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Unattended flow not working with "Failed to assume control of Microsoft Edge" error.

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Hi,

 

I have a number of PAD flows that have corresponding PAC flows that are scheduled to run unattended. These flows have been running as expected for the last 6+months without any problems. About a week ago they all stopped working with the following error:

 

Problem while executing action 'AttachToEdgeByUrl'. Failed to assume control of Microsoft Edge (communication with Power Automate web extension failed).

 

However if I try and run the flows from PAD directly on the target machine they all work fine, the problem only happens when the flows are run unattended.

 

I have tried the following steps to try and resolve the issue:

 

1. Updated PAD (Version: 2.40.00207.24023 and Store version: 11.2401.31.0) and the Power Automate Machine Runtime (Version: 2.41.170.24032) on the target machine.

2. Updating Microsoft Edge (Version 121.0.2277.110)

2. Uninstalling and re-installing the Power Automate Edge plugin (multiple times).

3. Setting the "ScreenDefaultResolutionEnabled" to true in the UIFlowService.exe.config file.

3. Adding an additional "Launch new Microsoft Edge" component and changing the existing one to "Attached to running instance" with retries. 

4. Adding a delay at the start of the flow.

5. Disabling the "Wait for page to load" toggle and adding a "Wait for page content" component.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Brett

  • CU16071609-1 Profile Picture
    6,255 Moderator on at

    @Brmmmm78 

    Have you attempted downgrading to version 2.39 to see if this resolves the issue for you?

    Many individuals are reporting problems with the latest version. I've also noticed that the latest version repeatedly prompts me for credentials, and upon accessing my designer screen, it displays irrelevant errors. I downgraded to 2.39, and now everything is functioning smoothly without any issues.

     

    Thanks,

    Deenu

  • yinyinxian Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Did this work for you?  I am running into a similar issue all the populate text failed when using untended.. Everything failed after upgrading to the latest...

     

  • yinyinxian Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Hi Deenuji,

     

    Is it possible to share the link of v2.39, I only got a  download  link here but it has only to 2.33

  • CU16071609-1 Profile Picture
    6,255 Moderator on at

    @yinyinxian Please DM me. I will share the link 

  • Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Most Valuable Professional on at

    What action does the flow fail on when you have disabled the "Wait for page to load" toggle on Run new Microsoft Edge?

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