Who’s running flow?
The running user of a flow is the user who launched the flow, which can either be the current user or the Automated Process user. The running user determines what a flow that runs in user context can do with Salesforce data.
All flows, with the exception of scheduled-triggered flows, will run as the current user. When you have DML actions in your flow (actions that either create, edit, or delete records), the current user running the flow is:
- The user who will be stamped as the record creator (in the case of record creation),
- The user who last modified the record (in cases of record update or deletion), or
- The user performing an action (in the case of a flow action, get records, or invoking a subflow).
If you’re debugging or troubleshooting a flow error, you’ll look for the flow to be run as the current user.
Additionally, platform event-triggered flows that are standard platform events are sometimes published by the Automated Process user. However, Apex Debug Logs will show the flows run as the Automated Process user regardless of whether the platform event-triggered flow was run by the current user or Automated Process user.
For scheduled-triggered flows, if your flow is saved with an API version below 53.0—and for API versions 53.0 or greater and without a designated workflow user—your scheduled-triggered flow will run as the Automated Process user. If you’re troubleshooting or debugging a flow error, Apex Debug Logs will show this as the Automated Process user
Ujjwala Datta Kalluri 