Odoo 20 moves field tracking into a new module.
After an upgrade, check whether it should be installed.
So put the mail_tracking module on your Odoo 20 go-live list. Here's why.
While migrating Nova Forms to Odoo 20, AI development & migration skills spotted it:
The model mail.tracking.value has moved out of mail into a brand new module → mail_tracking
🔗 From the GitHub commit.
Moved the `mail.tracking.value` model to a dedicated module for better separation of concerns.
- Makes tracking optional, modular, and easier to maintain.
- Existing mail functionality remains unaffected.
- Reduces database size for systems that do not require tracking.
The tracking= attributes are still set on the fields, all over the standard modules. Nothing breaks. However ...
- mail_tracking is not installed by default.
- No auto_install. So the chatter may still log that something happened, but the old → new values are no longer stored anywhere.
That's on a fresh Odoo 20 database.
Whether the official Odoo upgrade installs mail_tracking for databases that already carry tracking history, I don't know yet (those upgrade scripts aren't public).
I'm curious how this evolves. Until now it seems all or nothing, per database.
Because what I'd expect next is configurable tracking: rules per model, eg defined by a domain.
- Track res.partner only for customers and vendors.
- Track account.move only once it's posted.
It seems a decisive move. Lean core, opt-in audit trail.
But when your database requires compliance, or your users simply expect to see who changed what, this one matters.
Put mail_tracking on your Odoo 20 migration and go-live list.