Spring ‘25 preview orgs are live, and it’s time for a preview party! This exciting time, when changes become available in preview orgs, is about to kick off. We’ll have the opportunity to explore the new Salesforce release features before they’re pushed to production. It’s the perfect chance to learn how to harness these new capabilities when they are officially released (full details here).
You will be able to access these features prior to December 19th if you have signed up for a preview org in the past – but if not, you’ll need to wait until then to sign up. This is an excellent reminder to save your preview org credentials so that you can access future features sooner!
1. Overhauled New Flow Splash Screen
The New Flow screen has been a point of contention among Salesforce Flow enthusiasts for quite some time, with a recent change requiring more clicks to begin the creation of a Flow seemingly for the sake of it. Spring ‘25 brings a much-needed overhaul to the New Flow screen (now called New Automation), giving it a modern touch and streamlining the process of creating new flows.
In addition to being able to create a new Flow with just one click, you now have greater ability to filter and organize your Flow types in the menu. Notably, this new screen seems to only show up when creating a Flow from the Automation app. When creating a new Flow from Setup, you will still see the legacy New Flow screen. All the more reason to shift your behavior over to Automation rather than Setup!
2. Flow Progress Bar in Screen Flow
I believe this will be one of the most anticipated changes to Screen Flow for as long as I can remember. We finally get a built-in progress bar for Screen Flows!
You can select either a Simple indicator, which uses dots and a line to show your progress. This is a cleaner option that allows you to see the stage names only by hovering your mouse over the dots.
Alternatively, you can choose a Path indicator, which allows you to see your progress and stage names at all times.
3. Users, Roles, and Permission Sets List View
As promised back in 2023, Salesforce is hard at work bringing the Setup menu to the 21st century. Spring ‘25 does just that for the Users, Roles, and Permission Sets pages. You will need to enable Roles and Permission Sets within the User Management Settings Setup page.
This gives you the ability to manage list views just like anywhere else in the system, while also giving these tabs a modern lick of paint.
Notably, those using the Why Salesforce Chrome Extension may need to adjust the settings as it is now located at setup/ManageUsersLightning/home instead of setup/ManageUsers/home.
View All Fields Object Permission
In addition to the modernization changes above, there’s also a new View All Fields object permission that allows you to grant users access to all the fields of an object in one hit. Interestingly, this is not accompanied by an Edit All Fields permission, but this is probably for the best. If a new field is added to an object, it may not be something that organizations would want to be edited by all users.
This could be especially useful for ISV partners who are building out applications that contain permissions. Using the View All Fields permission means that if a customer customizes their permission sets and a new field is added to the product, users will not be missing out, and technical debt will be reduced.
4. Attachments on Send Email
Spring ‘25 brings the much-needed ability to attach files to your emails that are sent using the Send Email action in Salesforce Flow.
By configuring a text variable with a comma-separated string of IDs together, you can choose one or more files to attach before sending the email. There are many workarounds and third-party solutions that have been built to allow for this functionality, so it’s great to see Salesforce including it out of the box.
5. Screen Actions in Salesforce Flow
We loved the Summer ‘24 surprise that was Flow Action Buttons – the ability to call an autolaunched Flow from within a Screen Flow by clicking a button. Imagine (and please stick with me for this one) being able to combine Flow Action Buttons with the power of your mind. Not really… but this new update offers the same functionality as Flow Action Buttons, without the need to press a button.
It’s a magical experience and a wonderful expansion to Flow Action Buttons. This time, you – the creator of the Flow (what a title!) – get to orchestrate the magic, rather than requiring your users to press the button themselves.
6. Flow Version History Inside Flow Builder
You can now access other versions of your Flow from within the Builder. Now, the new Save Buttons feature from the Winter ‘25 release makes a little bit more sense!
I swear I’ve seen a similar idea for a futuristic VR comparison tool to view Flow versions somewhere… Maybe we’re on our way there!
7. Real Time Screen Validations in Flow
Spring ‘25 means you no longer have to navigate away from a page before your field validations fire. This means that your users will spend less time filling out fields on your screens as they are prompted to fix any errors before attempting to move to another page.
Although it is a small change, this will lead to a much greater user experience and a significant amount of time saved for businesses. Think of all the times your users would experience a field validation in a Flow – all those clicks and all that time add up!
8. Mobile Builder for Seller-Focused Experience (Beta)
In the Salesforce Mobile App page in Setup, you’ll notice a new beta feature that enables a Mobile Builder for the Seller-Focused Experience!
This handy new tool allows you to configure the Seller-Focused Sales Mobile interface for your users in a builder that will look relatively familiar to you if you’ve used any other Salesforce builders in recent years.
9. See Queues in Public Group View Summary
Spring ‘25 brings the ability to see the Queues your Public Group is used in when viewing it in the View Summary feature.
This, again, is one of those minor quality-of-life updates that will have a major impact on a lot of Salesforce customers.
10. Various Experience Cloud Enhancements
Experience Cloud gets a lot of love in the Spring ‘25 release with a number of new features that are outlined below.
The biggest one for me is the new File Upload LWC for LWR sites – another feature that many people have been creating workarounds for a long time. Rejoice, Experience Cloud fans!
BONUS: Monitor Flows Tab in Automation App
This change is minor and interesting – there’s a new tab in the new Automation App! Monitor has a tab component with a list view of Flow Interviews.
I suspect we’ll see this tab, just like the rest of the Automation app. At least this gives a nice little spot to keep an eye on your flows as they run!
Summary
And there you have it! These are my favorite features (uncovered so far!), including a few that I’ve read about but have not yet been lucky enough to get my hands on. As usual, there are a handful of more significant upgrades and a plethora of smaller ones that are going to make for an even more polished experience for admins, developers (both declarative and programmatic), and end users alike.
I’m sure there are a lot more user management and Setup features that I’m yet to uncover, as this has been a key area of focus for the Salesforce development team. These changes are always extremely well received by admins, developers, and users alike as they help create a sense of seamlessness for the entire core product.
It’ll be exciting to see some of the more hidden features come to light when the Salesforce release notes are available on December 31st – what a wonderful New Year’s treat! And don’t forget to sign up for a pre-release org to see what you can find.