--- sourceDocument: xanadu Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/xanadu/delta-washingtondc-xanadu Release : - xanadu ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - xanadu Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3xw bundleId : - delta3xw --- # Combined Workflow Studio release notes for upgrades from Washington DC to Xanadu # Combined Workflow Studio release notes for upgrades from Washington DC to Xanadu {#ariaid-title1} * Release version: Xanadu * * Updated June 16, 2026 * * ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 7 minutes to read Consolidated page of all release notes for Workflow Studio from Washington DC to Xanadu. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Workflow Studio release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Washington DC to Xanadu. 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 Workflow Studio to Xanadu Before you upgrade to Xanadu, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | To receive Workflow Studio performance improvements, install one of these versions of the Workflow Studio application from the ServiceNow Store. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__6} | Is Now Assist for Creator already installed? | Version of Workflow Studio to use for upgrade | |-|-| | No | Upgrade Workflow Studio to version 25.1.3 | | Yes | Upgrade Workflow Studio to version 25.0.0 | [Table 1. Upgrade path for the flow generation skill] | | Xanadu | As of Washington DC patch 3, updating Workflow Studio automatically updates all of its application dependencies such as ServiceNow® Workflow Studio, Playbook, and ServiceNow® Decision Builder. You can no longer see or update the individual application dependencies of Workflow Studio from the ServiceNow® Store or the list of plugins. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Workflow Studio. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__14} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | [Annotations support in diagramming view](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-diagramming-view&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Add and edit annotations in the diagramming view. [Content filtering for flow execution details](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=content-filtering-flow-designer&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Restrict access to the sensitive content within the flow execution details with a content filtering rule. [Create an action input from a step input](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-action-input-from-step-input&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Create an action input based on the data type of a step input. Map the step input value to the new action input. [Exit Loop flow logic](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=exit-loop-flow-logic&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Exit from a flow logic loop when the conditions of an If flow logic are met. Continue running the flow from the next step after the flow logic loop. This flow logic is also known as break. [FDIH Dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fdih-dashboard&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : View the average and maximum run times of flows during the last 14 days. Use the trend data to identify the flows that are running unexpectedly. [Flow generation](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-generation&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Create multi-step flow outlines with generative AI. Flow outlines require configuration to add input values and data references. [Generate flow execution details for all iterations of a loop.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-execution-settings&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Create an execution settings record to generate flow execution details for all iterations of a loop rather than just the first and last iterations of a loop. [Go back to flow logic](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=go-back-to-flow-logic&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Return to a prior step in the flow to repeat a sequence of actions. [Preview and rebuild flow outlines when creating a flow with Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-flow-now-assist&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : See a diagram preview of the flow outline when creating a flow with Now Assist. If the generated flow preview does not meet your needs, update the text directions, and rebuild the flow outline. [Proactive Analytics trigger](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-triggers&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Use Performance Analytics indicators to start a flow. Define the flow start conditions as a set of Proactive Analytics KPI scores and KPI threshold values. [Show approver names in stage field](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-designer-stages&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Show the list of approvers assigned to a stage from a stage field. Control whether to show approvers and the maximum number of approvers to show with separate system properties. [Skip Iteration flow logic](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=skip-iteration-flow-logic&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Skip the current iteration of a flow logic loop when the conditions of an If flow logic are met. Continue running the flow logic loop with the next item in the list. This flow logic is also known as continue. [Support for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with flow generation](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-generation&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Generate flows from directions that refer to custom actions and subflows or content from installed spokes. Include the names of commonly used and recently published actions and subflows available on your instance in your flow generation requests. [Try support in diagramming view](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-diagramming-view&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Add and configure Try flow logic in the diagramming view. [Undo and redo support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-edit&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Undo changes that you've made while editing a flow. Redo the changes that you've undone. Workflow Studio only tracks changes while you're editing a flow. [User preference for default Flow Designer view](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-preferences&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Set the flow diagramming view as the default Workflow Studio view. | | Xanadu | [Create workflow items from a button on the tab header](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=exploring-workflow-studio&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Create workflow items from any Workflow Studio page by using the Create button on the tab header. [Create a category to organize your actions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-action&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Create your own categories to organize actions. [Create a category to organize your data stream actions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-data-stream-action&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Create your own categories to organize data stream actions. [Create a category to organize your subflows](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-subflow&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Create your own categories to organize subflows. [See when a new version of Workflow Studio is available](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=update-to-the-latest-version-of-workflow-studio&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : See an information banner when a new version of Workflow Studio is available. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Workflow Studio features. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__20} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | [Flow execution details only record the first and last iterations of loops](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-execution-settings&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) : Flow execution details only record the first and last iterations of a loop. This setting reduces the amount of execution details that the instance has to generate and store. You can change this setting on a flow-by-flow basis by creating a flow execution settings record. | | Xanadu | [Update Workflow Studio and all its dependencies](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=update-to-the-latest-version-of-workflow-studio&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : As of Washington DC patch 3, updating Workflow Studio automatically updates all of its application dependencies such as Workflow Studio, Playbook, and Decision Builder. You can no longer see or update the individual application dependencies of Workflow Studio from the ServiceNow Store or the list of plugins. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Workflow Studio features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | No updates for this release. | | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Workflow Studio features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | Deprecated the system property com.snc.process_flow.reporting.iteration.lastn that specifies the number of loop iterations that a flow generates execution details for. This property only applies to flows created prior to the Washington DC release. New flows only generate execution details for the first and last iterations of a loop. To report on all iterations of a loop, create a flow execution settings record for the flow instead. For more information about flow execution settings, see [Flow execution settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-execution-settings&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US). | | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Workflow Studio. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__38} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | Workflow Studio is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Xanadu | Install Workflow Studio by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US). | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Workflow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__44} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | No updates for this release. | | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Workflow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | No updates for this release. | | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Workflow Studio, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__56} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | No updates for this release. | | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Workflow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | No updates for this release. | | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Workflow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-workflowstudio-summary__entry__68} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Washington DC | * Create multi-step flows with generative AI. * Open Workflow Studio from within Workflow Studio. * Preview and rebuild flow outlines with Now Assist * Save flows automatically as you work on them. * Start a flow when Performance Analytics conditions are met. * Undo changes that you've made while editing a flow. * Use the flow diagramming view to add annotations and Try flow logic. See [Flow Designer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=flow-designer&family=washingtondc&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Xanadu | * Create workflow items from any Workflow Studio page by using the Create button on the tab header. * Create your own categories to organize actions, data streams, and subflows. * Monitor playbook and flow operations with new usage dashboards. * See an information banner when a new version of Workflow Studio is available. See [Workflow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=workflow-studio&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]