What happens to locked cases when a process stops running?

When a process in Blue Prism stops running, the system automatically releases any locks associated with cases that were locked during the execution of that process. This behavior ensures that there is no blockage or contention for these cases when they are no longer being processed, allowing other processes or users to access them as needed.

Automatic release of locks is particularly important for maintaining efficiency and flow within the system, as it minimizes downtime and enables continuous operation by allowing other processes to take over unfinished or locked tasks without requiring manual intervention. This characteristic of Blue Prism helps streamline workflows and supports the effective management of resources in a robotic process automation environment.

In contrast, other options like retaining locks indefinitely or requiring manual release would create inefficiencies or bottlenecks, hindering the performance of automated processes, while transferring locks to the next process would lead to confusion about case ownership and state management.