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Update Summary

Winter '26 adds admin, marketing, developer, flow, service, and sales enhancements, including type-ahead list view configuration, unified test execution, and AI-powered account research. It also enforces email verification for older users, restricts flow execution access, and ends legacy host name redirection.

Update Details

Security

  • Only users with verified email addresses can send email from Salesforce for users created on or before 2016-11-01.
  • Access to run flows is now restricted to users with the correct permission; the FlowSites org permission is deprecated.
  • Trusted Mode increases LWC browser API access for trusted static resources and third-party JavaScript libraries.

New Features

  • Type-ahead search in List View column configuration.
  • New Field History Tracking page in Setup for centralized management.
  • Automatic unassignment of Permission Set Licenses when related Permission Sets or Permission Set Groups are removed.
  • Content Builder Agent for generating and optimizing marketing content.
  • Reusable Content Blocks for consistent content across assets.
  • Landing Pages enhancements for default values, hidden fields, merge fields, form handlers, and expanded HTML support.
  • Unified Application Test Execution page for running Apex and Flow tests together.
  • Screen Flow debug experience improvements with new tabs and a Screen/Flow Canvas UI.
  • Action Hub in the Automation App for invocable actions.
  • Updated Send Email Flow Action with a new recipient manager.
  • Role-based reporting for case team member contributions.
  • SLA management enhancements for milestone prioritization, pausing individual milestones, and work prioritization by start target date.
  • Survey improvements for partial completion handling, multi-choice limits, and Knowledge Feedback translation.
  • AI-powered account research using generative AI.
  • Multi-column sorting for List Views generally available.
  • Faster Slack channel creation from Salesforce records.

Hints

  • Legacy (non-enhanced) Salesforce host name redirection ends for all production and demo orgs in Winter '26.
  • The calculateTransitiveDependencies parameter simplifies multilevel package dependency references by inferring related packages.
Product Information

Vendor: Salesforce

Product: Salesforce

Version: Winter 26 Release

Release date: Oct 1, 2025