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Introduced in branch: 
8.x
Introduced in version: 
8.x-1.x
Description: 

The numeric ID of the Workflow-specific role '(author)' has change to the machine name, like all Roles in D8 have.

D7: define('WORKFLOW_ROLE_AUTHOR_RID', '-1'');
D8: define('WORKFLOW_ROLE_AUTHOR_RID', 'workflow_author');

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