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Progress Automate MFT 1.12 is here: smarter security, smoother automation
Progress Automate MFT 1.12 makes it easier to manage access, connect identity systems, and run file-transfer automations more reliably—especially at scale. Check out the quick highlights below.
Release highlights
- Enhanced role-based access control (RBAC): Create custom roles and apply permissions at the folder/library level.
- Multiple identity providers per tenant: Support more flexible single sign-on across domains and business units.
- Collect only new files: Reduce reprocessing by transferring only files updated since the last successful run.
- Concurrent task run protection: Prevent overlapping runs of the same task to avoid duplicate processing.
- Faster troubleshooting: Jump from task activity directly into the most relevant reports.
What’s new
- Enhanced RBAC for more precise control. Create custom roles, assign multiple roles per user, and set permissions by folder and library—so access stays tight and easy to manage.
- Multiple identity providers in one tenant. Register more than one identity provider per tenant to support flexible SSO across domains or business units.
- Collect only new files (opt-in). Configure Source steps to transfer only files newer than the last successful run to reduce duplicates and reprocessing.
- Protection against overlapping task runs. Enable a task option that blocks concurrent runs of the same task to help prevent duplicate transfers.
- Contextual report navigation from task activity. Use the Activity panel’s shortcut menu to jump straight to task run details and file activity reports.
Getting started
- If you manage access: review your current roles and consider where folder/library-level permissions will simplify administration.
- If you use SSO: add any additional identity providers needed for your organization’s structure.
- If you run recurring tasks: enable Collect only new files where you want incremental transfers, and enable concurrent run protection for tasks that must never overlap.
- Explore the Activity panel’s report shortcuts the next time you troubleshoot a run.
We’d love your feedback on 1.12. Try the update and tell us what you’d like to see next—especially around permissions, identity management, and task reliability.
Bug Fixes
- Consistent file filter display in task tree
- Match Any label correctly selects radio option
- Expand moved IF steps without saving
- Browse folder results grouped by type and sorted A–Z
- Accurate reporting for self-hosted task runs
- Single final status history for completed runs
- Delete active task version
For more details, refer to: https://docs.progress.com/bundle/automate-mft-user-guide/page/Automate-MFT-overview.html