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Cloud Flow is not recognizing output variables of Desktop Flow

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Hi everyone!

 

I'm working on a cloud flow that calls a desktop flow which then returns some variables as string.

 

There is content in these output variables but subsequent steps in the flow see the variables as Null.

This started happening yesterday 04/11/2023, in all environments, running in different machines and I noticed that the action response schema changed since yesterday.

 

Screenshot showing the desktop flow output variables content before:

DiegoGracia_3-1681306859830.png

 

Screenshot showing the desktop flow output variables content now:

DiegoGracia_2-1681306711809.png

*Ignore that in the first screenshot the variable was blank and now it has content, that's part of the desktop flow logic, the problem is that when referring to that variable whether or not it has content, it is now always null.

 

Apparently "Content" is new, but if I use the variables from the dynamic content, Power Automate does not refer to "body/Content/variable" but directly to "body/variable" as it's shown in the following.

DiegoGracia_0-1681306174775.png

 

 As a workaround I use the expression outputs('Run_a_flow_built_with_Power_Automate_for_desktop')?['body/Content/ResultadoScript'] but this is a problem because I have many flows using the references that stopped working.

 

I am hoping the community can help me understand why that is happening and how can fix it in the right way.

 

Thanks a lot!

Diego García.

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    13 on at

    Yes, I encountered this issue too yesterday, but not in all environments, only one (Asia region, US and other regions were OK for me), and it broke some of my flows. Used similar work-around as you. However, today, the issue resolved itself and the response reverted to its original format. This caused further issue as now, I have to revert the changes.

  • DiegoGracia Profile Picture
    12 on at

    Hi, the same thing happened to me. This confirms that it was due to some change in the service that was fixed. As you mention I had to update all the flows again, but it's now stable, let's hope it doesn't change again.

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