Transfer Action Provider Migration; Flow Definition Updates Required

[Ada Nikolaidis]

Over the coming weeks, we will be migrating Flows and Timers usage to the new Transfer action providers. 

If you do not administer any flows that interact with the Transfer service and if you do not use the Globus-provided flows, no action should be required on your part.

User-defined flows that use the legacy Transfer action providers will need to be updated to make use of the new action providers. The legacy Transfer action providers, which all start with https://actions.globus.org/transfer/, have been deprecated since February 20, 2024. A migration guide is available to help with this process. 

Globus-provided flows that make use of the new action providers are available starting today:

Two-Stage Transfer

Move (Copy and Delete) Files

The prior versions of these flows have “(Deprecated)” added to their names and will be removed on 11/13/2024.

We will automatically migrate legacy Transfer timers to use the new Transfer action providers on 10/29/2024. This should not require any manual intervention on your part. Please note that as part of this change, it will no longer be possible to create or manage timers using the Timer CLI tool, which was superseded by the Globus CLI on September 1, 2023.

Discontinuation of the legacy action providers will happen in stages:

Today: New Globus-provided flows available

10/29/2024: Legacy timers automatically converted

11/13/2024: Flows no longer allows the legacy APs during flow creation or update

11/13/2024: Legacy Globus-provided flows removed

01/08/2025: Flows no longer starts runs that use the legacy action providers

01/22/2025: Legacy action providers removed; flow runs still in progress may fail

If you have questions about how to update your flows to use these new action providers or need assistance, please reach out via sup...@globus.org.

Ada Nikolaidis
Globus Software Engineering Manager
Globus.org | University of Chicago

[Ada Nikolaidis]

If you do not administer any flows that interact with the Transfer service and if you do not use the Globus-provided flows, no action should be required on your part.

As previously announced, we will continue to incrementally limit access to the legacy Transfer APs this month. We are extending several dates to allow additional time for migration. The text of the original announcement is included below for additional detail on this change.

The new timeline for the remaining changes:

01/22/2025: Legacy Globus-provided flows are removed (these are currently labeled “(Deprecated)”)

01/22/2025: Flows no longer starts runs that use the legacy action providers

02/05/2025: Legacy action providers removed; flow runs still in progress may fail

If you need help identifying your affected flows, have questions about how to update your flows to use these new action providers, or need other assistance, please reach out via sup...@globus.org.

Ada Nikolaidis

Globus Software Engineering Manager
Globus.org | University of Chicago