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Sharepoint 2010 Workflow can no longer be published on Sharepoint 2013 for our Online site
Dear all, we run a SharePoint Online site, where we have a number of workflows (2010) running mainly to generate documents etc in our automated workflows. All has been working fine, till today,...
OK, the problem is still here.
This is unbelievable!
Dahai FangThe link that I posted above is the only place I have found where the issue and resolution details are publicly available (and it is live updated each day). Current status (unchanged since Saturday):
######################################## Mar 18, 2019 05:27 PM UTC ######################################## Title: Unable to edit existing workflows or create new workflows User Impact: Users are unable to edit workflows or create new workflows in SharePoint 2010 using Designer and other protocols. More info: Users may receive the error: "Unexpected error on server associating the workflow," and "Errors were found when compiling the workflow. The Workflow files were saved but cannot run." As a result of this problem, you may be unable to execute the following tasks: - Activating features that contain out-of-the-box or custom 2010 workflows - Provisioning out-of-the-box or custom site templates that contain 2010 workflows Additionally, attempting to edit existing workflows may cause those workflows to become dissociated with their SharePoint list. We've developed a fix for this issue and are preparing to apply it across the affected environment. Affected customers are encouraged to refrain from attempting to edit existing workflows until our fix is deployed. Current status: We successfully deployed the fix to a test environment and have validated that our solution is effective. We're proceeding with deployment to the affected environment and are on track to complete this process by Saturday, March 23, 2019. Scope of impact: Impact is specific to SharePoint 2010 workflows. Any user attempting to edit existing workflows or create new workflows may be affected by this event. Estimated time to resolve: Based on current deployment progress, we expect this problem to be resolved by Saturday, March 23, 2019. Next update by: Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 8:00 PM UTC
- Latest update from Microsoft overnight:
"Current status: The deployment of the fix is approximately 17 percent complete. We'll continue to monitor the environment as the deployment progresses to ensure that it completes as expected."
I don't know whether this means that it's been deployed to 17% of the sites that they host, but that sounds plausible - meaning that the fix is gradually going live.
It's still not working on our site, but I would recommend that you build a test and see if you are lucky enough to have it working in yours. Create a new SharePoint 2010 workflow against a list, leave it blank and try to publish it to see if it works. If it does work, please post back here as this is the only live thread about the issue that I'm aware of.DenisCheong I was able to create and publish a SP 2010 workflow.
