Need feedback on 26.6 upgrade

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Hi everyone, 
 
 We're planning to upgrade our production environment to Appian 26.6 and currently we are on 25.3 version, wanted to check with the community before proceeding. 
 
 For those who have already upgraded to 26.6, have you encountered any significant issues, regressions, or unexpected behavior after the upgrade?

Our application is a fairly large enterprise solution with extensive use of Record Types, Process Models, Connected Systems, integrations, and custom plug-ins, so we're keen to understand if there are any unexpected issues faced due to upgrade. 
 
 Any feedback or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Stefan Helzle · Answer

In the last 16 years, Appian upgrades have been extremely stable. But you mention plugins. This is something you should check. 
 We upgrade our first environment tomorrow.

Shubham Aware · Answer

Low risk. Appian Cloud upgrades are managed and backward-compatible, so 25.3 to 26.6 should not break records, process models, or connected systems. Recompile/test custom plug-ins and read the removals sections of every release 25.4 to 26.6, then upgrade a lower environment Run Health Check in your lower environments before and after the upgrade to catch plug-ins using deprecated/removed APIs and design or config risks.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Is it your standard procedure to only upgrade ~1 time per year? It's pretty easy (in my experience managing my company's production environment as well as lower environments) to get into a cadence wherein you hit basically all of the quarterly upgrades - choosing a lower environment to upgrade very early, doing some QA/Regression testing in that environment for a week to a few weeks, then once you're satisfied, upgrading your remaining environments. 
 Keeping in-step with the appian dev pipeline in this manner takes a lot of the fear out of making a big jump, IMHO.

Need feedback on 26.6 upgrade

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