Feature deprecations affecting Automation Anywhere products

Review the features and capabilities (from Automation Anywhere or third party) that are deprecated or 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 feature deprecations

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


Feature or capability	Deprecation date	Customer impact and recommendation	Resources
API Tegaki Reconnaissance de texte engine	October 3, 2023	From Automation 360v.30, we have deprecated use of API Tegaki Reconnaissance de texte engine for data extraction in IQ Bot Automation 360. We recommend using the OCR Google Vision engine instead.	Deprecation note added to: Automation 360v.30 Release Notes: Document Automation and IQ Bot v.30 release Use Tegaki API OCR engine
Manifest V2 based extensions (Automation 360 v.26 and later releases)	October 23, 2023	From Automation 360 v.26 and later releases, we have published new Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Manifest V3 extensions. Starting on October 23, 2023, we will deprecate support for Manifest V2 extensions on Automation 360 v.26 and later releases. After this date, we will not address any issues relating to Manifest v2 extensions. If you are on Automation 360 v.26 or a later release and still using Manifest V2 extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, we recommend that you upgrade your Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions to Manifest V3 extensions before October 23, 2023.	Chrome and Edge Manifest V3 extensions
EWS API See Prochaines obsolescences d'API dans Exchange Web Services pour Exchange Online	Ongoing deprecation	Automation 360 currently uses EWS API in E-mail package 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 package 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 robots for email automations (E-mail package and Email trigger) that connect to Exchange Online using EWS API. Note that there is no immediate impact on your existing robots and they continue to run properly. Recommended: Update the impacted robots by replacing each email-related action with the equivalent new actions in the Microsoft 365 Outlook package, planned in the upcoming release if your robots are impacted by the deprecation.	--

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


Feature or capability	Deprecation date	Customer impact and recommendation	Resources
Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and TLS 1.1	April 2023	Automation 360 Cloud 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 Cloud deployments for Amazon Web Services and Projet Google Cloud will support only the TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocol versions. Remarque : For Automation 360 Cloud deployments, the changes will be effective as part of the Cloud deployment configurations, not as part of the Automation 360 release.	Obsolescence de TLS 1.0 et TLS 1.1
Manifest V2 based extensions by Google See also: Présentation et délais de la migration vers 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. For Google Chrome Manifest V2 extensions timelines, see Délai de la prise en charge de Manifest V2. For Microsoft Edge Manifest V2 extensions timelines, see Présentation et délais de la migration vers Manifest V3. This might impact customer robots 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 Version 11.3.5.8	Extensions Manifest V3 Chrome et Edge Enterprise 11 : Obsolescence de l'authentification de base et des extensions MV2 Version 11.3.5.8 Release Notes
Authentification basique dans Exchange Online	October 2022	Robots for email automations (E-mail package and trigger) that connect to Exchange Online by using IMAP, POP3, or EWS protocols with Basic authentication will be impacted. Recommended: Update the impacted robots by replacing each email-related action with OAuth 2.0. Released: A package only release for Automation 360 v.25 Version 11.3.5.7 client patch	Obsolescence de l'authentification de base dans Exchange Online Enterprise 11 : Obsolescence de l'authentification de base et des extensions MV2
Fin de vie d'Internet Explorer	June 2022	Customers who are running IE-based robots on Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel are impacted. Releases with tools to convert IE-based robots to Microsoft Edge with IE mode: Automation 360 v.24R2 Version 11.3.5.6	Présentation de la fin de vie d'Microsoft Internet Explorer FAQ : fin de vie (EOL) imminente de Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Automation Anywhere feature deprecations

Upcoming: 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
IQ Bot Automation 360 Community Edition		IQ Bot Automation 360 Community Edition will no longer be available from November 28, 2023. Use the Document Automation Community Edition for enhanced intelligent document processing. Users who have created automations using IQ Bot Automation 360 will need to rewrite them using Document Automation.	To learn more, refer to Document Automation.
Cloud-enabled deployment model	April 2024	This deprecation will impact customers who are on a Cloud-enabled deployment model. We recommend that such customers move to Automation 360 Cloud or Sur site before the deprecation.	For assistance, contact Automation Anywhere support: Ouverture d'un cas de support (connexion à A-People requise).

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


Feature or capability	Deprecation date	Customer impact and recommendation	Resources
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.	--
Extraction IQ Bot package		This package is deprecated from Automation 360 v.26. Document Automation provides all the capabilities provided by the Extraction IQ Bot package. To move your bots from the Extraction IQ Bot package to Document Automation, see Move from IQ Bot Extraction package to Document Automation.	Archived Documentation (PDF):
Extraction IQ Bot package	October 2022	From Automation 360 v.25, the Extraction IQ Bot package 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 package called Extraction de document, released in v.25 as part of Document Automation. Released: Automation 360 v.25	Passage du package Extraction IQ Bot à Document Automation
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 IQ Bot Automation 360 Cloud customers will receive the v.26 release by default from October 2022. Released: Automation 360 v.26	--
G-Suite Apps	September 2022	From Automation 360 v.26, the GSuite Apps package no longer supports using the Connect and Disconnect actions to establish a connection with the Google server and automate tasks. Recommended:For specific G-Suite applications, the functionality of the G-Suite Apps package is available in the following G-Suite packages: Google Drive Google Agenda Google Sheets To automate tasks, in the appropriate G-suite package, use the corresponding Connect and Disconnect actions.	Utilisation de l'action Connecter pour les packages 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
V2 Activity List API	June 2022	From Automation 360 v.25, the Activity List API (`v2/activity/list`) is deprecated. Recommended: With the newly implemented Activity List API (`v3/activity/list`), you can return the job executions without call back and robot output information. Remarque : If you want to get the `botOutVariables` or `callbackInfo`, use `/v3/activity/execution/{id}` API d'orchestrateur d'exécutions de robot.	New API: Activity List `v3/activity/list` API d'orchestrateur d'exécutions de robot Deprecated API: `v2/activity/list`
Automation Anywhere pour Excel	January 2022	Automation Anywhere pour 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 robots for Excel within the Automation 360 Espace de travail d'automatisation and use input variables to allow specifying file names, worksheets, and ranges for robots to operate on. In Automation Anywhere pour Excel, this action was triggered from within the Excel application, whereas now, this action is taken from the Automation Anywhere Control Room.	Documentation: Documents archivés pour les robots RPA pour Excel v2.0
IQ Bot [Périphérique local] package	September 2021	This package is deprecated from Automation 360 v.22 (Build 10526). We recommend using Document Automation with the Extraction de document package that provides all the capabilities provided by the IQ Bot [Périphérique 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 Compositeur de processus package) in Enterprise A2019.18. Recommended: Use the Create a Request action in Compositeur de processus package.	New: Compositeur de processus package Deprecated: package Processus
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 pour les utilisateurs professionnels (Co-pilote d'automatisation) that includes Desktop and Web. Remarque : For this migration, there is no automated migration path between HBC 11.3.x and Co-pilote d'automatisation because of an absence of parity between the two products (including sets of features).	New: Automation Co-Pilot pour les utilisateurs professionnels Deprecated: Enterprise 11 : Human-Bot Collaboration

See also: Politique de cycle de vie des logiciels Automation 360