Release Notes

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Release Details

Bloomberg Terminal
Office Tools
Version Release Date Release Notes
178.6.81 September 11th 2025 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
177.5.81 September 4th 2025 • BBCOMM version update
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Fix possible issue with Excel exports from App Portal applications
176.5.81 August 14th 2025 • Fix to a possible crash when receiving IB Blasts
175.5.81 August 5th 2025 • Fix to a possible issue when loading some of the App Portal applications
174.6.81 July 21st 2025 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
173.6.81 July 10th 2025 • BBCOMM version update
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
171.4.81 June 5th 2025 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
170.2.81 May 27th 2025 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
169.5.81 May 14th 2025 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
168.3.81 April 29th 2025 • Enhanced support for Bloomberg Keyboard 5
167.6.81 April 14th 2025 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
166.6.81 April 7th 2025 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
165.7.81 March 24th 2025 • Updated Terminal Software sotr package to include Webview component
• BBCOMM version update
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
164.5.81 March 4th 2025 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
162.5.81 January 30th 2025 • BBCOMM version update
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
160.13.81 January 21st 2025 • Fix an issue where an error popup could cause terminal crashes
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
159.4.81 December 18th 2024 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
158.6.81 December 5th 2024 • BBCOMM version update
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
157.7.81 November 21st 2024 • This version is no longer compatible with Windows 10 (October 2017) OS build 16299
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
156.9.81 November 12th 2024 • Fix an issue which could cause crashes when switching views on a trading function
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
155.5.81 October 28th 2024 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
154.2.81 October 10th 2024 • BBCOMM version update
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
153.5.81 September 26th 2024 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
152.8.81 September 17th 2024 • Bloomberg update service enhancements
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
151.5.81 September 3rd 2024 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
150.6.81 August 15th 2024 • Fixed an isolated issue with email drag and drop on IB
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
149.5.81 August 6th 2024 • Bloomberg update service enhancements
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
148.4.81 July 18th 2024 • Bloomberg update service enhancements
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
147.6.81 July 11th 2024 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
145.3.81 June 6th 2024 • Updated Terminal Software sotr package to new installer
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
144.1.81 May 28th 2024 • Updated Terminal Software upgr package to new installer
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
143.2.81 May 15th 2024 • Updated packaging mechanism
• Legacy installer available here if needed
143.2.80 May 9th 2024 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
142.4.80 April 25th 2024 • Updated Terminal Software lite package to new installer
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
141.5.80 April 16th 2024 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
140.4.80 April 1st 2024 • Bloomberg update service enhancements
• BBCOMM version update
• Updated permissions to %ProgramData%\BLP as per Minimum File and Registry Rights
138.1.80 February 29th 2024 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
137.2.80 February 19th 2024 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
136.5.80 February 1st 2024 • Enhancements to Bloomberg Keyboard 5 detection
• BBComm installer update
135.3.80 January 22nd 2024 • Bloomberg update service enhancements
• Performance Improvements to Bloomberg Application
134.3.80 January 8th 2024 • Removal of failover to legacy Bloomberg panels
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
132.7.80 December 11th 2023 • BBCOMM version update
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
131.3.80 November 27th 2023 • Performance Improvements to Bloomberg Application
130.7.80 November 10th 2023 • Fix an occasional issue where some worksheet values were not updating as expected
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
129.5.80 October 31st 2023 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
128.5.80 October 12th 2023 • Performance Improvements to Bloomberg Application
126.1.80 September 14th 2023 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
125.1.80 August 31st 2023 • Updated Bloomberg Update Service Manager
• Performance Improvements to Bloomberg Application
124.3.80 August 21st 2023 • Fix an issue which can cause crashes while uploading files to the terminal
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
123.2.80 August 3rd 2023 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Performance Improvements to Bloomberg Application
122.5.80 July 20th 2023 • Terminal build mechanism updates
121.9.80 July 10th 2023 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
120.7.80 June 22nd 2023 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
119.4.80 June 12th 2023 • This version is no longer compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
117.3.80 May 16th 2023 • Last software version that will run on Windows 7 and Windows 8
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
116.6.80 May 1st 2023 • Fix an issue which can cause crashes on shut down or log off for some users
