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id: change/bcapps/8967
type: change
title: "#8967 Ability to archive agents"
summary: Agents can now be archived by admins from the Agent List and Card, which disables them and hides them from views while preserving their data and tasks in the database for auditing purposes.
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# #8967 Ability to archive agents

> Agents can now be archived by admins from the Agent List and Card, which disables them and hides them from views while preserving their data and tasks in the database for auditing purposes.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/8967) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-07-28 by krupybalu · 12 files (+1285 -1), 8 AL · feature · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- Adds soft-delete archiving capability for agents via new Archive and IsArchived methods
- Archived agents are disabled, hidden from role center and agent views, but remain in the database as read-only
- Requires confirmation dialog where admin types the agent's display name
- Archiving is one-way with no restore functionality in this iteration
- Adds telemetry logging for archive usage events
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Page 4300 "Agent Task List"](../../objects/page/4300.md), System Application: modified
- [Page 4334 "View Agent Permissions"](../../objects/page/4334.md), System Application: modified
- [Codeunit 4321 "Agent"](../../objects/codeunit/4321.md), System Application: modified
- [Page 4337 "Agent Archive Confirmation"](../../objects/page/4337.md), System Application: added
- [Page 4315 "Agent Card"](../../objects/page/4315.md), System Application: modified
- [Codeunit 4301 "Agent Impl."](../../objects/codeunit/4301.md), System Application: modified
- [Page 4316 "Agent List"](../../objects/page/4316.md), System Application: modified
- [Page 4317 "Agent User Settings"](../../objects/page/4317.md), System Application: modified

## Context

- Work items: AB#620767
- Labels: AL: System Application, Ownership: Manual, Team: Other
- Systems: copilot
- From the description: "Adds admin archiving of agents (soft delete) from the Agent List and Agent Card."

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