Self-heal UI and browser automation actions at execution with AI
Important
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Enabled for | Public preview | Early access | General availability |
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Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Dec 2024 | - | Apr 2025 |
Business value
This feature is for Power Automate for desktop users that automate UI and web interaction scenarios. It improves success rates and handles cases where UI elements can't be found.
Feature details
Once enabled by users, the feature uses AI to locate elements on the screen at the execution time. The repaired selector is used in future executions. Plus, it's optional and can be disabled if you prefer.
- Self-healing refers to the case that a UI element cannot be found at the execution time.
- Self-healing can be applied only for UI and web automation scenarios, and subsequently for Desktop and web UI elements.
- With self-healing, Power Automate for desktop can detect UI elements on the screen.
- When a UI element and its selector are retrieved, the user must confirm to heal and save.
- This feature can be disabled by the user.