials

POS module

  • Add ability to add a stored comment on a POS line

Sales module

  • Add ability to add a stored comment to a Sales Order line

Spire Web Improvements and corrections

Inventory Module

  • Improve sorting on Serialized column

Inventory Count Module

  • Improve user experience after entering a part number
  • Allow Group column size to be adjusted

POS module

  • Prevent dragging values between fields
  • Respect user settings for Line Discount permission
  • Improve barcode scanning the same item multiple times

Database Changes

  • All tables – add field _created_by_id, _modified_by_id (Spire’s notes spell this _modififed_by_id)
  • sales_order_items – add field _deleted_by_id
  • sales_order_payments – add field _deleted_by_id
  • sales_orders – add field _deleted_by_id

Spire Report Changes

  • Change POS Receipt to print on 72 mm

Crystal Report Changes

  • Accounts Receivable List by Due Date – remove duplicate line
  • Components Usage – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Kit Calculated Cost – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Kit Calculated Cost-Detailed – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Manufactured Item Calculated Cost – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Manufactured Item Calculated Cost-Detailed – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Production Template – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Production Schedule – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Production Order – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Production WIP by Order No – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Production WIP Reconciliation – replace shared variables with parameters for view cost permissions
  • Quote – remove embedded printer
  • Sales Order – remove embedded printer —

Upgrading

Spire 4 requires Windows Server 2022/2025 or Windows 11 (64-bit) or higher. Before upgrading, read Spire’s Upgrading to this Version page in the Spire 4.1 user manual.

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Source: Spire Systems Inc. release notes for Spire 4.1, 4.1.1, as published by Spire and retrieved on 2026-10-08, organised by SpireAssists. Highlights are our summary. Spire is a trademark of Spire Systems Inc.; SpireAssists is an independent Certified Spire Integration Partner.