Salesforce on Alibaba Cloud CRM Winter'26 Release Notes - Salesforce on Alibaba Cloud

Important Notice

Like Salesforce CRM in other global regions, Salesforce on Alibaba Cloud follows same 3 times per year major release schedule. Our product goal is to keep Salesforce on Alibaba Cloud be identical to rest of the world when compliance permits, this document is a description of the current point in time and will evolve in the future.

Winter'26 Product Update

In the Winter'26 release, Automotive Cloud Related Products is officially released. Includes:

Automotive Cloud - EE - CN

Automotive Cloud - UE - CN

Customer Community Plus for Automotive Cloud - EE - Logins - CN

Customer Community Plus for Automotive Cloud - EE - Members - CN

Partner Community for Automotive Cloud - EE - Logins - CN

Partner Community for Automotive Cloud - EE - Member - CN

Customer Community Plus for Automotive Cloud - UE - Logins - CN

Customer Community Plus for Automotive Cloud - UE - Members - CN

Partner Community for Automotive Cloud - UE - Logins - CN

Partner Community for Automotive Cloud - UE - Member - CN

Release Notes Overview

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Feature	Product Family	Enabled for Users	Enabled for admins/developers	Requires admin setup
Supported Browsers and Devices for Lightning Experience	Supported Browsers	Yes
Add the New Setup Domain	Salesforce Overall		Yes
Get Ready for IPv6	Salesforce Overall		Yes
Prepare for Shorter Certificate Lifespans	Salesforce Overall		Yes
Enable Accessibility Enhancements for Date Pickers, Popovers, Bottom Utility Bars, Record Headers (Release Update)	Salesforce Overall			Yes
Enable Accessibility Enhancements for Page Headers and Modal Windows When Zoom Is Greater Than 200% (Release Update)	Salesforce Overall			Yes
Schedule Suggested For You Prompts for Later to See Information When it's Most Relevant	Salesforce Overall	Yes
Set Customer Expectations with Estimated Wait Time	Salesforce Overall	Yes
Interpret Data Easily with Reference Lines in Lightning Dashboard Charts	Analytics	Yes
Enable Translations for Reports and Dashboards Metadata Labels	Analytics			Yes
Use Existing Report Settings When Adding Tables to Dashboards (Beta)	Analytics			Yes
Disable Formulas in Exported Reports (Beta)	Analytics			Yes
Sort List Views by Multiple Columns (Generally Available)	Customization	Yes
Speed Up List View Configuration with Type-Ahead Search	Customization		Yes
Ensure Visual Consistency in Dynamic Related Lists for Mobile	Customization	Yes
Permission Set Licenses Are Removed After Unassigning Permission Sets and Permission Set Groups	Customization		Yes
Enable Secure Roles Behavior and Update Sharing Group References in Production (Release Update)	Customization			Yes
Sharing Recalculations Run Asynchronously After Large-Scale Changes	Customization		Yes
Enable ICU Locale Formats (Release Update)	Customization		Yes
Review Updated Label Translations	Customization		Yes
Configure Salesforce Flow Default Record Pages in Lightning App Builder	Customization		Yes
View Details About Orchestration Runs	Customization		Yes
Complete Tasks More Efficiently with the New Setup Home Page	Customization		Yes
Leverage Enhanced Field History Tracking	Customization	Yes
Enable Field History Tracking for Users (Beta)	Customization		Yes
LWC API Version 65.0	Development		Yes
Preview a Single Lightning Web Component by Using Local Dev (Beta)	Development			Yes
More Type Definitions Available for Base Components	Development		Yes
Use LWC Components for Local Actions in Screen Flows	Development		Yes
Improved Aura App Performance with Dynamic Boxcar Optimization	Development		Yes
Extend Salesforce Experiences to External Apps with Lightning Out 2.0	Development		Yes
API Distortion Changes in Lightning Web Security	Development		Yes
Bring Your Org to Life with Salesforce Lightning Design System 2 (Generally Available)	Development	Yes
Salesforce Lightning Design System Component Design Updates (Beta)	Development	Yes
Simplify Your Transition to SLDS 2 with SLDS Linter (Generally Available)	Development	Yes
Customize Your Themes with Dark Mode (Beta)	Development			Yes
Design Components to Adapt to User Display Density	Development	Yes
Update Your Visualforce Pages Look and Feel with SLDS 2	Development	Yes
Escape the Label Attribute of <apex:inputField> Elements to Prevent Cross-Site Scripting in Visualforce Pages (Release Update)	Development		Yes
Streamline Apex and Flow Test Retrieval and Execution	Development		Yes
Standardize Apex Documentation by Using the ApexDoc Comment Format	Development		Yes
Use Access Modifiers on Abstract and Override Methods	Development		Yes
Handle Large External Service Callouts and Payloads Without Hitting Apex Heap Limits	Development		Yes
Expose AuraEnabled Controller Methods as Agent Actions (Beta)	Development		Yes
