Review the features and capabilities (from Automation Anywhere or third party) that are already deprecated and review how they affect your automation.

For a list of features nearing deprecation, see Upcoming feature deprecations.

Third-party deprecations

The following table lists third-party features that are already deprecated:

Feature or capability Deprecation date Customer impact and recommendation Resources
Manifest V2 based extensions June 2025 Manifest V3 extension enhances privacy, security, and performance. It brings several structural changes to how extensions are handled by the browser. In Automation 360 v.25, we published the new Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Manifest V3 extension.

Starting from Automation 360 v.26 and later releases Manifest V2 extension will not be certified. Therefore, we recommend that you migrate the browser extension from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3.

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, installing or updating Agente de bot will not be certified for these operating systems.

End of support for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 December 23, 2024 Microsoft has announced the end of support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 version. Starting from Automation 360 v.35 release, support for installing or updating Control Room on the Microsoft SQL Server 2014 will not be available.

Microsoft recommends using a newer and supported version to experience the latest features and have an environmental consistency.

Azure ACS Deprecation

Google Less Secure Apps (LSAs) deprecation

September 30, 2024 Google has announced the deprecation of Less Secure Apps (LSAs) to connect to Google Workspace using a username and password as this authentication is not secure and does not meet the industry's best practices.

Google recommends using a more secure OAuth2-based authentication to connect to Gmail.

If you are using Automation 360 to automate Gmail using Email and Email Trigger paquetes with Basic authentication, then you will be impacted by this deprecation.

The Automation 360 v.32 and prior versions of the Email paquete provides you an option to switch from Basic authentication to OAuth2 - PKCE. However, the same option is not available in the Email Trigger package.

To help reduce the risk of deprecation, from Automation 360 v.33, we have enhanced the Email and Email trigger paquetes with a new Control Room managed OAuth2 mode of authentication that you can use to automate Gmail. This authentication mode is secure and uses the centralized access token management from the Control Room.

For details, see acción Conectar en el paquete Correo electrónico

Recommended: Use the Bot Scanner utility to help you scan and identify the impacted bots that use the Correo electrónico and Email trigger paquetes to automate Gmail. You can then update the impacted bots by replacing the Basic authentication with Control Room managed OAuth2 authentication mode.

Automatizaciones de escaneo que utilizan la acción de correo electrónico para Gmail con autenticación básica

Google Less Secure Apps (LSA) deprecation

Oracle database support September 27, 2024 From Automation 360v.34, we have deprecated the support for installing Control Room on the Oracle Database. Microsoft SQL Server is the only database type that will be available for installing Control Room.
Note: If you are using Oracle database, ensure that you migrate to SQL database. For more information, see Migrate from Oracle to SQL Database (A-People login required).
Deprecation note added to Automation 360v.34 Release Notes:

Cambios

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter March 2024 Starting from Automation 360 v.32, we have deprecated the use of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. Microsoft ended the support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 in October 2023.

We recommend that you update your operating system to one of the supported versions to experience the latest features and have an environmental consistency. See Operating system, environment, and platform supported for Control Room.

Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 end of support
API de Tegaki OCR engine October 2023 From Automation 360v.30, we have deprecated use of API de Tegaki OCR engine for data extraction in Automation 360 IQ Bot. We recommend using the OCR de Google Vision engine instead.

Deprecation note added to Automation 360 v.30 Release Notes: Document Automation and IQ Bot v.30 release .

Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and TLS 1.1 April 2023 Automation 360 Nube deployments currently support the following TLS protocol versions:
  • TLS 1.0
  • TLS 1.1
  • TLS 1.2
  • TLS 1.3
However, the TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocol versions have security vulnerabilities as per the industry security standards. Therefore, Automation 360 Nube deployments for Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Project will support only the TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocol versions.
Note: For Automation 360 Nube deployments, the changes will be effective as part of the Nube deployment configurations, not as part of the Automation 360 release.
Deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1

Manifest V2 based extensions by Google

See also: Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3

January 2023
Automations that use Google Chrome Manifest V2 based extensions will stop working sometime after June 2023. The deprecation timelines of Manifest V2 based extensions are currently under review and subject to change by Google.This might impact customer bots that automate web applications over Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Recommended: Switch to Manifest V3 based extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Releases:
  • Automation 360 v.26
  • Versión 11.3.5.8

EWS API

See Deprecation of Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online

March 31, 2022 Automation 360 currently uses EWS API in Correo electrónico paquete and Email trigger for the EWS option to connect to Exchange Online hosted on Azure Cloud and access emails from Microsoft 365.

