Update Existing Flow Approval Processes to Run Background Steps Synchronously When Actions Support It

Background steps that call synchronous actions now run synchronously, reducing end-to-end latency for your running flow approval processes. Previously, any background step containing an Action element ran asynchronously, regardless of whether the action itself was synchronous. To take advantage of this change in existing flow approval processes, update the flow approval process’s API version to 68.0 or later.

Where: This change applies to Lightning Experience in Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Einstein 1 Editions, Agentforce 1 Editions, and Developer editions.

How: To opt in, open the flow approval process’s version properties in Flow Builder and set API Version for Running the Flow Approval Process to 68.0 or later. Flow approval processes running an earlier API version keep the previous asynchronous behavior.