List of Access Bug Fixes in 2026

Since 2022, Microsoft's Access team has been publishing a list of Access fixes on its blog every few months. To make this information more visible and searchable, we are collecting the full list for 2026 here and link to the Microsoft posts where you can find more description. Previous lists:  2025 (40 items), 2024 (43 items), 2023 (88 items), 2022 (54 items)

Apr 2026

Version 2603

1. Edge Browser Control didn't navigate from code when inside a tab control

2. Some Unicode characters displayed incorrectly in Quick Import

3. Modern Chart titles truncated in Print Preview

4. Some Unicode characters displayed incorrectly in exported object names

5. Some Unicode characters displayed incorrectly in error messages for long object names

6. Standard colors in Access didn't match other Office apps

7. Field.Properties("Precision") and Properties("Scale") on a query column caused the query to execute

8. Toggle filter button in status bar didn't work when no records were displayed

9. PDF files with capitalized extension didn't render in Edge Browser Control

10. Monaco SQL editor inserted blank lines in multi-line comments

Mar 2026

Version 2602

1. Monaco query editor applied unwanted autoformatting to passthrough queries

2. Monaco query editor font size did not match Access settings

3. Datasheet selection could extend past the last column

Feb 2026

Version 2512

1. Datasheet forms with nested subforms showing errors after system changes

2. F4 key did not open the Properties pane in the Query SQL editor

3. Pressing F5 in the Query SQL editor cleared all SQL text

4. Text not visible when renaming items in the Navigation Pane in dark themes

5. Advanced Filter/Sort opened a standalone query window instead of a filter window

6. Refreshing an Access ODBC connection in Excel returned an error

Version 2511

1. Query Design view showed incorrect joins after selecting SQL text