Automation Suite upgrade paths

In-place upgrade paths

The following matrix shows the available in-place upgrade paths for Automation Suite versions:

• - a direct in-place upgrade path between major versions is available;

• - an intermediate in-place upgrade between your initial and targeted major versions is needed.

  Note: If you need to upgrade to an intermediate version, then you can use intermediate version as the base version to continue upgrading along the upgrade path.

In-place upgrade paths are specific to Automation Suite on Linux. For Automation Suite on EKS/AKS, on the one hand, you must maintain Kubernetes compatibility. For Automation Suite on OpenShift, on the other hand, you must maintain OpenShift compatibility.

Note:

We strongly advise upgrading to the most recent minor version of Automation Suite. This allows you to take advantage of the latest enhancements and guarantees the seamless operation of all internal components.

Initial version	Automation Suite on Linux targeted version
	2022.10.x	2023.4.x	2023.10.x	2024.10.x	2.2510.x
2021.10.x	2021.10.x → 2022.10.9 → 2022.10.10 → 2022.10.12 → 2022.10.15 or later	2021.10.x → 2022.10.9 → 2023.4.5 → 2023.4.7 → 2023.4.10 → 2023.4.13	2021.10.x → 2022.10.9 → 2023.10.2 → 2023.10.4 → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12	2021.10.x → 2022.10.9 → 2023.10.2 → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later	2021.10.x → 2022.10.9 → 2023.10.2 → 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1
2022.4.x	(2022.4.0 - 2022.4.6) → 2022.10.9 → 2022.10.10 → 2022.10.12 → 2022.10.15 (2022.4.7 - 2022.4.11) → 2022.10.10 → 2022.10.12 → 2022.10.15 (2022.4.12 - 2022.4.13) → 22.10.13 → 22.10.15 (2022.4.14 - 2022.4.15) → 2022.10.13 → 2022.10.15	(2022.4.0 - 2022.4.6) → 2022.10.9 → 2023.4.5 → 2023.4.7 → 2023.4.10 → 2023.4.13 (2022.4.7 - 2022.4.11) → 2022.10.10 → 2023.4.7 → 2023.4.10 → 2023.4.13 (2022.4.12 - 2022.4.13) → 2022.10.13 → (2023.4.8 - 2023.4.10) → 2023.4.13 2022.4.15 → 2022.10.13 → 2023.4.10 → 2023.4.13	Requires 2022.4.7 minimum with Ceph on raw devices, and completion of Cilium migration before initiating the upgrade. (2022.4.7 - 2022.4.11) → 2023.10.3 → 2023.10.5 → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2022.4.12 - 2022.4.13) → 2023.10.5 → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2022.4.14 - 2022.4.15) → 2023.10.5 → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12	Requires 2022.4.7 minimum with Ceph on raw devices, and completion of Cilium migration before initiating the upgrade. (2022.4.7 - 2022.4.10) → 2023.10.3 → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later (2022.4.11 - 2022.4.15) → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later	Requires 2022.4.7 minimum with Ceph on raw devices, and completion of Cilium migration before initiating the upgrade. (2022.4.7 - 2022.4.10) → 2023.10.3 → 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1 (2022.4.11 - 2022.4.15) → 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1
2022.10.x	(2022.10.0 - 2022.10.9) → 2022.10.10 (2022.10.10 - 2022.10.11) → 2022.10.13 → 2022.10.15 (2022.10.12 - 2022.10.13) → 2022.10.15	(2022.10.0 - 2022.10.9) → 2023.4.5 → 2023.4.7 → 2023.4.10 → 2023.4.13 (2022.10.10 - 2022.10.11) → 2023.4.7 → 2023.4.10 → 2023.4.13 (2022.10.12 - 2022.10.13) → 2023.4.10 → 2023.4.13 2022.10.14 → 2023.4.13	(2022.10.0 - 2022.10.9) → 2023.10.2 → (2023.10.4 - 2023.10.5) → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2022.10.10 - 2022.10.11) → 2023.10.5 → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2022.10.12 - 2022.10.13) → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 2022.10.14 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12	(2022.10.0 - 2022.10.9) → 2023.10.2 → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later (2022.10.10 - 2022.10.11) → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later (2022.10.12 - 2022.10.13) → 2024.10.4 → 2024.10.7 (2022.10.14 - 2022.10.15) → 2024.10.7	(2022.10.0 - 2022.10.9) → 2023.10.2 → 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1 (2022.10.10 - 2022.10.11) → 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1 (2022.10.12 - 2022.10.14) → 2024.10.4 → 2.2510.1 (2022.10.14 - 2022.10.15) → 2.2510.1
2023.4.x	N/A	(2023.4.0 - 2023.4.4) → 2023.4.5 (2023.4.5 - 2023.4.6) → (2023.4.7 - 2023.4.8) → (2023.4.9 - 2023.4.10) → 2023.4.13 2023.4.11 → 2023.4.13	(2023.4.0-2023.4.4) → 2023.10.2 → (2023.10.4 - 2023.10.5) → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2023.4.5 - 2023.4.6) → (2023.10.4 - 2023.10.5) → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2023.4.7 - 2023.4.8) → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2023.4.9 - 2023.4.10) → 2023.10.7 → 2023.10.9 → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12 (2023.4.11 - 2023.4.13) → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12	(2023.4.0-2023.4.4) → 2023.10.2 → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later (2023.4.5 - 2023.4.6) → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later (2023.4.7 - 2023.4.8) → 2024.10.4 → 2024.10.7 (2023.4.9 - 2023.4.13) → 2024.10.7	(2023.4.0-2023.4.4) → 2023.10.2 → 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1 (2023.4.5-2023.4.6) → 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1 (2023.4.7-2023.4.8) → 2024.10.4 → 2.2510.1 (2023.4.9 - 2023.4.13) → 2.2510.1
2023.10.x	N/A	N/A	(2023.10.0 - 2023.10.3) → (2023.10.4 - 2023.10.5) → (2023.10.6 - 2023.10.7) → (2023.10.8 - 2023.10.9) → 2023.10.10 → 2023.10.12	(2023.10.0 - 2023.10.1) → (2023.10.2 - 2023.10.3) → 2024.10.3 → 2024.10.4 or later (2023.10.4 - 2023.10.5) → 2024.10.4 → 2024.10.7r (2023.10.6 - 2023.10.12) → 2024.10.7	(2023.10.0 - 2023.10.1) → (2023.10.2 - 2023.10.3) -> 2024.10.3 → 2.2510.1 (2023.10.4 - 2023.10.5) → 2024.10.4 → 2.2510.1 (2023.10.6 - 2023.10.12) → 2.2510.1
2024.10.x	N/A	N/A	N/A	Any forward upgrade is supported.	2024.10.0 → 2.2510.1
2.2510.x	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Any forward upgrade is supported.

