Chrome Version for Blue Prism

[saivikas729]

Hi All, 

I am curious about what version of chrome you guys use and how you will maintain this.  like chrome is continuously upgrading and causes issues? 

reason for asking is : we were using older version and stopped upgrades. but recently we upgraded to latest version 119. we were testing our RPA processes and chrome released two more versions now. 

Officially chrome does not provide any older versions to install ourselves,   if you are maintaining just one or installing older versions are guys using any third party website? 

your insight's could really help. thank you 

best regards, 

[Denis__Dennehy]

Probably one of the biggest issues with building RPA interfaces today is the constant releases of Chrome versions that can randomly break business critical automations.  Back in the days of using Internet Explorer automations worked for years without problem except for the odd blip with new functionality (such as when tabs were moved into separate process threads) - even those changes could be controlled alongside windows updates.

Today we have a problem.  
Firstly,  you are 100% doing the right thing trying to add some control to how you release new versions of Chrome.  If this is possible for you then look to schedule in a round of testing, fixing, releasing for newer versions in 6 monthly cycles while keeping an eye on urgent security patches that may make that cycle need to go quicker.

Secondly,  your developers need to think about how they interface with browsers.  Some developers are moving away from the Chrome browser connectors and falling back on Surface Automation where possible in browsers because it can be more reliable!  This is what the head of development at my organization now advocates for business critical automations where downtime has serious impacts and where the customer cannot stop unexpected releases of chrome.  There is a speed issue with using Surface Automation, especially with large scrolling web pages - so you may still need to use a mix of interfaces.

The following page has a Browser Compatibility Matrix for Blue Prism (basically which versions of BP have been tested against which browser).  Blue Prism is in the same boat as the rest of us,  constantly having to test their builds against new releases of Chrome to find if there are any new issues.  Browser extension compatibility (blueprism.com)