FlowX.AI 5.6.0 Release Notes

FlowX.AI 5.6.0 brings conversational AI to your apps. Build multi-turn chat experiences where agents remember context, classify user intent, and navigate users to the right screen — all within a single workflow. On the integration side, incoming webhooks let external systems start processes via HTTP, proxy connections route traffic through intermediary servers, and unmanaged MongoDB connects FlowX to your existing database infrastructure. The UI layer gains session variables, route management, chat history, and suggested prompts for richer end-user experiences.

For AI builders

Chat Driven workflows, session memory, intent routing, and context retrieval

For integrators

Incoming webhooks, proxy connections, unmanaged MongoDB, and base64 certificates

For UI developers

Session variables, route management, chat history, suggested prompts, and new UI events

What changed since 5.5.0

5.5.0	5.6.0
Output Focused workflows only	+ Chat Driven workflows with multi-turn memory
No event-driven process starts from external systems	Incoming webhooks with API key auth
FlowX-managed MongoDB only	+ Unmanaged MongoDB — bring your own database
No conversation persistence	Chat History — browse and resume past sessions
Static chat empty state	Suggested Prompts — guide users with one-click starters
Certificate file paths only	Base64 certificates — paste content directly, no file mounts
No cross-page data in UI Flows	Session variables — persist data across pages and workflows

What’s new?

Build complete conversational AI pipelines — from understanding what the user wants, to retrieving the right context, to navigating them to the right screen.💬 Conversational Workflows - New Chat Driven workflow type for multi-turn conversations
🧠 Memory Capabilities - Automatic session memory with summarization across turns
🎯 Intent Classification node - Classify user messages and route to the right branch in one step
🧭 Navigate in UI Flow - Let the AI open forms and screens with contextual data
🔍 Context Retrieval node - RAG search against Knowledge Bases without calling an LLM
📄 Extract Data from File - Three extraction methods, image support, and signature detection
🌐 Web Page Extractor - Crawl web pages and extract readable content for AI processingSee also: Chat History, Suggested Prompts, and Markdown in chat in the UI & Designer tab.

Conversational Workflows

Overview
Key Features

Chat Driven workflows are a specialized workflow type for multi-turn chat interactions. Unlike Output Focused workflows that process structured input/output, Chat Driven workflows manage ongoing dialogue — handling message exchange, session memory, and response routing through a dedicated Start node layout (Chat Session ID + User Message) and Custom Agent nodes with direct chat reply capability.

Conversational workflow with Custom Agent configuration

Documentation

See the complete Conversational Workflows documentation.

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Memory Capabilities

Overview
Key Features

Conversational workflows include built-in session memory that automatically persists and retrieves conversation history. On each message, the system retrieves the last 3 turns of raw messages plus a summary of earlier exchanges, injecting them into the AI node’s system prompt for context-aware responses.

Memory tab showing conversation summary and history

Documentation

See the complete Memory Capabilities documentation.

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Intent Classification node

Intent Classification Node

Overview
Key Features

A dedicated workflow node that combines AI-powered message classification with workflow branching in a single step. Define up to 10 intents with natural language descriptions, and the node classifies user messages and routes to the matching branch automatically — replacing the previous TEXT_UNDERSTANDING + Condition two-node pattern.

Documentation

See the complete Intent Classification documentation.

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Navigate in UI Flow

Overview
Key Features

A new workflow node exclusive to Chat Driven (conversational) workflows. It navigates the user to a specific screen in a UI Flow, passing dynamic parameters — for example, the AI says “Let me open your account details” and the user sees a pre-filled form with data from the conversation.

Documentation

See the Navigate in UI Flow section in Conversational Workflows.

