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Heads-up: New automation builder rollout

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  • January 7, 2026
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OmerK
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  • monday.com Team Member

Hello everyone,

Over the past months, we’ve been rebuilding the foundation that powers automations on monday. This new, workflows-based infrastructure now drives how automations are built across the platform, including the new automation builder, monday workflows, and future automation experiences.

In the coming weeks, we’ll begin gradually rolling out the new automation builder. This rollout is part of a broader shift toward a single, shared automation foundation that allows automation features to be reused across multiple experiences, rather than being tied to a single builder.

What this means at a high level:

  • Existing automations will continue running as they do today.

  • There’s no immediate action required.

  • To continue appearing in the new automation experiences as they rollout, apps with automation features will need to migrate to this new foundation.

  • Starting today, we are running an A/B test for the new Automation Builder, which will be rolled out to 5% of users who are creating automations from scratchAs a result, a small number of users might not see your app blocks when building an automation from scratch. If the test proves successful, we will gradually extend the rollout to all users, aiming for full implementation by March 2026.
    This A/B test, along with the overall rollout of the new builder, will not affect automation recipes, the automation center, or running automations at this stage.

To support this transition, we’ll provide a self-service migration wizard that will help partners and app developers move their existing automation features to the new infrastructure with minimal manual work. We’ll share full details, guidance, and timelines in a follow-up announcement.

 

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dvdsmpsn
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  • January 7, 2026

Hey ​@OmerK thank you for this announcement.

As this A/B testing is expected to remove all our apps’ automations from the UI for the 5%, what is the best way for users to self-diagnose that they are part of the 5% who are in the A/B testing?

Is it that they will have the following dropdown menu present?

 

Also, is there any way to be notified whether a new app trial account is part of the 5%?

It would be good if we could somehow flag to any new trials that the automations are being hidden, so they will need to do extra work to find them.

Without being able to flag this problem, I would expect either an increase in support volume, or a decrease in conversions, or both.

As ever, if I’ve got anything wrong here, please correct me 🙃

– Cheers, David.

 


OmerK
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  • monday.com Team Member
  • January 8, 2026

For your first question, automations won’t disappear from the automation center. The only thing that will disappear for the 5% of users who are part of the AB test is the blocks in the “dropdown menu” in the start from scratch flow. We know only a small fraction of app users are building automations from scratch, and out of those, only 5% will be part of the test.`

The best way to prevent blocks from disappearing is to migrate to the new infrastructure. We'll share more info in the next couple of weeks.

This is the old builder:

And the new builder will look like this:

It also has the option to create automation with AI.

For your second question, 

The dropdown in the attached image is controlled by a feature flag. Developers will have this flag enabled by default. If you need a user to use the legacy builder, please get in touch with us via a support ticket.


dvdsmpsn
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  • Participating Frequently
  • January 8, 2026

The dropdown in the attached image is controlled by a feature flag. Developers will have this flag enabled by default. If you need a user to use the legacy builder, please get in touch with us via a support ticket.

@OmerK if they are part of the 5% and features are missing, please just add the dropdown to all of them who have apps installed.


OmerK
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  • monday.com Team Member
  • January 11, 2026

If you have a customer who encounters any problem in the week before the wizard rollout, please contact the team and me, and we’ll check it for you. ​@dvdsmpsn