SOAP API login() Call in SOAP API Versions 31.0 Through 64.0 Is Being Retired (Release Update)	Development			Yes
Update Instanced URLs in API Traffic (Release Update)	Development			Yes
Track Your External Services Usage with Additions to the Limits API	Development		Yes
Unify Testing with the Test Discovery and Test Runner APIs	Development		Yes
Enhanced Metadata Deployment Reliability with New Deployment States	Development		Yes
Get Insights into Metadata Deployment Sizes	Development		Yes
More Simply Set the Multilevel Dependencies of a Second-Generation Managed Package or Unlocked Package	Development		Yes
Easily Revert a Released First-Generation Managed Package Version to Beta	Development		Yes
Keep Up with the Latest Salesforce CLI Enhancements	Development		Yes
Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code	Development		Yes
Remove Shift_JIS to Windows-31J Character Mapping	Development			Yes
Receive Change Event Notifications for More Objects	Development		Yes
Include Custom Formula Fields in Your Change Data Capture Events	Development		Yes
Take Advantage of the Latest Features from Salesforce Flow for Experience Cloud	Experience Cloud		Yes
Update References to Your Legacy Force.com Site URLs	Experience Cloud		Yes
Let Users Know When Their Session Is About to End	Experience Cloud		Yes
Develop Lightning Web Components Faster in a Real-Time Preview of Your LWR Site (Beta)	Experience Cloud			Yes
Optimize Business Workflows with Enhanced Record Stage Overview	Industries	Yes
Salesforce Mobile App Requirements Have Changed	Mobile	Yes
What's New in Mobile SDK 13.1	Mobile		Yes
Updated Requirements for Mobile Publisher Apps on Android Devices	Mobile	Yes
New Version of Test Harness Improves Performance for Switching Applications and Service Documents	Mobile		Yes
Find Resources Faster with Updates to the Resource Menu	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Add Newly Created Records Immediately to a Flow	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Get Related Records Across All Levels with Nested Loops (Beta)	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Track Your Keyboard Focus in Flow Builder	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Trigger a Flow When a File Is Attached to a Record (Generally Available)	Salesforce Flow		Yes
See How Your Screen Looks with Lightning or Experience Cloud Site Branding	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Display Complex Data with Apex-Defined Collection Support in Data Tables	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Data Tables Automatically Update After Field or Language Changes	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Prevent Fields Used in Data Tables from Being Deleted	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Make Screen Flows More Powerful with LWC Local Actions	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Make Text in Display Text Components More Readable and Accessible	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Use Static Resource Images in Display Text Components to Ensure Consistent Image Availability in Flows Across Environments (Beta)	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Improve Display Text Image Accessibility and Searchability with Alternative Text	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Let Flows Decide Whether a Transaction Is Required	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Transform Data for Actions in Element Setup	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Include Email Address Collections and Lists in One Recipient Field	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Use the Updated Request an Approval Action	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Debug and Fix Your Flows More Effectively	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Test and Troubleshoot Screen Flows Easier in the Updated Debugger	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Streamline Automated Flow and Apex Test Retrieval and Execution	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Flow and Process Run-Time Changes in API Version 65.0	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Compare Flow Versions to Track Changes More Efficiently	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Use the Updated Default Flow Record Page Layout	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Simplify Packaged Subflow Installations	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Manage Your Time-Based Automations	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Enhance Invocable Apex Configuration Designs with New Action Extension Metadata	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Enforce Permission Requirements Defined on Built-In Apex Classes Used as Inputs (Release Update)	Salesforce Flow			Yes
Restrict User Access to Run Flows (Release Update)	Salesforce Flow			Yes