Conversational context

Navigate users to UI screens directly from a Chat Driven workflow conversation

Dynamic parameters

Pass workflow data to the destination screen using ${expression} syntax

Destination picker

Select from the UI Flow’s navigation tree with auto-populated query parameters

Chat Driven only

Available exclusively in the Actions category of conversational workflows

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Context Retrieval node

Context Retrieval Node

Overview
Key Features

A dedicated workflow node that performs RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) searches against Knowledge Bases without calling an LLM. Returns raw chunks with relevance scores and metadata, giving you full control over downstream processing. Supports hybrid, semantic, and keyword search with configurable re-ranking and metadata filters.Use Context Retrieval when you need to inspect, filter, or transform chunks before passing them to an LLM — for example, checking relevance scores before generating a response. For all-in-one RAG, use a Custom Agent node with a Knowledge Base attached instead.

Documentation

See the complete Context Retrieval documentation.

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Extract Data from File

Overview
Key Features

The workflow node formerly known as “Extract Text from Document” has been renamed to Extract Data from File and gained three new configurable settings: Extraction Method (LLM Model, OCR Engine, or Text Parsing), Image Extraction (Image Description or Image Contents), and Detect Signatures. The node now also accepts image files (JPG, PNG, TIFF) in addition to documents.

Documentation

See the complete Extract Data from File documentation.

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Web Page Extractor

Overview
Key Features

A new workflow node in the Tools category that collects readable content from web page URLs. Crawl documentation sites to build a Knowledge Base, scrape product pages for competitive analysis, or extract terms and conditions for compliance review. Supports static URL lists or dynamic URL generation, configurable crawling depth with link following, PDF extraction from linked documents, and adjustable scrape speed presets.

Documentation

See the complete Web Page Extractor documentation.

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Connect FlowX to more systems — trigger processes from external events, route traffic through proxies, and query your own MongoDB databases.🔗 Incoming Webhooks - Trigger processes from external HTTP POST requests
🛡️ Proxy Server Connections - Route integration traffic through proxy servers
🗄️ Unmanaged MongoDB Datasource - Connect to externally managed MongoDB instances
📧 Email Trigger Enhancements - Resource management, reply-to, and mock email testing
🔐 MCP Authentication - BEARER and BASIC auth support for MCP server connections
📜 Base64 Certificate Support - Provide certificates as base64-encoded strings instead of file paths
📊 CSV/Excel to JSON Conversion - Download CSV and Excel files as structured JSON on the fly

Incoming Webhooks

Overview
Key Features

A new data source type and microservice (webhook-gateway) that allows external systems to trigger FlowX processes via HTTP POST requests. Create a Webhook data source in Integration Designer, connect it to a Message Start Event in your process, and FlowX generates a unique URL with API key authentication. When external systems POST to this URL, a process instance starts automatically with the webhook payload and headers.

Active webhook trigger in Manage Triggers

Requires deploying the new webhook-gateway microservice. See Deployment Guidelines for configuration.

Documentation

See the complete Incoming Webhooks documentation.

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Proxy Server Connections

Overview
Key Features

Create reusable proxy connections in Integration Designer and attach them to RESTful System data sources. Route outbound API traffic through HTTP or HTTPS proxy servers for environments that require intermediary routing for security or compliance.

Documentation

See the complete Proxy Connections documentation.

HTTP and HTTPS proxies

Configure HTTP or HTTPS proxy servers with optional basic authentication

Reusable connections

Create a proxy once and attach it to multiple RESTful System data sources

Test connectivity

Validate proxy configuration before saving with the built-in test function

Config parameter support

Use ${param} syntax in host and port fields for environment-specific values

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Unmanaged MongoDB Datasource

Overview

Connect to externally managed MongoDB instances as a data source in FlowX. Unlike the built-in FlowX Database (which provisions and manages MongoDB collections automatically), Unmanaged MongoDB connects to databases and collections you control — with the same CRUD operations, connection discovery, and configurable connection pooling. Requires MongoDB 6.0 or later.

Unmanaged MongoDB data source configuration

Documentation

See the complete Unmanaged MongoDB documentation.

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Email Trigger Enhancements

Overview
Key Features

FlowX.AI 5.6.0 enhances the Email Trigger with resource management capabilities, reply-to-email support, process instance tracking for email-triggered processes, and mock email testing for development.

