Odoo.sh in practice

Projects, branches and stages, builds, the editor and shell, logs, mails, backups, upgrades and what changed in 2026.

In this lesson

Branches, stages and builds
Logs, shell, mails, monitor and backups
Upgrades and current platform notes

Key points

Production / staging (neutralised copy of prod) / development (fresh DB + tests)
Logs, Shell, Editor, Mails catcher, Monitor, Backups, Settings
Submodules for third-party addons; requirements.txt for Python
Upgrades via staging; v14 deprecated on Odoo.sh 31 Oct 2026; changes only via Git

Real-world example

A merge to production broke checkout on a Friday. The consultant restored nothing: Odoo.sh's build history showed the last good commit; reverting the merge in Git and pushing rebuilt production in minutes. The postmortem added 'test checkout on staging' to the PR template.

Questions and answers

What happens to outgoing mail on staging?

It's captured in the Mails tab instead of being sent.

How are Python dependencies installed on Odoo.sh?

requirements.txt in the repository.

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