Microsoft has recommended that customers move to a REST-based Graph API, which is more secure and scalable compared with the legacy SOAP-based EWS API. Therefore Automation 360 will provide support for Microsoft 365 Outlook paquete based on Graph APIs which will enable you to switch from EWS API to Graph API from an upcoming release.

This deprecation by Microsoft might impact bots for email automations (Correo electrónico paquete and Email trigger) that connect to Exchange Online using EWS API. Note that there is no immediate impact on your existing bots and they continue to run properly.

Recommended: Update the impacted bots by replacing each email-related acción with the equivalent new acciones in the Microsoft 365 Outlook paquete, planned in the upcoming release if your bots are impacted by the deprecation.

Basic authentication in Exchange Online

October 2022

Bots for email automations (Correo electrónico paquete and trigger) that connect to Exchange Online by using IMAP, POP3, or EWS protocols with Basic authentication will be impacted.

Recommended: Update the impacted bots by replacing each email-related acción with OAuth 2.0.

Released:
  • A paquete only release for Automation 360 v.25
  • Versión 11.3.5.7 client patch
Internet Explorer EOL June 2022

Customers who are running IE-based bots on Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel are impacted.

Releases with tools to convert IE-based bots to Microsoft Edge with IE mode:
  • Automation 360 v.24R2
  • Versión 11.3.5.6

Automation Anywhere deprecations

The following table lists Automation Anywhere features that are already deprecated:

Feature or capability Deprecation date Customer impact and recommendation Resources
Cost per execution/transaction failure field in Opportunity page in CoE Manager January 2026 This deprecation changes how failure costs are calculated on the Opportunities page. To improve accuracy and better assess automation performance, the failure cost per execution or transaction will be calculated individually for each automation within an opportunity.
Discovery Bot November 2025

This deprecation impacts 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 Nube 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).
Process Composer former (legacy) editor September 2025 This deprecation will impact customers who are using the Process Composer former (legacy) editor to create and design process automations. We recommend that such customers use the new process editor that provides all the previous capabilities along with additional features and an improved user experience. For more information about the discontinuation of the legacy editor and the features of the new editor, review the following resources:
Automatización de documentos support for Google Custom Document Extractor (CDE) September 2025 This deprecation will impact customers who are using Google CDE in Automatización de documentos. With this deprecation, users can continue to use their existing learning instances that are using Google CDE. However, users will not be able to create new learning instances with Google Document AI (User-defined) as the provider. We recommend that such customers use Formularios estándares with Azure AI Document Intelligence. See Crear modelos personalizados en Automatización de documentos mediante Formularios estándares. For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
Presentation page in CoE Manager July 2025 This deprecation will impact customers who are using the presentation page inCoE Manager. Use the platform dashboards option in the left panel menu that offers the same experience as the presentation page. The platform dashboards can be used to export data and charts for a specific time period.

Users who have created such data in the presentation page must re-create the same using the platform dashboards option.

Applications option in CoE Manager July 2025 This deprecation will impact customers utilizing the Applications option in Admin-Program and Opportunity pages in CoE Manager. To capture application costs with greater granularity (yearly or monthly), use the Additional costs option on the Opportunity page. These costs are normalized to a daily benefit or loss and factored into the benefits realized calculation.

Users with existing data in the Applications option must manually recreate it in the Additional costs option on the Opportunity page.

Formularios estándares support in IQ Bot With Automation 360 v.37 release

(June 2025)

This deprecation will impact customers who are using Formularios estándares in IQ Bot deployments. We recommend that such customers evaluate the transition plan for moving from IQ Bot to Automatización de documentos. See IQ Bot hasta Automatización de documentos: Plan de transición.
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 June 2025.
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AISense Recorder With Automation 360 v.36 release

(April 2025)

Starting from Automation 360 v.36 and Grabadora paquete 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 Grabadora paquete version earlier than 4.0.x to use AISense Recorder in Windows N and K versions.
Power BI connector using V1/Authentication With v.34 release

(September 2024)

Power BI connector that uses v1/authentication will be discontinued and will stop working from Automation 360 v.34.
Note: If you are using Automation 360 v.33 version and have issues connecting with the BI connector, contact your Automation Anywhere Customer Success Manager (CSM) for assistance.

Recommended: Use the Power BI connector with V2/Authenticationthat is available with the v.34 release.

