Important Dates
Stay up to date on the latest important dates for the Canvas platform.
| Description | Type | What You Need To Know | Release Date | End of Life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow SDK | New Version | The Workflow SDK has been deprecated, and will only receive fixes for defects or security issues. We are replacing its functionality with the Canvas SDK and its plugins, and will not set a date for the removal of the Workflow SDK until the Canvas SDK reaches feature parity. At that time we will present a migration plan to convert Workflow SDK Protocols into Canvas Plugins. | TBD (Not Soon) | |
| Read-only replica: Clinical note body structure | Breaking Change | Canvas is changing how a clinical note stores its body, with every existing note migrated onto the new structure. Instances without a read-only replica are turned on first, on 09/21/2026, and instances with one a week later, on 09/28/2026. Nothing looks different in the chart, and the Note API, FHIR, and the plugin SDK need no change. An integration reading note bodies from the read-only replica needs a query change: on a migrated note the body column is empty and the lines move to body_content and body_order, with checksum no longer maintained. Read more. | 09/21/2026 (09/28/2026 with a read-only replica) | |
| FHIR API: Setting appointment location using the location integer value | Breaking Change | The FHIR Appointment endpoint now uses the reference from the Location Read/Search endpoint for the Location in supportingInformation. We plan to discontinue support of using the location integer. | TBD |