Note:

• In some cases, upgrading Automation Suite requires transitioning through an intermediate version or skiping some versions entirely to maintain the smooth functioning of the internal components. Not following the upgrade guidelines in the previous table may lead to an internal component downgrade or an unsuccessful internal component upgrade, thereby causing the Automation Suite upgrade to fail.

• If you plan to upgrade from Automation Suite 2022.10 or earlier, and Process Mining is enabled, you must migrate process apps to the new process graph layout before starting the upgrade.

• If you use Active Directory (AD) and are planning on upgrading to 2023.4.0, we highly recommend that you skip straight to the 2023.4.3 version, as 2023.4.0, 2023.4.1 and 2023.4.2 are impacted by an AD issue.

• Only upgrades to Automation Suite 2023.10 and later leverage the simplified upgrade process.

Side-by-side upgrade paths

The following matrix shows the available side-by-side upgrade paths for Automation Suite versions:

• - a direct side-by-side upgrade path between versions is available;
• - a side-by-side upgrade between your initial and targeted versions is not possible.

Note:

We strongly advise upgrading to the most recent minor version of Automation Suite. This allows you to take advantage of the latest enhancements and guarantees the seamless operation of all internal components.

Initial version	Targeted version
	2021.10.x	2022.4.x	2022.10.x	2023.4.x	2023.10.x	2024.10.x	2.2510.x
2021.10.x
2022.4.x	N/A
2022.10.x	N/A	N/A
2023.4.x	N/A	N/A	N/A
2023.10.x	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2024.10.x	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2.2510.x	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A