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The Salesforce Spring Release 2026 for developers covers essential features, with a focus on improved deployment, front-end capabilities, data access, and query capabilities. These features not only improve day-to-day work but also enable developers to adopt and modernize using new components.
The Salesforce Spring Release 2026 release date depends on your specific Salesforce instances. The releases are typically between January and February.
With these releases, Salesforce Trust Centre provides visibility into maintenance windows and upgrade timelines for each instance. Moreover, here are the significant features you can expect in upcoming releases.
Scalable Data and Integration
These features focus on the performance of standard data-handling and access patterns. The new platform features improve security when processing large volumes of records and when exposing data.
Invoke predefined Queries with the API
In Salesforce, SOQL queries could be invoked in full syntax using API or Apex methods. With the new named query API, developers can create and validate SOQL queries. Named queries can be easily incorporated into Agentforce actions and help retrieve data more quickly and efficiently than flows or apex processes.
After creating a new named query, you can provide a label, API version, SOQL query, and binding parameters via query string. Once all this is provided, you can validate and save the SOQL query.
Cursor Class in Apex
The apex team is focusing on expanding the queueable class features to simplify the async Apex. Earlier, batch classes were a major holdout among developers for high-volume processing. With the addition of the cursor class, this holdout has been reduced.
The Cursor class provides a new way to create queries, store them in the server’s cache, and exercise fine-grained control over how they are accessed. Also, it can retrieve up to 50 million records with a limit of 10,000 instances per 24 hour.
Agentic AI & Extensibility
With AI making its mark in the Salesforce Spring release, even the developer features include a few updates in a similar segment.
Make LWCs discoverable by Agentforce for Setup
With Agentforce added in Setup, developers might also be looking forward to keeping LWCs and Aura components together. With the spring features, developers can now also make components discoverable through Agentforce for setup.
One must provide components and property descriptions for setup, which will be recognized during page configuration. Overall, this feature simplifies adopting Custom interfaces and ensures a consistent UX across application pages.
Agent Script for AI guidance
Agent Script is a beta feature for developers. It will offer developers a hybrid reasoning capability for agents. The Agent script introduced by Salesforce is a declarative, domain-specific YAML language. It provides more detail on the structures of agents such as LLMs, API systems, and prompt-based systems.
The agent script includes specific blocks for systems, variables, language, and other components that define broad parameters for the agent.
Modern Lightning Web Components
With modern Lighting Web Components, developers can build the front end using standard JavaScript and GraphQL. The features below ideally reduce the need for Apex for basic data mutations and UI logic.
GraphQL Mutations in LWC
Previously, GraphQL was used only to retrieve data, but with the Spring release, developers can use mutation operations in the GraphQL API. Salesforce is expanding GraphQL support to include mutation operations, reducing reliance on Apex for certain client-side data changes.
To support this mutation operation in Salesforce GraphQL API and LWC, a new execute mutation function is available for import from the Lightning GraphQL wire adapter.
Typescript Support in LWC
The new Salesforce Spring Release adds TypeScript support for LWCs, an additional feature that lets users import type definitions for base components. Users can now import the npm package to ensure that base components comply with TypeScript.
Salesforce is improving TypeScript tooling support for LWCs by enhancing type definitions and developer tools. This feature will improve developers’ productivity when working with complex libraries.
Complex Expression in LWC
This type of feature will allow users to write JavaScript expressions directly in LWC templates. Previously, even the simplest logic required developers to create getter methods in JavaScript files. When writing LWC support code, complex expressions are considered a comprehensive subset of JavaScript expressions.
This feature eliminates the need for auxiliary getters, making templates more expressive and concise. It supports clear component code and reduces the gap between data logic and presentation.
Deployment and UI Reuse
Salesforce Spring ’26 features for developers also focus on the experience by making testing faster and UI patterns more modular. Some of these features are:
Better reuse of Custom UI
Developers can build better components that align better with guided automations. It will make packaging and reuse easier across multiple projects or clouds.
Targeted test run
Running relevant test runs is a new testing process that automatically analyzes the deployment and runs tests for the code changes.
Conclusion
As we conclude the Salesforce Spring 2026 release note for developers and admins, some features are available in preview or beta, while others will roll out gradually. With the Salesforce Trust Center, users can identify which features their Salesforce instance currently offers and when new features will be available.
The Salesforce Spring release focuses mainly on AI, security, user experience, and better productivity. The blog is a list of major developer features, and keep yourself updated on the admin features that improve overall productivity and efficiency.