• Fix an issue where some users were occasionally experiencing terminal freezes
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
115.5.80 April 13th 2023 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
114.5.80 March 30th 2023 • Provide Turkish language support on pre-login screen
• BBCOMM version update
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
112.3.80 March 2nd 2023 • Fixed a sporadic issue where some pdf documents may fail to load
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
111.2.80 February 16th 2023 • New installations on Windows 8/8.1 are no longer supported
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
110.3.80 February 2nd 2023 • BBCOMM version update
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
109.2.80 January 19th 2023 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
108.7.80 January 9th 2023 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
106.7.80 December 8th 2022 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
105.5.80 November 29th 2022 • Fixed a tooltip text issue on some table based functions
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
104.8.80 November 15th 2022 • TSAPI support via CTS on tabbed mode
• Improved embedded image handling
103.6.80 October 31st 2022 • Fixed an issue where some functions would not print successfully
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
102.5.80 October 13th 2022 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
101.5.80 October 4th 2022 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
100.4.80 September 15th 2022 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
99.4.80 September 1st 2022 • BBCOMM version update and switch to modern version format represented by Branch.Build.Type
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
98.7.80 August 25th 2022 • Fix an issue where Express Login was occasionally failing for some users
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
97.3.80 August 4th 2022 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
96.8.80 July 21st 2022 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
• Fixed an issue where some App Portal applications would not load
93.7.80 June 09th 2022 • Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
• BBCOMM version update
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
92.4.80 May 26th 2022 • Fix an issue where some users could experience issues retrieving data in the Bloomberg Application
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
90.4.80 May 3rd 2022 • Fix an issue where unlocking the PC may cause some users to experience a crash
89.3.80 April 14th 2022 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Fix an issue where Bloomberg Excel formulas return #N/A Connection on certain remote access solutions
88.5.80 April 04th 2022 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
87.5.80 March 17th 2022 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
86.2.80 March 03rd 2022 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
85.4.80 February 17th 2022 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Bloomberg EIB installations are no longer supported
83.5.80 January 24th 2022 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• BBCOMM version update
• Fix an issue being unable to print from certain functions
80.12.80 December 21st 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Fix an issue with drag-drop securities to certain functions
79.3.80 November 29th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
78.3.80 November 15th 2021 • Added support for Windows 11
• BBCOMM installer update
77.5.80 October 28th 2021 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
76.6.80 October 18th 2021 • BBCOMM version update
• Legacy CPUs which don't support the popcnt instruction set are no longer supported
75.7.80 October 05th 2021 • New installations on Windows 7 are no longer supported
74.4.80 September 16th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
73.8.80 September 07th 2021 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
72.4.80 August 25th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Fix an issue causing some APPS to return a certificate error under certain conditions
71.5.80 August 09th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
70.3.80 July 27th 2021 • Fix an issue where silent crashes may occur for some users
• Improvements to the legacy APOD creation process
• BBComm version update
69.4.80 July 08th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
68.8.80 June 28th 2021 • Fix an issue causing the Bloomberg panels to not appear upon initial launch under certain conditions
67.9.80 June 17th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Fix an issue causing the graphics dashboard to close under certain conditions
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
65.7.80 May 13th 2021 • Fix an issue where some users experienced issues retrieving data in the Bloomberg Application
64.6.80 May 06th 2021 • Added support for Tabbed Windows on I-pad mode
• Fixed rare issue where a Tabbed Window would fail to run a function
62.5.80 April 5th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
61.6.80 March 18th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Installation warning for Windows 7 end of support ref Software Compatibility Matrix
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
60.8.80 March 8th 2021 • Removed Flash dependencies
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
• BBComm version update
59.8.80 February 18th 2021 • Biometric Support has been removed from legacy keyboards
• Additional files included for supporting 64bit applications
• Fix for issues while loading some Webview based applications
58.4.80 February 4th 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
57.4.80 January 22nd 2021 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
56.5.80 January 13th 2021 • Fix an issue where focus is lost when dragging and dropping data to some Bloomberg functions
