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
EWS API See Upcoming API Deprecations in Exchange Web Services for Exchange Online	Ongoing deprecation	Automation 360 currently uses EWS API in Email 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 bots for email automations (Email package 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 action with the equivalent new actions in the Microsoft 365 Outlook package, planned in the upcoming release if your bots are impacted by the deprecation.	--
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 Google Cloud Project will support only the TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocol versions. 注： 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.	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. For Google Chrome Manifest V2 extensions timelines, see Manifest V2 support timeline. For Microsoft Edge Manifest V2 extensions timelines, see Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3. 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 Version 11.3.5.8	Chrome and Edge Manifest V3 extensions Enterprise 11: Deprecation of Basic authentication and MV2 extensions Version 11.3.5.8 Release Notes

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


Feature or capability	Deprecation date	Customer impact and recommendation	Resources
Basic authentication in Exchange Online	October 2022	Bots for email automations (Email 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 bots 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	Deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online Enterprise 11: Deprecation of Basic authentication and MV2 extensions
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 Version 11.3.5.6	Microsoft Internet Explorer EOL overview Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 EOL FAQ

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
V2 Repository Files List API	June 2023	From Automation 360 v.29, the Repository Files List API (`v2/repository/file/list`) will be deprecated. Recommended: You can use the `/v2/repository/workspaces/{workspaceType}/files/list`	Deprecated API: `v2/repository/file/list`


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.	--

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


Feature or capability	Deprecation date	Customer impact and recommendation	Resources
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 on the web package (no renamed to Process Composer package) in Enterprise A2019.18. Recommended: Use the Create a Request action in Process Composer package.	New: Process Composer package Deprecated: Process package
IQ Bot Extraction package	October 2022	From Automation 360 v.25, the IQ Bot Extraction package no longer supports pretrained 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 Document Extraction, released in v.25 as part of Document Automation. Released: Automation 360 v.25	Move from IQ Bot Extraction package to 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 Automation 360 IQ Bot 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 Calendar Google Sheets To automate tasks, in the appropriate G-suite package, use the corresponding Connect and Disconnect actions.	Using the Connect action for Google packages
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 Anywhere Robotic Interface (AARI) that includes Desktop and Web. 注： For this migration, there is no automated migration path between HBC 11.3.x and AARI because of an absence of parity between the two products (including sets of features).	New: Automation Anywhere Robotic Interface (AARI) Deprecated: Enterprise 11: Human-Bot Collaboration
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 bot output information. 注： If you want to get the `botOutVariables` or `callbackInfo`, use `/v3/activity/execution/{id}` Bot Execution Orchestrator API .	New API: Activity List `v3/activity/list`Bot Execution Orchestrator API Deprecated API: `v2/activity/list`
RPA Bots for Excel	January 2022	RPA Bots for 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 RPA Workspace and use input variables to allow specifying file names, worksheets, and ranges for bots to operate on. In RPA Bots for 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

Feature deprecations affecting Automation Anywhere products

Third-party feature deprecations

Automation Anywhere feature deprecations

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