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Support for .xls format in Excel avanzado paquete June 2023 Starting from Automation 360 v.29, the .xls format will no longer be supported in the Excel avanzado paquete. For all the supported file formats, see Excel avanzado paquete. For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
Migrating Enterprise 11 bots to Automation 360

April 2025

This deprecation will impact customers planning to migrate Enterprise 11 bots to Automation 360. We recommend that customers use a version earlier than v.35 for the migration.

For more information about migration, see the Contenido de la migración section
Connect Learning Instances from IQ Bot feature in Automatización de documentos January 2025 This deprecation will impact customers who are using the Connect Learning Instances from IQ Bot feature in Automatización de documentos. We recommend that such customers use the IQ Bot - Automatización de documentos Bridge paquete to use the IQ Bot learning instances in Automatización de documentos. See IQ Bot Puente paquete-DA. For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
CyberArk vault integration in IQ Bot Local December 2024

This deprecation impacts customers using IQ Bot Local deployments connected to their CyberArk vault and want to update to v.35 release or later.

We recommend that customers who need to continue to use CyberArk vault integration to switch to Automatización de documentos Local deployment. See Instalación de Control Room Local.

For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
Cloud Migration Utility October 21, 2024 This deprecation will impact customers who are using Enterprise 11 and are planning to use the Cloud Migration Utility to migrate to ​Automation 360 Nube. The Cloud Migration Utility will be supported for releases we plan to deliver up to October 2024. We recommend that such customers use the utility to migrate to the latest available Automation 360 Nube GA release before October 21, 2024. For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
Descoped language support September 2024

Beginning with Automation 360 v.34, the User Interface for Automation Anywhere product will no longer support Traditional Chinese. In addition, updated release documentation will no longer be available in this language.

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Enterprise 11 Control Room to Automation 360 Local update tool With v.34 release (planned for September 2024) This deprecation will impact customers who are planning to update from Enterprise 11 Control Room to Automation 360 Local deployment, which currently uses the installer package's update option. This update tool is scheduled for deprecation from Automation 360 v.34 release. We recommend customers to complete the update to Automation 360 before September 30, 2024. Prepárese para la migración de Enterprise 11 a Automation 360 Local
Nube-enabled deployment model April 2024 This deprecation will impact customers who are on a Nube-enabled deployment model. We recommend that such customers move to Automation 360 Nube or Local before the deprecation. For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
Reactivation Threshold March 2024 This deprecation will benefit customers as it removes the threshold or limit on the number of work items to be queued before the automations are executed. For more information, see Crear listas de prioridad estándar For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Open a support case (A-People login required).
Automation 360 IQ Bot Community Edition November 28, 2023

Automation 360 IQ Bot Community Edition will no longer be available from November 28, 2023. Use the Automatización de documentos Community Edition for enhanced intelligent document processing.

Users who have created automations using Automation 360 IQ Bot will need to rewrite them using Automatización de documentos.

To learn more, refer to Document Automation .

Descoped language support

June/July 2023

Beginning with Automation 360 v.29, the User Interface for Automation Anywhere product will no longer support Italian, Russian, and Simplified Chinese languages. In addition, updated release documentation will no longer be available in these three languages though older documentation will be accessible.

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IQ Bot Extraction package This package is deprecated from Automation 360 v.26. Automatización de documentos provides all the capabilities provided by the IQ Bot Extraction package. To move your bots from the IQ Bot Extraction package to Automatización de documentos, see Move from IQ Bot Extraction package to Document Automation. Archived Documentation (PDF):
Set session variable acción Year 2022 This acción is deprecated and is no longer available for new bots. Existing bots using this acción will not be impacted and will continue to run. You can use a global session to specify a session name for use across multiple bots.

To learn more, refer to Compartir sesiones entre bots

Política de compatibilidad y obsolescencia para paquetes

EST, HST and MST time zones October 2022 The EST, HST or MST time zones will no longer be supported while scheduling a Bot de tarea, Tarea API, or a process. Programar una automatización | Programar Tareas API

IQ Bot Extraction paquete

October 2022

From Automation 360 v.25, the IQ Bot Extraction paquete no longer supports pre-trained machine learning model for invoice data extraction but will continue to support learning instance group based-training extraction.

Recommended: Use the new command paquete called Extracción de documentos, released in v.25 as part of Automatización de documentos.

Released: Automation 360 v.25

Pasar del IQ Bot Extraction paquete a Automatización de documentos

IQ Bot - Tesseract OCR v3

October 2022 For all existing learning instances trained using Tesseract OCR v3, we recommend that you plan to train them with alternative OCRs (including Tesseract4 OCR) before you update to v.26. Note that Automation 360 IQ Bot Nube customers will receive the v.26 release by default from October 2022.

