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After deleting and redeploying a solution, an old Power Automate Desktop flow version still runs

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Description:
I’m experiencing unexpected behavior with a Power Automate Desktop (PAD) flow deployed via a solution.
 
Steps performed:
1. In a Power Platform production environment, I have a solution containing a PAD flow.
    - The PAD flow includes a hard-coded version variable set to 1.0.
2. I delete the entire solution and wait for the confirmation that the deletion is completed.
3. I update the PAD flow and change the version variable to 2.0.
4. To be sure, I also save the Cloud flow that triggers the PAD flow.
5. I deploy the new solution (containing the updated PAD flow) to the production environment.
6. I run the PAD flow after deployment.
 
Actual result:
The PAD flow that starts is still reporting version 1.0, as if the old flow is being executed.
 
Expected result:
The newly deployed PAD flow with version 2.0 should run.
 
Question:
Has anyone encountered this behavior before, where an old PAD flow version keeps running after deleting and redeploying a solution? Any ideas on the root cause or how to force the correct version to run?
 
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    trice602 Profile Picture
    16,028 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    HI there!
     
    I think this describes it here: Version control in Power Automate for desktop (preview) - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn but in short this happens when the desktop flow you’re invoking isn’t the latest published version in the target environment—even if you’ve edited and re‑deployed the solution. PAD distinguishes between “saved (draft)” and “published” versions, and unattended/cloud-triggered runs use the published version. If the 1.0 was the last published build on the machine/environment, your run will still execute 1.0 until the 2.0 is published.
     
    I hope that helps!  It's been awhile since you posted this as well, let us know if that was the issue so others find the solution as well!
     

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    14 on at
    Hi Tom,
     
    What a relief, this is exactly the answer and solution to my problem. Thanks for the tip!
     
    Cheers,
    Servan

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