August-November 2026

Workflows organization is finally here!

Cisco Workflows now supports folders in your Workspace.

• Create folders and nested subfolders.
• Move folders and workflows around.
• Edit folder names and descriptions.
• Delete and reorganize.

Open Automation > Workspace and select Hierarchy view  to browse folders and their contents. Use search, filters, and sorting to find the items you need.

For more information, see Folders.

Automation Remote OVA 3.5 and Linux Compose package 1.3 are now available.
This release:

• Improves long-running SSH command and script activities by preventing idle sessions from disconnecting prematurely.
• Strengthens tenant isolation and path validation for Web Service file operations.
• Improves recovery following messaging connection interruptions.
• Aligns the remaining supported Automation Remote adapters with release 6.74.

Secure Access and AI Defense support added

Cisco Workflows now supports automation for Cisco Secure Access and Cisco AI Defense:

• Secure Access — Manage private resources, connectors, network connectivity, and policies. For setup instructions, see Secure Access Endpoint Target.

• AI Defense — Manage applications, connections, and policies, retrieve security events, and inspect chat and HTTP content. For setup instructions, see AI Defense Management Endpoint and AI Defense Inspection Endpoint.

Configure the target and its matching account key, then use the available atomics or Generic API Request activities to build workflows.

For the full list of supported targets, see Target Types.

Catalyst SD-WAN Authentication and API improvements

Catalyst SD-WAN Endpoint targets now support token-based credentials with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager release 20.18.1 or later. Password-based credentials remain available for earlier releases. Generic API Request handling has also been improved.

For more information, see Catalyst SD-WAN Credentials.

Cisco ISE API response support

Cisco ISE Generic API Request now accepts XML, text and vendor-specific JSON and XML responses in addition to standard JSON responses. This includes supported responses from Cisco ISE Monitoring APIs.

Automation Remote updates

Automation Remote OVA 3.4 and Docker Compose package 1.2 for Linux AMD64 are now available:

• OVA 3.4: cisco-automation-remote-3.4.ova
• Linux Compose 1.2: cisco-automate-remote-1.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz

The packages include:

• ao-remote:6.71.0-105, with improved connectivity through configured SOCKS5 proxies.
• ad-catalystsdwan:6.71.0-24, with the Catalyst SD-WAN updates included in release 6.71.
• ad-ise:6.71.0-24, with improved Generic API Request support for XML, text, and vendor-specific JSON and XML responses.
• Other supported Automation Remote adapters aligned with the 6.71 release.

Existing connected Automation Remotes continue to run but are not updated automatically. To use these updates with private-network targets, download and deploy the current package.

For more information, see Remote Setup and Deployment