Documentation

See the complete Email Trigger documentation.

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MCP Authentication

Overview

MCP server connections now support BEARER and BASIC authentication methods. Configure auth credentials when adding an MCP data source to connect to secured MCP servers.

Documentation

See the Adding MCP Data Source documentation.

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Base64 Certificate Support

Overview

RESTful system data sources now support providing keystore and truststore content as base64-encoded strings instead of file paths. A new “Certificate type” selector lets you choose between Base64 (default for new configurations) and Path (existing behavior). Additionally, keystore and truststore passwords now support ${configParam} placeholder syntax for dynamic per-environment resolution.

Certificate type selector with Base64 and Path options

Documentation

See the Integration Designer certificates documentation.

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CSV/Excel to JSON Conversion

Overview

Download CSV, XLS, or XLSX files as structured JSON directly from the file download endpoints. The conversion happens on the fly using the Accept: application/json header — no new files are created in storage. Supports two output formats: an array of objects (one per row) or a columnar structure.

Documentation

See the Document Conversion documentation.

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Richer end-user experiences with session state, chat history, and navigation — plus Designer productivity improvements.🗺️ UI Flow Route Management - Configure routes, query parameters, and navigation in UI Flows
▶️ UI Flow Start Parameters - Pass parameters when starting UI Flows
💾 UI Flow Session Variables - Persist data across pages from workflows and file uploads
📋 Chat History - Browse and resume past chat conversations
💡 Chat Suggested Prompts - Pre-configured prompt suggestions in chat empty state
🖱️ onClick UI events - Client-side data updates on Button and Collection Prototype clicks
✨ Monaco Editor Autocomplete - Autocomplete from config params in code editors
📊 KB query results in workflow console - View retrieved chunks and relevance scores during workflow runs
📎 Multi-file bulk upload - Upload multiple files simultaneously
❌ DISMISS UI action - Dismiss modals automatically after Start Workflow completes
🎨 Process Variables UX - UI/UX improvements for updating process variables
🏷️ Enum label display - Show enum labels instead of codes in text components
📬 Notification template usages - See where notification templates are used
📐 Side Panel in Data Model - Improved data model navigation with side panel
👁️ On Display UI event - Re-trigger actions every time a screen becomes visible
🪟 On Load event on Modal - Modal components now support On Load events
🏗️ KB user-defined metadata - Define custom metadata keys on Knowledge Base content sources
⚙️ Config params in workflow conditions - Use config params and user details in workflow Fork node expressions
🎨 Branding settings grouping - Reorganized branding settings page
✍️ Markdown in chat messages - Render formatted text, links, and lists in chat responses
🔗 External Action dynamic URL - Use expressions in External Action URLs for dynamic navigation
📬 Notification history - View sent notification details and search by process instance

UI Flow Route Management

Overview
Key Features

Define query parameters on root views (Pages, Modals), pass data between screens via URL query strings, and get automatic breadcrumb generation from the navigation graph. Navigate To actions support destination parameter mapping with ${expression} syntax for dynamic values.

Route parameters modal with URL path preview

Documentation

See the Route Management section in UI Flows.

Route parameters

Define named query parameters on root views with default values and required flags

Parameter passing

Map data from process store to destination query parameters using JSON expressions

Auto breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs auto-generate from the navigation graph with proper parameter handling

Modal URL state

Modals add modalId to URL — survives page reload and supports deep linking

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UI Flow Start Parameters

Overview

Pass initial data when launching a UI Flow. Define start parameters as a JSON object in the Designer’s Run dialog, extract them from URL query strings in SaaS container apps, or send them in the API request body. Parameters are persisted on the session and available throughout the UI Flow lifecycle.

Run UI Flow dialog with Start params JSON editor

Documentation

See the Start Parameters section in UI Flows.

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UI Flow Session Variables

Overview

UI Flow sessions can now persist variables across all pages sharing the same session ID. Data from start parameters, workflow outputs, and file upload responses is automatically collected and merged into session variables. Reference them in component configurations using ${} syntax. A new Variables tab in the Designer session console shows current values for debugging.

