Power Automate for desktop - Build 2509

This article describes the new features, improvements and fixes to existing functionality that are included in this build.

Installer version 2.60.152.25241 - Microsoft Store version 11.2509.81.0 updates

New Features

• Power Automate for desktop has now added ‘Step over’ (F11) and ‘Step out’ (Shift+F11) commands for debugging. Step over runs the current action or subflow and pauses at the next action, while step out completes the current subflow and pauses after returning to the parent subflow, making debugging more efficient.

Enhancements & Improvements

• The Flow checker functionality is now generally available in Power Automate for desktop, also including some new enhancements:

  • The static analysis configuration to detect sensitive variable misuse has been updated, now also including the ‘Set clipboard text’ action.
  • A new static analysis rule has now been introduced to detect empty or minimal subflows, including less than five enabled actions.
  • A new static analysis rule has now been introduced to detect empty loops.
  • A violation location chip has now been added to the diagnostic cards of the flow checker panel and action inline popovers, to display the affected variable, subflow, or combination of subflow and action number, depending on the diagnostic type.

• Tags are now generally available in the console of Power Automate for desktop, also displaying more than two tags in the Tags column when enough column width is available.

• Up to six parallel flows in total can now run concurrently with the root flow, shifting the previous limit of just one parallel flow. In addition, child flows can also run other child flows in parallel, consuming from the available pool of six parallel flows, which are no longer limited to being invoked directly from the parent (root) flow, as was previously the case.

• Α new ‘Action index’ field has been added to flow run logs to track the sequence of actions, especially when multiple actions complete very quickly and have the same timestamp.

• Error views in the console have now been updated to display exception messages, helping users identify the failing endpoints when connectivity issues occur. These changes integrate detailed exception data into the UI and allow users to copy error details.

• Certain error messages have now been improved with hyperlinks, to launch the proper diagnostic of the troubleshooter with the correct connectivity parameters.

• The categorization of custom module errors during local runs has now been refined for a smoother experience.

Repaired Functionality

The following list details issues in Power Automate for desktop that are now resolved:

• A verbose logging related issue has now been addressed, ensuring that the corresponding warning banner is properly displayed at startup if the functionality is enabled.

• The side panel item icons now respond visually when hovered over, pressed, or active.

• Errors occurring during flow saving when flow modification info retrieval fails are now resolved.

• A font localization issue to properly fall back to Simplified Chinese has now been handled.

• An issue on Flow checker panel navigation that could cause the designer to freeze has now been resolved.

• The variable picker icon is now displayed as expected in the Attachments parameter of the ‘Send an Email (V2)’ action.

• The image picker argument in the ‘If image’ and ‘Wait for image’ actions has now been resolved.

• A null reference exception occurring when the parent flow has timed out and a child flow is about to start has now been resolved.

• Some previously unhandled exceptions are now being handled properly during process termination.

• Performance is now improved by enabling package retrieval from cache in the robot, thereby resolving package not found errors in cloud runs.

• Missing System DLL errors during flow preparation are now handled by introducing explicit error detection and messaging for .NET runtime dependency issues.

• A null reference exception occurring when capturing SAP elements in focused state is now resolved.

• An issue where capturing controls within an action from different processes added controls to new screens incorrectly has now been resolved.

• An issue where verbose logging caused the native host to throw errors during web automation runs has now been resolved.

• An issue where a recaptured screen was leading to errors when using the ‘Test selector’ functionality has now been resolved.

• An issue occurring in the Store version 11.2508 regarding the 'Describe with Copilot' functionality has now been resolved.

Other announcements

• The functionality to 'Record with Copilot' is now deprecated. You can keep creating flows by 'Describing them with Copilot' and using the recorder.

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