Troubleshoot Flow Approval Processes in Flow Builder	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Give Users the Opportunity to Manage Autolaunched Flow Approval Processes	Salesforce Flow			Yes
Manage Activations for Flow Approval Processes	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Trigger Flow Approval Processes from External Systems	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Simplify Flow Approval Processes with Easier Resource Assignment	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Other Changes to Flow Approval Processes	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Troubleshoot Orchestrations in Flow Builder	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Trigger Orchestrations from External System Changes	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Simplify Orchestrations with Dynamic Resource Assignment	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Other Changes to Flow Orchestration	Salesforce Flow		Yes
Find Where Actions Are Used (Beta)	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Use Updated Salesforce Flow Default Record Page Layouts	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Navigate to the Automation App from Setup	Salesforce Flow	Yes
Update References to Legacy Host Names (Release Update)	Security, Identity, and Privacy			Yes
Other Domain Changes	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Keep Your Favorite Accounts Together in Environment Switcher	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Stage and Rotate External Client App Credentials	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Improve JWT-Based Access Token Timeout Management	Security, Identity, and Privacy			Yes
Spend Less Time Helping Users with Account Setup	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Identify Issues with Invalid Scopes in the Client Credentials Flow	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Troubleshoot SAML Errors Caused by the InResponseTo Attribute	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Migrate to a Multiple-Configuration SAML Framework (Release Update)	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Usernames Can't Contain Zero-Width Space Characters	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
All Available Verification Methods Are Displayed in New Orgs	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Validation and Usability Changes for Security Questions	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Reset Your Password with Your Email Address	Security, Identity, and Privacy	Yes
Simplify Integrations with External Auth Identity Provider Support for Client Credentials	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Define Retention Policies Declaratively with Field Audit Trail	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Explore History Changes for Tracked Fields	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Access Key Field History Tracking Features from the Shield App	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Encrypt Fields on New Credit Profile Objects in Automotive Cloud	Security, Identity, and Privacy			Yes
Review and Update Your Referrer Policy	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Troubleshoot Only Relevant Trusted URL and Browser Policy Violations	Security, Identity, and Privacy		Yes
Opt-Out of Web-to-Case Email Notifications	Service		Yes
Improve User Experience by Simplifying Case Comment Visibility for Community Users	Service	Yes
Gain Better Insights into Case Team Member Contributions by Enabling Role-Based Reporting	Service		Yes
Enhance Case Descriptions with Rich Text Formatting (Beta)	Service	Yes
New Inbound Email Limit for Email-to-Case	Service			Yes
Prioritize Cases Effectively to Prevent SLA Breaches by Tracking Milestone Time	Service	Yes
Report SLAs Effectively by Pausing Individual Milestones	Service	Yes
Set Up SLA Management Faster with the New Simplified Setup Experience (Generally Available)	Service	Yes
Bypass Email Limits and Send Survey Invitations at Scale with Marketing Cloud	Service		Yes
Configure the Time Window for Saving Partial Survey Responses	Service		Yes
Set Selection Limits for Multi-Choice Survey Questions	Service		Yes
Improved Translations of Knowledge Feedback Form	Service			Yes
Call Support for Quick Help Directly from Knowledge Articles	Service			Yes
Unified Knowledge Is Being Retired	Service			Yes
Deploy Self-Service Portals with Preconfigured Messaging for In-App and Web	Service		Yes
Speed Up Self-Service with AI-Generated Knowledge Summaries	Service		Yes
Ask Questions Instantly with Context-Aware Quick Chats in Service Portals	Service		Yes
Carry Your Journey Across the Site with the Context Passing Framework	Service		Yes
Find Answers Faster with Dynamic Q&A in Knowledge Articles	Service		Yes
Act Quickly with Related Automations in Knowledge Articles	Service		Yes