Hi there Bubble community, I’m Kate, a product manager at Bubble, and I’m here with an important update that we’re thrilled to share. Starting in early April, the new workflow tab will transition to full general availability (GA) for all users, meaning it will automatically replace the old experience for everyone. Since the beta launched in the fall, it’s received an overwhelmingly positive response and engagement, with nearly 34,000 users opting in and 92% of them staying in the experience. This update represents a major improvement in how you’ll manage workflows in the Bubble editor — but it’s also a significant UX change. Once the new workflow tab rolls out to GA, the old interface will no longer be accessible. It’s a change we believe will significantly improve your ability to manage complex projects, whether you’re an experienced user or just getting started with Bubble, but we wanted to give you plenty of notice to prepare and explore the changes ahead of time. Why are we making this change? The updated workflow tab is designed to address challenges shared by our community, including: Providing more intuitive organization tools for complex workflows Making it easier to navigate the current interface, especially on large-scale apps Reducing confusion caused by coupling workflow names with events What’s changing? You can read through this thread to learn about all the changes we have added since the beta began, like an improved workflow canvas and better navigation tools. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback during the beta, we’re excited to announce that we’ve also launched the following new features over the past few weeks: [image][New Feature] New Workflow Tab in Beta Can see only about 10 workflows at a time Better overview of workflows: Added grid view of all workflows [image][New Feature] New Workflow Tab in Beta One suggestion would be to improve the visual cues for disabled workflows Better ability to see what’s enabled and disabled: We’ve updated the UI to show a red tag when the workflow is disabled [image]Monthly Community Update -- February 2025 Going back and forth where it resets each time is getting super annoying. Improved UX to keep you in your flow: Tabs no longer reset as you switch from the backend workflow tab to the design tab to the workflow tab Enhanced zoom functionality: We’ve enabled the ability for trackpad zoom, shortcut key zoom, and zoom toggle control, all on the workflow canvas. And another feature coming soon! Improved search: Re-introduce the menu bar search function. Search results will show actions with the associated workflow [image][New Feature] New Workflow Tab in Beta Ability to search for actions (currently you can only filter the workflows that have those actions in them. In the previous version, the dropdown showed you workflows and actions) Learn more For a deeper dive into the workflow tab update and the journey behind these improvements, check out our BubbleCon presentation. It covers the top updates, our goals for this change, and how it fits into the future of Bubble. What’s next? We’ll be rolling out the update in early April. No action is required on your end. If you have not already, try the new workflow tab by opting in through the banner on the workflow tab or through Settings>Versions>Beta Features. While in beta, you can navigate between the new and old experience. Otherwise, just keep building as usual! If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to reach out via the forums or support. Thank you for being part of the Bubble community. We can’t wait for you to experience the workflow tab! Happy building, Kate and the Bubble team

I have switched to the new WorkFlow tab after avoiding it for a long time. In general I like the change. However, I see the issues reported about not being able to find anything, and I get it. There are workarounds, but this could still be improved. This Triggers list is awesome. Thank you :grinning_face: The number of times I have deleted a WF to see everything that calls it… [image] In Grid view on Workflows, can clicking on the truncated Conditions wrap the line and show the full details, please? [image] Why is the icon the same for API WorkFlows and Database Triggers on BackEnd WorkFlows? Surely a different icon would be easy to do and offer much better insight :+1: [image] I have a very large app and knew where things were. Now, scrolling through a massive list is tough. Searching is not great where the results are showing API WF names and the actions in the list by default. Perhaps a toggle to search just the API names or API AND Actions? [image] When first opening the Workflows pages, instead of showing “You haven’t select a workflow yet”. Could the default setting show the API workflows in the old grid style we were all used to using? [image] Clicking on a folder on the left menu could still show the grid view of the API WF names to give the best of both worlds. This idea, I understand, could slow down the editor, so it may be rejected on performance grounds. Just to be clear, once clicking on an API WF, the new Actions layout would show (not the old horizontal version that Bubble is trying to remove): [image]

Tried it again. Had to turn it back off again. It’s simply not good. Please do not force this.

Absolutely inconvenient option, delete it and don’t show it to anyone else. Don’t copy the disgusting design from other no code apps.

FYI… [image]Monthly Community Update -- April 2025 Everything that launched last month The new workflow tab will become the default experience for all users later this month. We had previously announced that this change would go into effect April 7. Based on community feedback, we’ve decided to push that launch back to add more features around conditional statements. Keep an eye out for more updates coming shortly. Over the past few weeks, we’ve shipped several feature changes to improve navigation, including zoom controls on the canvas, better searches for actions, grid view to show you all workflows, and a UI change that makes it clearer when a workflow is enabled. We’re also improving routing, so your tabs won’t reset when you switch between the backend workflow, design, and workflow tabs.

I do not like the new editor but I am forcing myself to get use to it before I can’t disable it. Here are my suggestions to make it better This is the biggest blocker for me. Make conditions visible on the cards on the left hand side, it is very hard to find what workflow does what, in this example you can see I have two with different conditions but you wouldn’t know that unless you clicked through them, or give us the option to toggle that on as a feature, maybe a “detailed” view? I actually like the folder view combined with the grid view, it’s the closest thing to the old editor and honestly should have been the default view for the new editor, however, I don’t want to click to open each one if I am scanning a page for workflows, please give us a toggle option to have them open by default. [Screenshot 2025-04-02 105332]

[image] Feature Request: Disable Step Function in Workflow Editor Idea I would like to suggest adding a feature that allows us to disable individual steps in a workflow. This functionality would significantly improve the debugging and testing process during development by enabling us to easily toggle steps on or off as needed. While I understand that it’s currently possible to achieve this by adding conditions to ensure a step is never executed, this approach can be cumbersome and less intuitive. A simple “Disable” option, accessible via a right-click on the step,…

Essentially, There are now a lot of unused screen estate. The text of the Events have changed :-/ [CleanShot 2025-04-08 at 08.27.23@2x] [CleanShot 2025-04-08 at 08.27.59@2x] Could you not at least have kept the wording intact? Now I can’t see what kind of event it is, nor can I see the “only when” condition. I have to learn to correlate the tiny icons to what kind of event it is, very annoying. I can absolutely not see the reason for this new feature, or any benefit other than slowing people down. I don’t want to be mean here, but I’d like to see anyone stating why this new view is better in any way compared to the old view. And has it sped up or decreased your development speed?

I second this, it is so frustrating to have to hover over each action to see the conditions and is adding lots of time to development. I am finding the new workflow editor unusable due to this. Such a simple change for bubble to make would make such a huge impact.

meanwhile Bubble is trying to position itself as the only platform with a truly visual development language yet the editor …

There’s a hundred and one simple changes that bubble could do to the editor to make it better… yet they decide to ignore all those and focus on fixing things that aren’t broken and AI. Frustrating but that’s what’s more important I guess.

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