Released: Automation 360 v.26

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G-Suite Apps September 2022 From Automation 360 v.26, the GSuite Apps paquete no longer supports using the Connect and Disconnect acciones to establish a connection with the Google server and automate tasks.
Recommended:For specific G-Suite applications, the functionality of the G-Suite Apps paquete is available in the following G-Suite paquetes:
  • Google Drive
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Sheets
To automate tasks, in the appropriate G-suite paquete, use the corresponding Connect and Disconnect acciones.
Acción de conexión para paquetes de Google
Automation Anywhere Mobile app July 2022 The Automation Anywhere Mobile app is deprecated and will not be updated to subsequent versions of iOS and Android. The mobile app is no longer available and no further support will be offered. A replacement product is currently not available. Archived Documentation (PDF): EN-US
Automation Anywhere para Excel January 2022

Automation Anywhere para Excel has been deprecated. The plug-in is no longer available to download as a product. However, support will be offered to current customers already using the product.

A replacement product as a plug-in for Microsoft Excel is not available. However, as an alternative, new customers can develop bots for Excel within the Automation 360 Automation Workspace and use input variables to allow specifying file names, worksheets, and ranges for bots to operate on. In Automation Anywhere para Excel, this action was triggered from within the Excel application, whereas now, this action is taken from the Automation Anywhere Control Room.

Documentation: Archived docs for RPA Bots for Excel v2.0
IQ Bot [Dispositivo local] package September 2021 This package is deprecated from Automation 360 v.22 (Build 10526). We recommend using Automatización de documentos with the Extracción de documentos package that provides all the capabilities provided by the IQ Bot [Dispositivo local] package along with some improvements. Archived Documentation (PDF): IQ Bot [Local Device] package (Archived PDF)
Process package January 2021 The Process package is no longer supported with the Create a Request action as this has been replaced by the AARI web package (now renamed to Process Composer package) in Enterprise A2019.18.

Recommended: Use the Create a Request action in Process Composer package.

New: Process Composer paquete

Deprecated: Proceso paquete

Human-Bot Collaboration 11.3.x August 2020 Human-Bot Collaboration (HBC) 11.3.x was deprecated from August 2020 with the release of Enterprise A2019.15.
Recommended: Migrate to Automation 360 to use the Automation Co-Pilot para usuarios de negocios (Automation Co-Pilot) that includes Desktop and Web.
Note: For this migration, there is no automated migration path between HBC 11.3.x and Automation Co-Pilot because of an absence of parity between the two products (including sets of features).
New: Automation Co-Pilot para usuarios de negocios

Deprecated: Enterprise 11: Human-Bot Collaboration

Automation Anywhere API deprecations and EoLs

The following table lists Automation Anywhere Control Room APIs that are already deprecated and discontinued by the dates mentioned:

Note:
  • API deprecation indicates that an API is no longer recommended for use but is functional. Developers are encouraged to migrate to newer, supported versions of the API. The API will be available till the End of Life (EoL) date to enable a smooth transition.
  • API EoL (End of Life) indicates the date when the API will cease to function, and will no longer be available for use. Developers should have completed their migration to the newer, supported versions of the API before this date.
Feature or capability Deprecation date EoL date Customer impact and recommendation Resources
v1 Authentication API November 2023 With v.33 release (June 2024) From Automation 360 v.33, the Authentication APIs: POST v1/authenticationand POST v1/authentication/token are discontinued and will stop working.

Recommended:Use the v2 versions of the Authentication APIs: POST v2/authenticationand POST v2/authentication/token.

Authentication API

v1 User Management API November 2023 With v.33 release (June 2024) From Automation 360 v.33, the User Management APIs: v1/usermanagement are discontinued and will stop working.

Recommended:Use the v2 versions of the User Management APIs v2/usermanagement.

User Management API

v3 Migration API November 2023 With v.34 release (planned for September 2024)

From Automation 360 v.31, the v3 Migration APIs (v3/migration will be deprecated.

Recommended: Use the v4 version of the Migration API v4/migration.

Migration API

v2 Activity List API June 2022 With v.27 release (January 2023) From Automation 360 v.25, the Activity List API (v2/activity/list) is deprecated.

Recommended: Use the v3 version of the Activity List API v3/activity/list, to return the job executions without call back and bot output information.

Note: If you want to get the botOutVariables or callbackInfo, use /v3/activity/execution/{id} API de orquestación de ejecuciones de bot V3 .
API de orquestación de ejecuciones de bot V3

See also: Política del ciclo de vida útil del software Automation 360 .