Review the features and capabilities (from Automation Anywhere or third party) that are nearing deprecation to understand how they affect your automation and what action is required.

Definition: Deprecation refers to features or capabilities available in the current (latest) release that are planned to be removed or unsupported in a future release.

You can use the specified alternatives or updated versions when they are made available.

Third-party deprecations

The following table lists the upcoming third-party features that will be deprecated by the date mentioned:

Feature or capability Deprecation date Customer impact and recommendation Resources
Microsoft Windows 10 Operating system October 2025 Microsoft will be deprecating support for Windows 10 operating system (OS). Microsoft recommends that you move to Windows 11 OS for the following reasons:
  • Continue to receive feature and security updates for Microsoft Windows and Office applications.
  • Avoid performance or reliability issues.
  • For environmental consistency

Starting from Automation 360 v.39 release (planned for October 2025), installing or updating Bot Agent on Windows 10 operating system will not be supported. Therefore, we recommend that you update your Bot Runner devices to Windows 11 before deploying your automations.
Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 8 (or Windows 8.1) operating systems June 2025 Microsoft will be deprecating the support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 (or Windows 8.1) operating systems. In order to continue receiving feature and security updates for Windows and Office applications, and avoid performance or reliability issues, Microsoft recommends that you move to a supported Windows operating system and have an environmental consistency.

Starting from Automation 360 v.37 release, support for installing or updating Bot Agent on these operating systems will not be available.

 End of support for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7
Microsoft Azure ACS deprecation April 2, 2026 Microsoft is retiring Azure ACS and recommends migrating to their modern authentication platform, Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure AD).

Recommended:The Automation 360 SharePoint package is fully compatible with Entra. Simply set up your OAuth clients and use them within the SharePoint package to ensure a smooth transition and avoid any disruption to your SharePoint automations.

 Azure ACS Deprecation

Automation Anywhere deprecations

The following table lists Automation Anywhere features that will be deprecated by the date mentioned:

Feature or capability Deprecation date Customer impact and recommendation Resources
AISense Recorder With Automation 360 v.36 release Starting from Automation 360 v.36 and Recorder package 4.0.x, the AISense Recorder will no longer be supported on devices that use special versions of Microsoft Windows, that is, the Windows N and K versions.
Note: Use a Recorder package version earlier than 4.0.x to use AISense Recorder in Windows N and K versions.
Discovery Bot November 2025

This deprecation will impact customers using Discovery Bot.

For customers interested in continuing with task mining and help to discover opportunities for automation within your organization, we recommend exploring our Automation Anywhere Process Discovery Cloud offering: Process Discovery
Note: Reach out to your Customer Service representative or the Account Management Team to get more details.
These are some key points for the Discovery Bot deprecation:
For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
IQ Bot Cloud March 2026 This deprecation will impact customers who are using IQ Bot Cloud deployments. We recommend that such customers evaluate the transition plan for moving from IQ Bot Cloud to Document Automation. See IQ Bot to Document Automation: Transition plan.
Note: Contact your Customer Service representative or the account management team for more details.
These are some key points for the IQ Bot deprecation:
  • End of maintenance and support for any development, patches, bug fixes, technical support, or security updates.
  • Product documentation will be available on the Automation Anywhere public documentation portal till March 2026: Automation 360 IQ Bot Cloud.
 IQ Bot Cloud End of Life - Frequently Asked Questions

Automation Anywhere API deprecations and EoLs

The following table lists Automation Anywhere Control Room APIs that will be deprecated and discontinued by the dates mentioned. For more information on the API deprecation policy, see API deprecation policy.

Feature or capability Deprecation date EoL date Customer impact and recommendation Resources
v1 Bot Scheduler APIs With v.34 release (planned for September 2024) With v.38 release (planned for September 2025) The v1 Bot Scheduler APIs (/v1/schedule/automations) will be deprecated.

Recommended: Use the v2 Bot Scheduler APIs /v2/schedule/automations that will be available with the v.34 release.

 Automations API
v3 Work Load Management (WLM) APIs With v.34 release (planned for September 2024) With v.38 release (planned for September 2025) The following v3 Work Load Management (WLM) APIs are getting deprecated:
  1. POST/v3/wlm/workitemmodel
  2. GET /v3/wlm/workitemmodels/{id}
  3. GET /v3/wlm/queues/{id}
  4. POST /v3/wlm/queues/{id}/consumers
  5. POST /v3/wlm/queues/{id}/participants
  6. PUT /v3/wlm/queues/{id}/members/{userId}
  7. POST /v3/wlm/queues/{id}/file
  8. PUT /v3/wlm/queues/{id}/workitems/{workItemId}
Recommended: Use the v4 WLM APIs that will be available with the v.34 release:
  1. POST/v4/wlm/workitemmodel
  2. GET /v4/wlm/workitemmodels/{id}
  3. GET /v4/wlm/queues/{id}
  4. POST /v4/wlm/queues/{id}/consumers
  5. POST /v4/wlm/queues/{id}/participants
  6. PUT /v4/wlm/queues/{id}/members/{userId}
  7. POST /v4/wlm/queues/{id}/file
  8. PUT /v4/wlm/queues/{id}/workitems/{workItemId}
 Workload Management API

Completed deprecations: For a list of features already deprecated, see Completed feature deprecations.