We've been using PAD for ~4 years. PAD was updated from 2.55 to 2.60 yesterday and now there is a new 'flow checker' tab that has un-closable 'warnings' that are a massive distraction:
The judgy add-on nobody asked for that's responsible for this:
On top of the unsolicited advice 2.60 gives, the actions to "resolve" the "issue" are arbitrary and completely ignore context and give no option to acknowledge and ignore them:
Incomplete if (example below):
One of the "incomplete" ifs
There's no action there because no action should be taken.
If there are other criteria, that's why the else if logic is there.
There's nothing incomplete and --here's the important part:
I don't care if there if there were because I didn't ask for PAD's opinion
Hoisting:
Potentially useful, but some variables just aren't used in every run.
Again, I didn't ask your opinion, PAD.
Unused subflow:
Not needed? The subflow in question has 30+ actions within a few if statements.
There's another variation of this that adds the tag of shame because there are more than 50 actions.
Spoiler:
There are more than 50 actions in that subflow because that's what logically makes sense.
Why not just turn it off?
I've searched for ways to turn it off and well, it turns out you have to have a managed environment:
We've never needed to set an environment up and have no interest in making a separate environment just for this.
My ask:
I'm not asking to remove the flow checker that I don't want and will never use.
I'm only asking to please give us the option to acknowledge the warnings so we can use the otherwise good application without the useless warning signs.
This is the most Microsoft issue we've run into yet: a "solution" that nobody asked for and nobody wanted that is now plastered in my face whether I want it or not.
With the way things are going, I'm fully expecting this to be ignored and for the flow checker to be renamed "Copilot Flow Checker Microsoft 365 Chat for Power Automate" while MS high fives themselves on copilot adoption numbers going up.
In summary:
Thanks, I hate it.