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
55.8.80 December 28th 2020 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
54.12.80 December 15th 2020 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
53.16.80 December 07th 2020 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
52.9.80 November 12th 2020 • BBComm version update
• Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Switch to modern version format represented by Branch.Build.Type
51.8.80 October 29th 2020 • BBComm version update
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
50.10.80 October 15th 2020 • Performance improvements when executing macros on the Bloomberg Application
49.7.80 October 06th 2020 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application via remote session
• BBComm version update
48.6.80 September 17th 2020 • Performance and stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Users running Windows 7 must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or higher installed in order to run certain functions
47.5.80 September 03rd 2020 • Fix for printing/copying with D functionality
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
46.5.80 August 24th 2020 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
45.10.80 August 06th 2020 • Fix for running Tour Install on the landing screen
• Bloomberg update service enhancements
44.6.80 July 30th 2020 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
43.10.80 July 09th 2020 • Fix for keyboard not unlocked after running certain functions
• Fix for Quoteline not being printed
42.9.80 June 25th 2020 • Fix for printing blank pages on certain printer models with low memory allocation
• Update Bloomberg Webview API Version
40.17.80 June 15th 2020 • Stability improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Improvements to the Bloomberg Application rating service
39.6.80 May 14th 2020 • Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Support for new Classic Panels and Tabbed Windows on certain VM setups
38.8.80 April 30th 2020 • Fix to close ALT+K screen with ESC key
• Fix focus issues between windows
37.17.80 April 20th 2020 • Support for new string version format on the welcome screen
• Performance improvements to Bloomberg Application
• Improvements to shortcut execution from customized buttons
36.17.80 April 06th 2020 • Support for new Classic Panels and Tabbed Windows
• Update on Bloomberg Webview API Version
• End of support for Windows 32 bit systems
Version Release Date Release Notes
81.11.52 (32-bit) and 81.11.53 (64-bit) August 25th, 2025 • Fix an issue where BQL was not returning results for some users
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
80.18.52 (32-bit) and 80.18.53 (64-bit) July 21st, 2025 • Office Tools installer update
80.11.56 (32-bit) and 80.11.57 (64-bit) July 1st, 2025 • Fix an issue where some users were experiencing PowerPoint crashes on startup
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
79.9.56 (32-bit) and 79.9.57 (64-bit) May 29th, 2025 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
78.5.56 (32-bit) and 78.5.57 (64-bit) May 1st, 2025 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
77.9.56 (32-bit) and 77.9.57 (64-bit) April 7th, 2025 • Fix an issue where some RMS clients were seeing market data not populating in Word template
• Fix an issue where some users were not able to load charts in Microsoft Office
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
76.12.56 (32-bit) and 76.12.57 (64-bit) February 26th, 2025 • Fix an issue where some users could experience a PowerPoint hanging after saving a presentation
76.10.56 (32-bit) and 76.10.57 (64-bit) February 12th, 2025 • Fix an occasional issue where some users could experience an excel crash when loading charts
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
75.4.56 (32-bit) and 75.4.57 (64-bit) January 20th, 2025 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
74.12.56 (32-bit) and 74.12.57 (64-bit) December 17th, 2024 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
73.11.56 (32 bit) and 73.11.57 (64 bit) November 21st 2024 • Fix an issue where API Diagnostics (bxladiag) was crashing for some users
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
72.8.56 (32 bit) and 72.8.57 (64 bit) October 24th 2024 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
71.4.56 (32 bit) and 71.4.57 (64 bit) September 26th 2024 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
70.6.56 (32 bit) and 70.6.57 (64 bit) September 4th 2024 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
69.10.56 (32 bit) and 69.10.57 (64 bit) August 1st 2024 • Fix an issue where BFxCurve could get stuck on "N/A Requesting Data" when changing Currencies
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
68.8.56 (32 bit) and 68.8.57 (64 bit) July 8th 2024 • Fix an issue where Time zone = Calcutta did not work in Excel functions
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
67.10.56 (32 bit) and 67.10.57 (64 bit) June 6th 2024 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
66.8.56 (32 bit) and 66.8.57 (64 bit) May 9th 2024 • Renewed VBA certificate for Office Addin
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
65.5.56 (32 bit) and 65.5.57 (64 bit) April 11th 2024 • Fix an issue which can cause EMSX Order/Route blotter field to sometimes not update for some clients
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
64.9.56 (32 bit) and 64.9.57 (64 bit) March 7th 2024 • Fix an issue which can cause BMarketParam crashes for some users
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
62.6.56 (32 bit) and 62.6.57 (64 bit) February 20th 2024 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
61.3.56 (32 bit) and 61.3.57 (64 bit) January 4th 2024 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
60.2.56 (32 bit) and 60.2.57 (64 bit) November 30th 2023 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
59.2.56 (32 bit) and 59.2.57 (64 bit) November 2nd 2023 • BTCRUNS formulas now follow "Open External Links In" settings from ALT+D
