Automation 360 v.31 Release Notes

Release date: 6 December 2023

Review the top 5 features in this release and view other new features and exciting enhancements for Automation 360 v.31 release.

  • Build 21099: Automation 360 (Cloud)
  • Build 21072: Automation 360 (Cloud-Sandbox)
  • Build 21094: Automation 360 (On-Premises) and IQ Bot (On-Premises)

We have released the updated Cloud-Sandbox Build 21072 (previously Build 20926), Cloud Build 21099 (Build 21055), and On-Premises (Build 21023). For information about the updates, see Release updates.

Highlights of this release

Here are the top features in the v.31 release:

Generative AI features
  • Automator AI: Empower developers with an on-demand AI-powered automation assistant, exclusively available for our Cloud customers. Customers can harness the power of AI to:
    • Build automations quickly with natural language processing

      Describe your automation goals to Automation Co-Pilot and let it transform your ideas into automations that will speed up the development cycle.

    • Auto-complete automations using next actions

      Receive AI-driven, real-time suggestions for the next steps in your automation workflow, empowering developers of all levels to create faster and more efficient automations.

      Important: These features will be available with the Cloud rollout for Automation 360 v.31 release.

      These features require purchasing an additional license. Contact your Automation Anywhere account representative for more information.

      See Automator AI.

  • Document Automation

    As we continue to expand our document automation capabilities with generative AI, customers can now easily extract data from invoices and custom documents. This feature can be used to query and retrieve data from form fields when used with Automation Anywhere as the extraction provider.

    See Document Automation - Data extraction using generative AI.

Enterprise Platform: Unlock automation excellence
Enterprise Platform, an advanced iteration of our core automation solution, is equipped with enterprise-grade features for process, API, governance, and security. Modernize automations with API Tasks, and leverage features such as testing your API Tasks for coding best practices, exporting automations dashboard data to analyze, and storing your global cache data for more than 30 days.

See API Task | Configure and assign code analysis policy | Export Automation dashboard | Configure global cache settings.

Note: For more information about this platform, contact your Automation Anywhere account representative.
API Tasks: Efficient automation with near real-time responses
Run your automations exclusively in the Cloud, seamlessly integrating with SaaS applications and API endpoints. API Tasks provide near real-time automation responses, minimizing wait times. Save on costs with no on-premises infrastructure expenses for Windows or VMs maintenance. API Tasks are easy to build, can be integrated into processes and forms, and accessed by business users via Automation Co-Pilot in enterprise applications. You can also generate consumption-based reports, alerts, and dashboard widgets for API Tasks, gaining valuable insights and monitoring capabilities.
Note: This feature is available only for AWS environments and requires purchasing an additional license. Contact your Automation Anywhere account representative for more information.

See API Task.

Comprehensive automation coverage for Citrix XenApps
Our Automation Success Platform now supports XenApp-powered virtualization of end-to-end automation infrastructure, including virtualization of the Control Room. Customers can now perform reliable object-based automation of business applications running on remote devices even when those are accessed from a virtualized Control Room.

See Recorder package.

Enhanced security
Ensure compliance and secure access by using OAuth2 based authentication when granting users access to automate Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace applications. Users can set up an OAuth2 connection in the Control Room and consume the same OAuth2 connection in each of these applications for user authentication.

See Using Connect action:

Release updates

Date Update
26 March 2024 Build 21099 (Cloud) includes a security fix for API Task in the US East, US West, EU West, and LATAM regions. For more information, click the release download link and view the Security & Compliance reports at A-People Downloads page (Login required).
Note: In some instances, the Control Room UI can continue to show the previous build number (21072) in case of updates with no service interruptions. We are working on resolving this in future rollouts to ensure the UI reflects the accurate build number.
26 February 2024 Build 21094 (On-Premises) includes the following:
  • Support to add a custom path for HashiCorp Vault kv secrets engine when installing the Control Room (Service Cloud Case ID: 02008962).
  • Support to add a custom CyberArk Central Credential Provider (CCP) API URL when installing the Control Room (Service Cloud Case ID: 01993862, 02083095).
  • Fix for an issue when you were unable to migrate bots to a repository that was hosted on network-attached storage (NAS) using the Bot Migration Wizard (Service Cloud Case ID: 01977429).
  • Fix for an issue where you were unable to check out a bot after adding recorder actions to the bot (Service Cloud Case ID: 02094656, 02098708).
  • Fix for an issue where you could not disconnect devices from your Control Room (Service Cloud Case ID: 02107508).
  • Fix for an issue where a bot was executing twice for a single work item (Service Cloud Case ID: 02091091, 02089812, 02095841, 02096125, 02103340, 02103959).
  • Fix for an issue where the Automation Co-Pilot status was not refreshed when multiple browser tabs or windows were open.
  • Fix for an issue where the Enterprise Platform - Plus license name was displayed incorrectly on the license page.
9 February 2024 Build 21072 (Cloud) includes fixes from Cloud-Sandbox Build 21072.
7 February 2024 Build 21072 (Cloud-Sandbox) includes the following:
  • Fix for an issue where the Enterprise Platform - Plus license name was displayed incorrectly on the license page.
  • Fix for an issue where a user was unable to sign out of the Control Room in certain scenarios in a single sign-on (SSO) enabled Control Room (Service Cloud case ID: 02005687).
  • Fix for an issue where the folders in the Control Room repository were not sorted alphabetically (Service Cloud case ID: 02106069, 02106738, 02107430).
  • Fix for an issue where the authentication API displayed an error when multi-session was enabled for a user (Service Cloud case ID: 02005563).
16 January 2024 Build 21099 (Cloud) includes a fix for an issue where a bot was executing twice for a single work item (Service Cloud case ID: 02091091, 02089812, 02095841, 02096125).
10 January 2024 Cloud release
8 January 2024 On-Premises release
4 January 2024 Build 21023 (Cloud-Sandbox) includes the following:
  • Supports API Task. See API Task.
  • Fix for folder structure on the Polices > Assign page.
  • Fix for discrepancies in audit entries when modifying resiliency settings.
  • Fix for failure during concurrent check-in and check-out operations.
  • Fix for an issue where a basic user was able to change the workload management data settings.
  • Fix for an issue when users were unable to savebots when the check-in process of a large bot was in progress.
  • Fix for an issue where users without queue permissions were able to create WLM automations using API.
  • Fix for Automation Co-Pilot web forms issue when looping data of a dictionary value was not checking for an undefined condition and causing an error.
  • Fix for Automation Co-Pilot issue when deleting one of the nodes in a process caused endpoint element change from Completed to Go to (Service Cloud case ID: 02002808).
  • Fix for Automation Co-Pilot issue where the Co-Pilot URL from quick links is modified to embedded URL and when a process is run, the window was getting closed after submitting the form.
6 December 2023 Cloud-Sandbox release
Note: For documentation on previous builds of this release, see the PDFs available on this page: Automation 360 Release Notes (build versions).

What's new and changed in each product

Navigate to the following pages for details on all the updates (what's new, changed, fixed, and limitations) in each product:

Automator AI v.31 release
Automation Workspace v.31 release
CoE Manager v.31 release
Automation Co-Pilot for Business Users v.31 release
Document Automation and IQ Bot v.31 release
Process Discovery Release Notes

Learning trail for v.31 release

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