August 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop

We are happy to announce that the August 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop (version 2.47) has been released! You can download the latest release here.

Key features

New features and updates have been added, as described below.

Subflows can now be invoked dynamically

The Run subflow action now comes with a new ‘Input as expression’ property, which permits the dynamic invocation of subflows through variables during runtime.

The ‘Input as expression’ toggle property allows you to use dynamic expressions and variables to call a subflow

The maximum allowed log size for some actions has now been increased

The Log message action now supports messages up to 10,000 characters, increasing the maximum allowed size of the corresponding custom execution logs from the previous 128 characters.

The same log size increase (from 128 to 10,000 characters) has also taken place for the following scripting actions:

  • Run DOS command
  • Run VBScript
  • Run JavaScript
  • Run PowerShell script
  • Run Python script
  • Run .NΕΤ script

Installation issues can now be inspected in the troubleshooter tool

A new troubleshooting category around installation issues has now been added to Power Automate’s troubleshooter tool.

Running the installation issues category will provide information on your Power Automate version, .NET Framework version, WebView2 Runtime and pending Windows updates.

Get started

Hoping that you will find the above updates useful, please feel free to provide your questions and feedback in the Power Automate Community. If you want to learn more about Power Automate Desktop, get started with the below resources: