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Deprecated Features

This page lists features of Adobe ColdFusion that are deprecated, unsupported, and removed.

  • Deprecated: Adobe does not recommend using a deprecated feature in new application development. While no enhancements or modifications will be made to these features, Adobe will continue to provide critical bug fixes, including security patches, to maintain functionality as outlined in the documentation.
  • Deprecated and Unsupported: Features in this category will not receive enhancements or modifications. However, if a security vulnerability or critical issue arises, Adobe will address it.
  • Removed: Features categorized as removed will no longer be available in ColdFusion and cannot be used.

 

Feature Deprecated since Unsupported since Removed since
Mobile and all mobile-related features.     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

License scanner: The License Scanner searches your local subnet to find other running instances of ColdFusion.

The Activation page in CF Admin already tracks license usage.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

cfencode.exe/cfencode.sh utility, located in cfusion/bin

Due to security issues and lack of recent updates.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

Event gateway features:

  • DataManagement,
  • DataServicesMessaging
  • FMS

Adobe has removed Adobe Flash and Flex.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

CFMX_Compat encryption algorithm. Removed the algorithm from the following functions:

  • Rand
  • Randomize
  • RandRange
  • Hash
  • Encrypt
  • EncryptBinary
  • Decrypt
  • DecryptBinary
  • GeneratePBKDFKey
    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

Thread support

In ColdFusion 2025, we’ll upgrade to JDK21. JDK21 has removed the Thread.stop() method. View this blog post for more details.
 

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

COM/DCOM

No active development.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

XML Forms

No active development.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

All remaining Flash and Flex jars.

Adobe has removed Adobe Flash and Flex.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

AWS S3 Legacy- ACL

Amazon has disabled access control lists for all new buckets starting in April 2023. View the post for more information.

Removed the following:

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

HTTP reason phrases

Feature is no longer available since Tomcat 8.5.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

cfheader StatusText attribute

Tomcat has already removed it.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

Axis1

Security issues.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

Sybase

No active development.

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

Jadozoom database driver

No active development. 

    Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

CAR (ColdFusion Archive) migration

Use cfsetup as an alternative.

Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)    

Java SecurityManager: SecurityManager was marked as deprecated for removal in Java Development Kit (JDK) 17 through JEP 411, meaning it is planned to be fully removed in future Java versions.

Java SecurityManager was used in ColdFusion Sandbox Security.

Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)    

Legacy Cookie Processor support from the cfcookie tag: Tomcat 10.1 had removed support for Legacy Cookie Processor.

Note: ColdFusion will support it to maintain backward compatibility.

Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)    

ssh-rsa algorithm in fingerprint attribute in cfftp

Deprecated due to security issues.

Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)    

MS Access and ODBC

No active development.

Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)    

DB2

No active development.

Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)    

Event gateway features:

  • SMS
  • SAMETIME
Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)    
Server Monitor     Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfscript support for script-based CFCs, such as query and storedproc. Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
Service layer CFC's webservices , such as pdfs and images. Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
COM/DCOM Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
Flex remoting     Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
BlazeDS   Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)

cfindex's attributes:

  • docBoost
  • fieldBoost
  Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfschedule's attribute- requestTimeOut ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfmenuitem     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfformitem     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfformgroup     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
Flash forms ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
UI Tags based on YUI toolkit - cftree , cfcalendar ,  cfmenu , cfsprydataset Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cftreeitem     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
Portlets Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 3 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
Event gateway - Jabber, Flash Media server Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
Server Manager Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
  • Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
  • Coldfusion (2021 release) (update 13)
  • Coldfusion (2023 release (update 7)
Report Builder ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfreport ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfcol     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cftable Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
ColdFusion System Probes Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfchart- format flash Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cffileupload Flash component Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
cfmediaplayer Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
XML Forms ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
HTMLEditFormat ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfapplet ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfsprydataset ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
LCDS Integration ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
CORBA Integration ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
AIR Integration ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2023 release)
cfslider, cftree, and cfgrid format = "applet" ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfslider- removed attributes     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfpresentation for flash presentation ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfdocument for flashpaper ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
ColdFusion actionscript functions (CF.query, CF.http) ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release)
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfschedule - requestTimeOut attribute ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfcache - cachedirectory and timeout attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10
ColdFusion 11
cfcollection - map and repair options of the action attribute ColdFusion MX 7 ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cferror - monitor option of the exception attribute ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cffile - system value for attributes attribute, temporary value for attributes attribute ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10
ColdFusion 11
cfform - passthrough attribute, enableCAB attribute ColdFusion MX 7 ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release)
cfftp - agentname attribute ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10
ColdFusion 11
cfgraph ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10
ColdFusion 11
cfgraphdata ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10
ColdFusion 11
cfgridupdate - connectString, dbName, dbServer, dbType, provider, and providerDSN attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10
ColdFusion 11
cfgrid- removed attributes     Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfinput - passthrough, autosuggest, sourcefortooltip, Delimeter, typeahead, autosuggestBindDelay, autosuggestMinLength, maxResultsDisplayed, and showAutosuggestLoadingIcon attributes.
  Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfinsert - connectString, dbName, dbServer, dbType, provider,providerDSN attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10

Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)

cfldap - filterFile attribute ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cflog - date, thread, and time attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfquery - connectString, dbName, dbServer, provider, providerDSN,sql attributes. The following dbType attribute values: dynamic, ODBC, Oracle73, Oracle80, Sybase11, OLEDB, and DB2 ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfsearch - external, language attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 11 Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
cfselect - passthrough attribute ColdFusion MX 7 ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfservlet ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfservletparam ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfslider - img, imgStyle, grooveColor, refreshLabel,tickmarkimages, tickmarklabels, tickmarkmajor, and tickmarkminor attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfstoredproc - connectString, dbName, dbServer, dbtype, provider, and providerDSN attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cftextinput ColdFusion MX 7 ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfupdate - connectString, dbName, dbServer, dbtype, provider, and providerDSN attributes ColdFusion MX ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
cfcollection - path attribute   Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
GetMetricData - cachepops parameter ColdFusion MX Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
GetK2ServerDocCount ColdFusion MX 6.1 ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
GetK2ServerDocCountLimit ColdFusion MX 6.1 ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
GetTemplatePath ColdFusion MX Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
IsK2ServerABroker ColdFusion MX 6.1 ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
IsK2ServerDocCountExceeded ColdFusion MX 6.1 ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
IsK2ServerOnLine ColdFusion MX 6.1 ColdFusion 10 ColdFusion 11
ParameterExists ColdFusion MX. Use the IsDefined function. Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
SetLocale - locale="Spanish (Mexican)" ColdFusion MX. Use locale="Spanish (Standard)" Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Adobe ColdFusion (2025 release)
Flex integration     Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
The value fire_now from the attribute onmisfire of cfschedule.     ColdFusion 11

Flashpaper format support from the following tags:

  • cfdocument
  • cfpresentation
    Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)
Jadozoom database driver     Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release)

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