Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation EOL

Effective January 23, 2026 (the “End Date”), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation will reach end of life. The affected services are as follows:

  • B95504 – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Process Automation – User
  • B95505 – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Process Automation – Execution Pack

Prior to the End Date, we recommend that you migrate to Oracle Integration. Oracle Integration is a complete business automation platform that enables customers to connect their applications and data, automate business processes, and innovate with AI. Going forward, you can leverage all Process Automation capabilities as part of Oracle Integration.

Does this impact me? 

You should be aware that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation will no longer be available or supported after January 23, 2026. If you are an existing customer, you can continue to use the service until then. However, you must migrate to Oracle Integration before the End Date to avoid service disruption.

Why is an End of Life (EOL) process being announced?

Oracle’s strategic direction is to offer process automation through the Oracle Integration platform rather than as an independent service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This announcement aligns our strategy with the way the product is offered to customers. 

What should I do next? 

If you are using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation to migrate to Oracle Integration 3, follow the steps outlined in the Process Upgrade Options documentation. The upgrade path defined here will allow you to bring your existing Process Automation instance to Oracle Integration 3.

If you are using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation as a standalone process automation solution, follow the options provided in this article.

Options to move process usage to Oracle Integration

There are two options to move to Oracle Integration 3 defined below. Explicit Attachment is the preferred and recommended option as it offers a non-disruptive experience. Application Level Import/Export should only be used when Explicit Attachment prerequisites cannot be met.

1. Explicit Attachment

Explicit attachment enables customers to take their existing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation instance and attach it to an Oracle Integration 3 instance. 

The advantage of this is that it avoids the need for manual migration, saving valuable time and effort.

The attachment process retains the existing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation instance, which means that:

  • There is no need to perform design-time migration.
  • Process endpoints do not change (no impact on client applications).
  • Running and completed instances are retained (no impact to user tasks, active transactions, or transaction history).

Best of all, this process requires no downtime and does not adversely impact end user’s ability to initiate processes or action tasks assigned to them.

Once completed:

  • The process automation instance will show under Oracle Integration (in the Oracle Integration designer menu and OCI Console).
  • Billing will be reported under Oracle Integration rather than Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation.

To initiate this process, you will need to follow these steps:

  • Engage your Oracle Account representative and let them know that you want to leverage this approach. 
  • Your Oracle Account representative will work with you to:
    • Make sure that your instance is eligible for attachment (see prerequisites below).
    • Gather required information (tenancy and instance details, scheduled execution date, etc.).
    • Submit a request to perform the attachment.
  • Once the request is submitted, a notification will be sent to you confirming that your request has been accepted.
  • At the scheduled execution date, the process will be initiated. The attachment will only take a few minutes to complete and there is no downtime or impact to running processes.
  • Once completed, you will be notified of the completion status. At this point, you will need to perform validation to ensure that:
    • You can see your process instance under the Oracle Integration’s designer menu.
    • Oracle Integration is successfully registered in the process Workspace > Administration > Registered Services.
    • You can see the process showing as enabled under the Oracle Integration service instance in the OCI Console.
    • Perform a system integration test verifying OPA > OIC and OIC > OPA communication.
  • Once the attachment process is complete, process usage will be metered under Oracle Integration. 

To leverage the explicit attachment process, the following prerequisites must be met:

  1. The target Oracle Integration instance cannot already have a Process Automation instance enabled.
  2. Oracle Integration and OCI Process Automation must share the same identity domain, OCI region, tenancy, and compartment.
    • If the two instances are in a different compartment, you can move process automation to the same compartment as Oracle Integration by following the documentation here.

If your service instance does not meet the prerequisites of Explicit Attachment, then you will need to follow the Application Level Export/import option below.

2. Application Level Export/Import

Application Level Export/Import is a design time migration approach in which you will need to export your applications from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation and import them into Oracle Integration 3.

NOTE: With this approach; completed or running instances cannot be retained. Process Endpoints will also need to change to a new hostname.

Prerequisites:

Process:

  • Export process and decision applications from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation.
  • Import process and decision applications into Oracle Integration 3.
  • Add users and groups to application roles.
  • Activate your process applications.
  • Update clients reflecting the hostname of the new process instance.
    • Because the hostname of OCI Process Automation has changed, you will need to repoint any external client applications to the new hostname.
  • Validation
    • After the above steps are complete, validate that your end-to-end business automation flows are leveraging process work as expected.
  • Delete your OCI Process Automation Instance.

We are committed to helping customers through this transition period. Please reach out to your Oracle Account representative should you have any questions or need help.