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Hi Team,
As we know the legacy workflow editor has entered the maintenance state from last couple of years. Can anyone confirm the deprecation of workflow editor in Australia version?
if Yes, in that case is it required to migrate the legacy workflows to workflow studio flows/subflows before the upgrade process?
If No, can we perform the Australia upgrade with legacy workflows in mid 2026? and is there a confirmed deprecation plan for legacy editor?
Please help.
Regards,
Tamojit
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Hi @TamojitD , I lead the product team for Flow and Workflow. At this time, there are no plans to deprecate the Legacy Workflow engine.
As of the Zurich release, ServiceNow no longer ships legacy workflows out of the box for new instances. However, any existing legacy workflows that you have on an existing instance will continue to run perfectly fine.
As others have noted above, we recommend building all new automation in Flow Designer.
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yesterday
Thank you @Bimschleger for the confirmation
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Hello @TamojitD ,
There is no officially announced fixed date for the complete deprecation of Legacy Workflow in ServiceNow.
However, starting with the Zurich release, the Workflow Editor is no longer available for creating new workflows on freshly created instances, it is redirecting to flow designer workflow studio.
When you navigate to Workflow Editor → New Workflow, it redirects to Flow Designer (Workflow Studio).
Existing (previously created) legacy workflows are still accessible in the old workflow area.
On new Zurich instances, you cannot create new legacy workflows.
Flow Designer is now the recommended and supported automation tool going forward.
If you upgrade an existing instance (for example, Xanadu or Yokohama → Zurich):
Legacy workflows remain accessible and executable
In some upgraded instances, legacy workflow creation may still be visible, depending on instance history and configuration
If the instance is originally created on the Zurich release (not upgraded):
Creating a new workflow redirects to Flow Designer
Legacy workflow creation is fully blocked
Best Practice:
ServiceNow strongly encourages migrating all new and existing automation to Flow Designer, as legacy workflows are in maintenance mode and are expected to be fully retired in a future release.
If this helps you then mark it as helpful and accept the solution😊.
Regards,
Aditya,
Technical consultant
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Hello @TamojitD ,
If my response helps you then mark it as helpful and accept as solution. It will help other community members for further future queries.
Regards,
Aditya,
Technical Consultant