Variables tab in UI Flow session console

Documentation

See the Session Variables section in UI Flows.

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Chat History

Overview

Users can now browse and resume past chat conversations. Chat History displays a list of previous sessions grouped by time (Today, Yesterday, Previous 7 Days, Previous 30 Days, Older), with the ability to open any conversation and continue where they left off. Conversations are per-user with access control enforced.

Chat History panel with conversation list

Documentation

See the Chat History section in Chat component.

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Chat Suggested Prompts

Overview

The Chat component now supports pre-configured Suggested Prompts — pill buttons displayed below the welcome message in the chat empty state. Configure a title and up to 5 prompt options in the Designer. When a user clicks a suggestion, it is submitted as their message, starting the conversation immediately.

Documentation

See the Suggested Prompts section in Chat component.

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Monaco Editor Autocomplete

Overview

Code editors in the Designer now provide autocomplete suggestions from your project’s configuration parameters. This speeds up writing business rules and expressions that reference config params.

Documentation

See the Configuration Parameters documentation.

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Process Variables UX improvements

Process Variables UX

Overview

UI/UX improvements to the Update Process Variables experience, making it easier to view and edit runtime process data.

Documentation

See the Update Process Variables documentation.

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onClick UI events

Overview

Buttons and Collection Prototypes now support onClick UI events — client-side JavaScript expressions that execute immediately when clicked, before any configured UI actions fire. Use them for instant local data updates without server roundtrips.

Documentation

See the UI Events documentation.

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KB query results in workflow console

KB Query Results

Overview

The workflow run console now includes a Knowledge Base tab that displays retrieved chunks, relevance scores, content sources, and metadata when Custom Agent nodes query a knowledge base. This makes it easier to debug and tune RAG-powered workflows.

Documentation

See Using Knowledge Base in Workflows.

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Multi-file bulk upload

Multi-file Bulk Upload

Overview

Upload multiple files simultaneously at runtime using the new Multiple File Upload component. Supports drag-and-drop, batch selection, per-file validation, and progress tracking. Available in both process screens and UI Flows.

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DISMISS UI action

DISMISS Action

Overview

The Start Workflow UI action now includes a Dismiss modal checkbox. When enabled, the modal closes automatically after the workflow completes — removing the need for a separate close action.

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Enum label display

Enum Label Display

Overview

Text components can now display the human-readable label of an enumeration value instead of the raw code. When a data key references an enumeration, the renderer resolves the selected code to its label at display time. Enumeration values are also prefetched from the data model before action resolution for improved performance.

Documentation

See the Enumerations documentation.

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Notification template usages

Notification Template Usages

Overview

Notification templates now show a usages modal that lists all processes and workflows referencing the template. This helps you understand the impact of changes before editing or deleting a template.

Documentation

See the Managing Notification Templates documentation.

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Side Panel in Data Model

Overview

The Data Model editor now includes a side panel for easier navigation and editing of data model attributes, improving the workflow when working with large data models.

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On Display UI event

Overview

A new onDisplay event type that triggers every time a screen becomes visible — on initial load, when navigating back, or when a modal is dismissed. Unlike On Load (which fires once), On Display re-triggers on every view, making it ideal for refreshing data.Supported on Page, Zone, and Tab Bar components in UI Flows.

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On Load event on Modal

Overview

Modal components in UI Flows now support the On Load event and Start Workflow action. This enables data fetching when a modal opens, allowing you to load context-specific data for modal content.

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KB user-defined metadata

Overview

Define custom metadata keys on Knowledge Bases and assign values to content sources. User-defined metadata enables filtering and scoping when searching chunks — for example, by department, document version, or region. Metadata values are propagated to the vector database and can be used as filters in the Context Retrieval workflow node.

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Config params in workflow conditions

Overview

Workflow Fork (condition) nodes can now access configuration parameters via additionalData.applicationConfiguration and authenticated user details via additionalData.securityDetails in their expressions. This enables environment-aware routing and user-based branching in integration workflows.

