If you are an architect or aspiring architect looking for summer 25 features that will help you organize from an architect’s perspective, this will help you identify the features from a well-architected framework (EAT) and prevent problems.
Trusted Features
Reliable Performance & Security
Enhanced Permission Set Management Edit user, object, field, and custom permissions directly from the permission set summary view, reducing navigation between multiple Setup pages.
Well-Architected Application: Centralized permission management reduces security risks by providing comprehensive visibility and control while reducing administrative overhead.
User Access Summary Enhancements View, add, or remove users from permission sets, permission set groups, and queues from a consolidated summary view with search, sort, and refresh capabilities.
Well-Architected Application: Consolidated access management provides complete visibility into user permissions, supporting security best practices through comprehensive audit capabilities.
Adaptable Features
Flexible & Resilient Architecture
Visual Picker Component New Visual Picker component combines icons and text to help users quickly select options without scrolling through long lists, enhancing the user experience in Screen Flows.
Well-Architected Application: The Visual Picker demonstrates composable design by providing reusable UI elements that can be adapted to different contexts while enabling consistent user experiences.
Record List Component for LWR Sites New Record List component allows users to view, search, sort, and paginate items like accounts or cases. It’s customizable and responsive across desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.
Well-Architected Application: This component exemplifies adaptable architecture by providing responsive functionality across multiple device types while maintaining consistent performance.
Flow Builder: Enhanced Debug Panel Major overhaul of Flow debugging with expandable panel (up to 80% of screen), search functionality, card-based organization, and easy clipboard copying for enhanced troubleshooting.
Well-Architected Application: Enhanced debugging capabilities improve system resilience by enabling faster identification and resolution of issues, supporting proactive maintenance practices.
Flow Testing via CLI Run Flow tests directly through Salesforce CLI, enabling integration into CI/CD processes and automated testing workflows for better quality assurance.
Well-Architected Application: CLI-based testing supports resilient architecture by enabling automated quality assurance in deployment pipelines, reducing deployment risks.
Easy Features
Streamlined User Experience
Enhanced List Views Dropdown Updated dropdown menu for list views improves accessibility and search functionality. Now an LWC, it can display up to 100 list views with search capability.
Well-Architected Application: The migration to Lightning Web Components significantly improves performance while enhancing accessibility. The search functionality reduces cognitive load and improves user efficiency.
Dynamic Related Lists for Mobile Dynamic Related Lists are now available on mobile devices, providing context-specific related records for improved on-the-go data access and productivity.
Well-Architected Application: Mobile support ensures consistent user experience across all platforms, supporting reliability by providing uniform functionality regardless of access method.
Custom Object Dependency Management Before deleting custom objects, admins can now easily identify related objects and dependencies, providing detailed information to address relationships before deletion.
Well-Architected Application: Dependency visibility streamlines data management by providing insight into system relationships, reducing errors, and simplifying maintenance tasks.
Unified Email Address for Subscriptions Report and dashboard subscription emails now come from a predefined organization-wide address rather than individual subscriber emails, reducing confusion and administrative workload.
Well-Architected Application: Centralized email management simplifies administration, providing consistent user experience and supporting organizational branding.
TypeScript Support for Lightning Components Salesforce now provides official TypeScript type definitions for Lightning Base Components, offering type checking and safety for JavaScript developers working with Lightning Web Components.
Well-Architected Application: TypeScript support enhances code maintainability and readability by providing compile-time error checking and better development tooling.
Single Component Local Development Developers can run local development for individual Lightning Web Components using the sf lightning dev component command, improving development efficiency and testing capabilities.
Well-Architected Application: Local development capabilities streamline the development process by enabling faster iteration cycles and immediate feedback, reducing time-to-market.
Prevent Problems
Proactive Issue Prevention
Flow Error Testing with “Has Error” Operator New “Has Error” operator in Flow Tests allows configuration of negative assertions to test failure paths, ensuring flows handle errors appropriately rather than just testing success scenarios.
Prevent Problems Application: Testing error conditions proactively identifies potential failure points before they impact users, ensuring robust error handling in production environments.
Outbound Messages Timeout Reduction Outbound Messages timeout reduced from 60 to 20 seconds for better resource utilization and to prevent long-running messages from delaying queue processing.
Prevent Problems Application: Shorter timeout values prevent resource exhaustion and queue backups. Organizations should audit existing integrations to ensure compatibility with new timeout limits.
API Version Deprecation Enforcement Summer ’25 enforces retirement of legacy API versions (37.0 and earlier). Applications using these versions will fail, requiring upgrades to current API versions.
Prevent Problems Application: Proactive API version management prevents service disruptions. Organizations should use the API Total Usage event to identify legacy API usage and upgrade applications before enforcement.
Embracing the Future of Well-Architected Systems
The Salesforce Summer ’25 release demonstrates a comprehensive commitment to well-architected principles across every platform aspect. From AI-powered automation that streamlines operations to enhanced security features that protect data, these innovations work together to create systems that are not just functional, but truly excellent.
Organizations can build Salesforce implementations that scale with their growth while maintaining operational excellence by focusing on trusted reliability, adaptable composability, easy user experiences, intelligent automation, and proactive problem prevention.