James,
Unfortunately I agree, that this is just the way it is. I had planned on using automations for anything I needed completed instantly, and Pipelines for all processes requiring complexity. This was a perfect solution for me, so I was quite disappointed when they announced automatons are going away. I kept hoping that with enough pushback, they would leave automations, but I've lost hope. I have roughly 100 automations I need to switch over to Pipelines, and am not looking forward to it.
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Mike Tamoush
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