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Branding settings grouping

Overview

The branding settings page has been reorganized with improved grouping and layout, making it easier to find and configure branding options.

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Markdown in chat messages

Markdown in Chat Messages

Overview

Chat message components in web renderers now support Markdown rendering. AI-generated responses can include formatted text, headings, links, code blocks, and lists — displayed with proper styling in the chat interface.

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External Action dynamic URL

External Action Dynamic URL

Overview

External Action URLs now support ${expression} syntax for dynamic values. Build destination URLs using process data, config params, or computed values — enabling context-aware external navigation from UI Flows.

Documentation

See the UI Actions documentation.

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Notification history

Notification History

Overview
Key Features

New REST API endpoints on the notification plugin let you retrieve sent notification history. Query a paginated summary list filtered by app and optionally by process instance, or fetch full notification details by ID — including recipients, subject, body, and the source process/action that triggered it.

GET /api/notification/summary — paginated summary list with filtering and sorting
GET /api/notification/{id} — full notification details including body and recipients

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Bug fixes

Core Platform

Authorization-system Oracle DB startup — Fixed an issue where the authorization-system service failed to start when using Oracle as the configured database.
Process definition merge timing — Fixed a race condition where the process definition was updated before the merge was finalized.
Theme import with builds — Fixed an issue where themes were not included when importing builds.
Library import permissions — Fixed an issue where importing a library into a workspace redirected to a 403 error page.
App version reimport — Fixed an error that occurred when reimporting an app version (project or library).
Email resend after URL expiry — Fixed an issue where the resend email endpoint returned 200 OK but no email was sent after the URL expired.
Platform status discovery — Fixed an authorization error when trying to force discover platform status.
Runtime roles in permissions — Fixed inconsistent runtime roles display in the permissions dropdown.

AI Platform & Workflows

gRPC thread pool sizing — Fixed under-provisioned gRPC client thread pools that caused socket timeouts and dropped requests in production.
API error trace IDs — API errors now include a reference to the active traceID for easier debugging.
Cross-project resource copy — Fixed an issue where copying a workflow resource to another project did not include LDM objects.
Multi-instance mappings — Fixed a 400 error when saving multi-instance mappings in data mappers.
Email trigger mock testing — Fixed errors when starting a process from a build with mock email content.
Multiple start nodes with email trigger — Fixed an issue where only one start option was displayed when a process contained multiple start nodes with email triggers.

Renderers & UI

Angular input field crash — Fixed an issue where pressing Enter in an input field caused the Angular UI to crash.
Floating Chat interaction blocking — Fixed an issue where the floating chat component blocked all interaction with page content while open.
S3 internal bucket error — Fixed an error when the integration-designer downloads files from document-plugin via downloadPath.
File upload second attempt — Fixed an issue where upload requests were not made when uploading a second file.
UI Flow analytics — Fixed issues where analytics events were not visible and not saved for Navigate-to action types.
Task management column selection — Fixed an issue where the Last Updated column remained selected in task management.
Task Manager theming and UX — Multiple fixes for Task Manager theming, dropdown display, comment field styling, and user assignment behavior.
Toggle/checkbox label alignment — Fixed an issue where the switch toggle/checkbox or label shifted position when in an error state.
Query parameters lost after refresh — Fixed an issue where URL query parameters were lost after page refresh in UI Flows.
SSE connection management — Fixed multiple issues where SSE connections were opened twice or not closed properly after messages were received.
Modal layering — Fixed incorrect layering when a loader modal was displayed on top of another modal.
Card theming overrides — Fixed an issue where card theming overrides were not applied when the card was collapsed.
On Display workflow triggering — Fixed an issue where past On Display workflows were not re-triggered on page refresh.

Knowledge Base

KB metadata handling — Fixed multiple issues with Knowledge Base user-defined metadata: empty properties on content source creation, metadata not available for content sources added through apps, and incorrect cleanup when deleting metadata keys.