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
58.7.56 (32 bit) and 58.7.57 (64 bit) October 5th 2023 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
57.3.56 (32 bit) and 57.3.57 (64 bit) September 7th 2023 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
56.7.56 (32 bit) and 56.7.57 (64 bit) August 10th 2023 • Fix to keyboard shortcuts for Copy/Paste intermittently failing for some clients
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
55.7.56 (32 bit) and 55.7.57 (64 bit) July 13th 2023 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
54.5.56 (32 bit) and 54.5.57 (64 bit) June 21st 2023 • Added support to set focus on a table
• Update to formula refresh logic
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
53.6.56 (32 bit) and 53.6.57 (64 bit) May 11th 2023 • Updated to webview version 1.0.0.18
• Added support to add/remove/update tables in a Word document
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
52.4.56 (32 bit) and 52.4.57 (64 bit) April 13th 2023 • Added Data Navigation to consolidated ribbon
• Fixed a sporadic Excel crash after Mobile App Market Data Lock
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
51.6.56 (32 bit) and 51.6.57 (64 bit) March 17th 2023 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
50.11.56 (32 bit) and 50.11.57 (64 bit) February 21st 2023 • Fix to EMSX API returning Invalid Parameters
• Stability improvements to Office Tools
49.10.56 (32 bit) and 49.10.57 (64 bit) January 26th 2023 • Added ability for BQR formulas to contain equal in the optional parameter
48.5.56 (32 bit) and 48.5.57 (64 bit) December 6th 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
47.5.56 (32 bit) and 47.5.57 (64 bit) November 10th 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
46.7.56 (32 bit) and 46.7.57 (64 bit) October 13th 2022 • Synchronization improvements to EBDP formulas
• Removal of SG chart types from the chart library
45.4.56 (32 bit) and 45.4.57 (64 bit) September 1st 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
44.8.56 (32 bit) and 44.8.57 (64 bit) August 4th 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
43.6.56 (32bit) and 43.6.57 (64 bit) July 13th 2022 • Improvements to the API Environment Diagnostics
42.5.56 (32 bit) and 42.5.57 (64 bit) June 2nd 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
41.3.56 (32 bit) and 41.3.57 (64 bit) May 12th 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
40.8.56 (32 bit) and 40.8.57 (64 bit) April 21st 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
39.5.56 (32 bit) and 39.5.57 (64 bit) March 22nd 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
38.3.56 (32 bit) and 38.3.57 (64 bit) February 3rd 2022 • Fix an issue where BQL Array functionality would not work properly in certain conditions
37.5.56 (32 bit) and 37.5.57 (64 bit) January 11th 2022 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
36.7.56 (32 bit) and 36.7.57 (64 bit) December 13th 2021 • Fixed an issue where Bloomberg Excel Add-in would be missing for some clients
• Fixed an issue where PowerPoint would crash after installing the latest Microsoft update
34.3.56 (32 bit) and 34.3.57 (64 bit) October 1st 2021 • Fix an issue where Bloomberg Office Tools fails to auto-update for some users
33.7.56 (32 bit) and 33.7.57 (64 bit) September 07th 2021 • Stability improvements to Office Tools
32.9.56 (32 bit) and 32.9.57 (64 bit) August 12th 2021 • Improvements to the API Environment Diagnostics
• Fixed an issue where certain formulas would occasionally fail when using different separators
31.11.56 (32 bit) and 31.11.57 (64 bit) July 13th 2021 • Fixed an issue where the date-time and time override parameter returns an error in certain conditions
30.7.56 (32 bit) and 30.7.57 (64 bit) June 21st 2021 • Enhancements to the API Environment Diagnostics tool
• Switch to modern version format represented by Branch.Build.Type
05.06.21 (32 bit) and 05.16.21 (64 bit) May 13th 2021 • End of life support for Office 2010 - ref Software Compatibility Matrix
04.06.21 (32 bit) and 04.16.21 (64 bit) April 15th 2021 • Renewed SSL certificate for Office Addin
• Fix for custom VBA macro handling new worksheets
03.06.21 (32 bit) and 03.16.21 (64 bit) March 18th 2021 • Renewed VBA certificate for Office Addin
• Fixed a sporadic issue with #NA Timeout messages displayed in some excel sheets
02.06.21 (32 bit) and 02.16.21 (64 bit) February 11th 2021 • Fixed an issue where webview-based Office Tools functionality may not load properly
01.06.21 (32 bit) and 01.16.21 (64 bit) January 11th 2021 • Improvements to the API Environment Diagnostics
12.06.20 (32 bit) and 12.16.20 (64 bit) December 21st 2020 • Stability improvements to Office Tools Applications
11.09.20 (32 bit) and 11.19.20 (64 bit) December 02nd 2020 • Small patch for November Office Tools to fix an issue running certain XLTP templates
11.08.20 (32 bit) and 11.18.20 (64 bit) November 16th 2020 • Fixed an issue where BDS and BDH formulas may not return data
10.06.20 (32 bit) and 10.16.20 (64 bit) October 26th 2020 • Support historical dates for BDP override date fields
09.09.20 (32 bit) and 09.19.20 (64 bit) September 24th 2020 • Stability fixes to the Office Tools installer
• Fixed issue where certain formulas may be stuck with requesting data
08.07.20 (32 bit) and 08.17.20 (64 bit) August 06th 2020 • Stability improvements to Office Tools installer
• Fixed issue where cell references in API formula may change to a string of characters
07.07.20 (32 bit) and 07.17.20 (64 bit) July 02nd 2020 • Fixed field limit issue within the BDH function
06.07.20 (32 bit) and 06.17.20 (64 bit) June 11th 2020 • Fixed an inconsistent intraday data display issue
05.07.20 (32 bit) and 05.17.20 (64 bit) May 08th 2020 • Fixed an issue with BPrice formulas seen in the April release
04.07.20 (32 bit) and 04.17.20 (64 bit) April 20th 2020 • Stability improvements to Office Tools Applications
03.07.20 (32 bit) and 03.17.20 (64 bit) April 04th 2020 • Fixed a crash in PowerPoint which could occur after pasting content from Excel