Microsoft tests AI that tries to fix broken desktop flows
Microsoft released AI self-healing for Power Automate Desktop flows in public preview on May 18 2026. The feature uses GPT-4.1 mini and Claude Sonnet 4.5 to automatically recover from element-not-found errors during runtime. It only works on single UI element interactions in desktop flows. The capability requires build 2603 or later and specific admin configuration, and it remains unavailable in government or sovereign clouds. The change reduces the need to manually update selectors when application interfaces shift slightly.
Until now, desktop flows broke when a button moved, a label changed, or a window layout updated. Makers had to open the flow, re-record the step, and redeploy it. Most organisations never reached that maintenance stage because the initial build already consumed their time. This preview shifts the burden from constant selector fixes to occasional review of AI-suggested recoveries. For teams running cloud flows against SharePoint, Outlook, and Teams, the practical impact is still zero because the feature does not touch those connectors.
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Skip the desktop preview. Add retry scopes and run history alerts to the cloud flows you already have running against SharePoint and Teams.
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