Combined Playbooks in Workflow Studio release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Washington DC

Consolidated page of all release notes for Playbooks in Workflow Studio from Vancouver to Washington DC.

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Playbooks in Workflow Studio release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Vancouver to Washington DC.

Tip:

If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

Important information for upgrading Playbooks in Workflow Studio to Washington DC

Before you upgrade to Washington DC, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	After you upgrade to Washington DC, update the Playbooks and Workflow Studio applications in the ServiceNow Store.

New features

Between your current release family and Washington DC, new features were introduced for Playbooks in Workflow Studio.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	Workflow Studio Build and manage playbooks, flows, subflows, actions, and decisions from a shared access point. Restart Restart your entire playbook, or restart from a specific activity or stage. Role for canceling a process Admins can grant users a new role that allows them to cancel running playbooks without the pd_admin role or write access to the parent record. Run activity as a specific user Use the Run As property to determine the role that runs an activity. Dynamic Inputs Use dynamic inputs to return variables in your activities for use cases such as submitting a catalog request. Automation assets For automation-only activities, add a subflow, flow, or action directly to your activity instead of creating an activity definition. Form views enhancement View and modify form views with Form Builder in a new Workflow Studio tab. Playbook Assist Starting in release 25.2, provide text directions to generate a playbook outline with placeholder activities. Vancouver 24.2 release See 24.2 features in the Vancouver Playbooks release notes: Decision activities Archive processes Field picker

Changes

Between your current release family and Washington DC, some changes were made to existing Playbooks in Workflow Studio features.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	Faster loading times Starting in release 25.2, playbooks are loading faster.

Removed

Between your current release family and Washington DC, some Playbooks in Workflow Studio features or functionality were removed.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	The trigger license requirement has been removed, allowing you to use any entitled table to trigger a playbook.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Washington DC, some Playbooks in Workflow Studio features or functionality were deprecated.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Playbooks in Workflow Studio.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	While the interface lives in app in the Workflow Studio, they are separate ServiceNow Store apps. Workflow Studio is part of the ServiceNow AI Platform® and available by default. Get the latest playbooks functionality by downloading the ServiceNow Store. To use the playbook generation feature in 25.2 release, and download the Workflow Studio, upgrade to the Now Assist for Creator application. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Playbooks in Workflow Studio we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.

Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Playbooks in Workflow Studio we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Playbooks in Workflow Studio, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Playbooks in Workflow Studio we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Playbooks in Workflow Studio we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	Processes are now called Playbooks in both the builder and in Playbook Experience. Open the Playbooks builder in Workflow Studio. Workflow Studio enables workflow owners to author, configure, and monitor playbooks, flows, subflows, actions, and decision tables in one place. Restart your entire playbook, or restart from a specific activity or stage. Use dynamic inputs to configure your activity to show a certain set of fields based on the value of another input, such as a selected catalog item, selected decision table, or a REST API response. Trigger a playbook from any entitled table. For more information, see the Removed from this release section. As of release 25.2, use generative AI to create playbook outlines. See Exploring Process Automation Designer for more information.