# June 2026

> June 2026 release notes for ScreenPlay in Automation Cloud.

## June 24, 2026

### SecureString and ScreenPlayImage support in coded workflows

ScreenPlay coded workflows now handle two additional argument types: `SecureString`, for passing sensitive string values without exposing them in plain text, and `ScreenPlayImage`, for including a screenshot directly in the ScreenPlay prompt to give the model additional visual context. Previously, coded workflows had no native handling for these types; this change brings them to parity with low-code workflows.

### Distributed tracing SpanId

ScreenPlay now adds an `X-UIPATH-SEMANTIC-SPAN-ID` header to the HTTP calls it makes to backend services, such as the Semantic Proxy and LLM Gateway. The span identifier lets a single ScreenPlay execution and its requests be correlated end-to-end across services, improving observability and troubleshooting.

### Application instance attach mode support

ScreenPlay now supports the Application instance window attach mode. When a Use Application/Browser activity uses this attach mode, inner activities search across the entire application instance — all parent and child windows, alerts, and popups — instead of a single window.

ScreenPlay captures and records traces correctly across all windows of the attached application instance, in addition to the existing Single window support.

### Refreshed HTML trace file

The ScreenPlay HTML trace file has a refreshed visual design. The trace viewer output now has an updated layout and styling that make execution traces easier to read and navigate, aligned with current UiPath design standards.

### Corrections, added August 11, 2026

The following entries were omitted from the original June 24, 2026 announcement and apply to that release.

#### Expanded model selection

The **Model** drop-down on the **ScreenPlay** activity now offers a wider range of Screen Agent models, adding GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.0 Flash Preview, and Path Mini. The added models are more capable and faster than the ones previously available, and are the largest contributor to the reduced execution latency in this release compared to the 25.10 GA release. Path Mini is a Qwen-based model fine-tuned by UiPath for screen understanding and UI interaction, hosted and served by UiPath on its own cloud infrastructure, and is the fastest option in the selection.

The full selection is:

**Basic tier:**

* Screen Agent (using Path Mini)
* Screen Agent (using Gemini 2.5 Flash)
* Screen Agent (using Gemini 3.0 Flash Preview)
* Screen Agent (using GPT-4.1 mini)
* Screen Agent (using GPT-5 mini)
* Screen Agent (using GPT-5.4 mini)

**Standard tier:**

* Screen Agent (using GPT-4.1)
* Screen Agent (using GPT-5)
* Screen Agent (using GPT-5.4)
* Screen Agent (using GPT-5.5)
* OpenAI - Operator
* Anthropic - Computer Use

For the characteristics of each model, refer to [ScreenPlay](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/ui-automation/screenplay).

#### New default model

The default model for the **ScreenPlay** activity changed from **Screen Agent (using Gemini 2.5 Flash)** to **Screen Agent (using GPT-5.4)**. GPT-5.4 is a Standard tier model, whereas Gemini 2.5 Flash is a Basic tier one. Existing automations keep the model they were configured with; the new default applies to newly added **ScreenPlay** activities.

#### Execution beyond the indicated scope

ScreenPlay is no longer confined to the application or window passed as its scope. It can now work across multiple browser tabs and multiple applications within the same task.

#### Execution fixes

This release includes fixes to ScreenPlay execution reliability.