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Deprecation of Old MIME Type and Adoption of Mozilla/IANA MIME Type Standard in Document Management
Deprecated Required Automatically On Impact: High AI Enriched
Description

The old MIME type standard used in SAP SuccessFactors will be replaced with the new Mozilla/IANA MIME type standard on November 14, 2025, with full deprecation and removal planned for November 2026. See More

Detailed Description

Standard in Document Management The old MIME type standard used in SAP SuccessFactors will be replaced with the new Mozilla/IANA MIME type standard on November 14, 2025, with full deprecation and removal planned for November 2026. End of Development was reached on May 16, 2025; End of Maintenance was reached on November 14, 2025; the feature will be permanently deleted on November 18, 2026. You can continue to use the software, but you should begin planning for a time when it will no longer be available for use. A MIME type (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a label that tells systems what kind of file they are dealing with, like a PDF, Word document, or image, so it can be handled and displayed correctly.

Impact Assessment

SuccessFactors implementations that use this functionality must take action before the deletion date to avoid business disruption. End of Maintenance was November 14, 2025, meaning SAP no longer provides bug fixes or patches. The feature will be permanently removed on November 18, 2026, after which it will be completely unavailable in production. SAP recommends migrating to method for your business scenario. Implementation teams must audit current usage, communicate with stakeholders, complete the migration to the replacement solution, and test all affected business processes before the deletion date.

Test Recommendations
• Verify that the deprecated/deleted feature is no longer accessible in the test environment after the effective date. • Confirm that all business processes previously using this feature have been migrated to the replacement solution. • Run end-to-end process tests for the scenarios that previously relied on this feature to confirm continuity. • Validate that no error messages, broken links, or missing UI elements appear where the feature previously existed. • Confirm that historical data and audit logs remain accessible and intact after the feature is removed.
Product: Platform
Modules: Documents and Storage
Feature: Document Management
Reference: PLT-85689
Version: 1H 2025; 1H 2026; 2H 2025; 2H 2026
Valid as Of: Nov 18, 2026
Latest Revision: Apr 18, 2025
Affected Areas:
Documents and Storage