Additional information

At a glance

This release includes 30+ new features and enhancements across AI Platform, Integrations, UI & Designer, and SaaS — plus 28 bug fixes spanning Core Platform, AI/Workflows, Renderers, and Knowledge Base.

Deployment information

For detailed deployment guidelines, see the Deployment Guidelines v5.6.0.

For new environment variables and Kafka topics, see the Deployment Guidelines v5.6.0.

Changes to be aware of

FlowX.AI 5.6.0 is a SaaS-managed release — deployment-level changes (infrastructure, Kafka topics, service configuration) are handled automatically by FlowX. The items below are listed for transparency and for future reference when on-prem support ships in 5.7+.

API change (action required if you use this endpoint)

Process definition start metadata endpoint renamed — GET /api/process-definition/{uuid}/get-input-json has been renamed to GET /api/process-definition/{uuid}/get-start-metadata. Update any API clients or custom integrations that call this endpoint directly.The response now includes an additional hasEmailTriggerStart boolean field.

Infrastructure changes (managed by FlowX on SaaS)

gRPC thread pool configuration — Default gRPC client thread pool sizes have been updated for better production throughput.
WorkspaceCreatedEvent ownership — Kafka topic ownership moved from authorization-system to organization-manager.

Compatibility

Upgrade path

Upgrade from v5.5.0 — if you call get-input-json directly, update to get-start-metadata. All other changes are managed automatically on SaaS.

Component versions

See the Deployment Guidelines for the full component version matrix

Release Notes

For AI builders

For integrators

For UI developers

​What changed since 5.5.0

​Conversational Workflows

Conversational Workflows

Documentation

Multi-turn conversations

Intent routing

Session memory

Chat UI components

​Memory Capabilities

Memory Capabilities

Documentation

Automatic retrieval

Smart summarization

Per-node control

Memory tab in console

​Intent Classification node

Intent Classification Node

Documentation

AI + routing in one node

Natural language conditions

Conversation memory

Built-in fallback

​Navigate in UI Flow

Navigate in UI Flow

Documentation

Conversational context

Dynamic parameters

Destination picker

Chat Driven only

​Context Retrieval node

Context Retrieval Node

Documentation

No LLM required

Multiple search types

Metadata filters

Re-ranking

​Extract Data from File

Extract Data from File

Documentation

Three extraction methods

Image support

Signature detection

Moved to Tools category

​Web Page Extractor

Web Page Extractor

Documentation

Static or dynamic URLs

Link following

PDF processing

Speed presets

​Incoming Webhooks

Incoming Webhooks

Documentation

API key authentication

JSON payload forwarding

Manage Triggers integration

API key regeneration

​Proxy Server Connections

Proxy Server Connections

Documentation

HTTP and HTTPS proxies

Reusable connections

Test connectivity

Config parameter support

​Unmanaged MongoDB Datasource

Unmanaged MongoDB Datasource

Documentation

​Email Trigger Enhancements

Email Trigger Enhancements

Documentation

Resource management

Reply-to-email

Process instances

Mock email testing

​MCP Authentication

MCP Authentication

What changed since 5.5.0

Conversational Workflows

Memory Capabilities

Intent Classification node

Navigate in UI Flow

Context Retrieval node

Extract Data from File

Web Page Extractor

Incoming Webhooks

Proxy Server Connections

Unmanaged MongoDB Datasource

Email Trigger Enhancements

MCP Authentication

Base64 Certificate Support

CSV/Excel to JSON Conversion

UI Flow Route Management

UI Flow Start Parameters

UI Flow Session Variables

Chat History

Chat Suggested Prompts

Monaco Editor Autocomplete

Process Variables UX improvements

onClick UI events

KB query results in workflow console

Multi-file bulk upload

DISMISS UI action

Enum label display

Notification template usages

Side Panel in Data Model

On Display UI event

On Load event on Modal

KB user-defined metadata

Config params in workflow conditions

Branding settings grouping

Markdown in chat messages

External Action dynamic URL

Notification history