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3.14. Retired Process Definition
If the active process definition is changed and redeployed, the old version is "retired". The new version automatically becomes active. The only difference between an active version and a retired one is that a retired one can no longer create new process instances. However, if there are active process instances associated with the retired process version, then these will continue to run.

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