Automate Release Notes

Please see the release notes for the latest versions of CloudM Automate below.

CloudM Automate Release 3.3.0.3 — 28th May 2026

This release relaxes validation on profile fields that previously blocked customers using HR system integrations, along with bug fixes and UI polish following the Saturn rollout.

Profile field improvements

• Free-text Manager and Assistants fields — the Manager and Assistants fields on a user's Google Workspace profile now accept any text value, not just valid email addresses. This unblocks customers whose HR systems populate these fields with names rather than emails, and means profiles imported in bulk with name-only manager values are no longer "stuck" for future edits.

Note on the 'Is Manager' field: the Is Manager attribute (used to identify managers and to build Smart Teams of managers) will only be set for users whose Manager field is populated with a valid Google Workspace email address. This is the only way we can link the Manager value back to a CloudM account. Manager fields containing a name or other free-text value will not be reflected in Is Manager or in Smart Teams that filter on it.

• Free-text email forwarding address — the forwarding address picker under Email Settings now accepts free-text entries.
• More flexible filters — profile filters across Offboarding Status (live and historic), Logs, and the Users directory now accept free-text input rather than requiring selection from suggestions.

Bug fixes

• Move-to-OU offboarding trigger — fixed an issue where moving a user to a new OU via Automate would check the "Offboard Users moved to this OU" setting on the user's previous OU rather than their new one. The destination OU's setting is now correctly used. Moves performed in admin.google.com and synced into Automate were unaffected.
• Predefined roles in Add Assignment modal — the predefined ADMIN and USER roles are no longer listed when adding a role assignment to a user (they could previously be selected but produced an error on save).
• Offboarding logs link — fixed an incorrect link on failed offboarding steps that went to an error page.
• Email signature scheduled date picker — selected dates are now displayed back in the picker once chosen, confirming the selection.
• Backup stats reliability — resolved a backend error that could prevent backup statistics from loading for some domains.

UX improvements

• Improved loading experience — pages that occasionally take longer to load (such as Workflows) now show a skeleton loader.
• OU selection in Offboarding Workflows — selecting an OU in the workflow OU tree no longer scrolls the tree back to the top.

CloudM Automate Release 3.3.0 — 29th April 2026

This is our biggest interface update to date. The Saturn UI redesign — previously available as an opt-in preview via CloudM Labs — is now the default experience for all customers, along with the retirement of several legacy features.

Navigation

The Automate section in the navigation has been renamed to Workflows, better reflecting what it does.

Users

• New Create User wizard — creating a user is now a clean four-step guided flow: Basic information, Licences, Organisation, and User details. This replaces the previous single-screen form.
• Full-page user profiles — selecting a user now opens a full-page view rather than a slide-out panel, giving you more room to work.
• Improved user actions — actions are now organised into four clearly labelled groups: Access & Security, Mail & Calendar, Offboard, and User details, making it easier to find what you need quickly.

Roles

• Grouped role sections — roles are now organised into sections: Administrator, User Management, Group Management, Security, Logs, Backup, Archive, Workflows, and Signatures. This makes it much easier to find the specific role you're looking for rather than scrolling through a flat list.
• Select all per section — you can now select all roles within a group in a single click, rather than ticking each role individually.

Other redesigned pages

The following pages have also been redesigned with cleaner layouts and improved navigation:

• Offboarding Workflows — updated workflow builder and configuration screens.
• Offboarding Status — tabs renamed to Currently processing and Historic. Selecting a user now opens a full-page detail view.
• Domain Settings — Notifications has moved to its own dedicated page under Settings.
• Logs — refreshed layout with improved filtering.
• Email Signature Management — updated interface for managing and assigning signatures.
• Email Signature Library — refreshed layout for creating & editing signatures

Feature retirements

• Onboarding Workflows — retired. Onboarding use cases can be handled using Workflows with appropriate trigger and step configuration.
• External Contacts — retired. External Profiles and External Groups are not affected and remain available.
• Smart Contacts — retired. Smart Teams remain the recommended way to create dynamic, rule-based groups of users.

CloudM Automate Release 3.1.0.4 — 18th February 2026

This release includes bug fixes and improvements to enhance platform stability and user experience.

Improvements

Bug fixes

• Fixed subscription renewal messaging — updated in-product renewal banners to remove the broken Renew Now link and provide correct guidance to contact Customer Success for renewals.
• Resolved Send As alias default selection issue — fixed a bug where adding a new Send As alias would automatically override the user's existing default selection. The system now correctly retains the original default.
• Improved email settings error handling — resolved errors that could occur when modifying user send-as aliases with multiple existing aliases.
• Fixed OU sync contention issues — resolved errors affecting organisational unit syncs that were preventing profile syncs for multiple customers.