Salesforce Winter '25 Release API Updates: What Developers Need to Know About Version 62.0
Salesforce Winter '25 API Version 62.0 introduces changes for developers, including API deprecations, automation shifts, and performance enhancements. This overview highlights the most impactful Salesforce API Version 62.0 changes across Salesforce products to help developers understand the new capabilities and adjustments.
Breaking Changes and Deprecations
API Versions 21.0 to 30.0 Retirement: These API versions will be deprecated on June 1, 2025. Developers must update integrations to newer versions to avoid service disruptions. Learn More
Workflow Rules and Process Builder: Set to be deprecated by December 31, 2025, shifting automation to Flow Builder, which offers enhanced API integration and advanced capabilities for managing processes like real-time Flow invocation and enhanced debugging capabilities. Learn More.
Platform API Highlights
Agentforce AI Updates
Agentforce 2.0, Salesforce's AI-powered task automation suite, introduces groundbreaking capabilities in Winter ’25. These updates empower developers to create intelligent agents that independently execute tasks and assist humans.
Agent Builder Enhancements: Agent Builder, formerly Copilot Builder, now lets developers customize Agentforce Agents and Einstein Copilots using prompts, flows, and Apex. The new Advanced Planner enables testing and iterative improvements, while Einstein GPT enhances decision-making for more adaptive, human-like responses.
Preventing Modifications During Iteration:
- In API version 62.0, Apex collections can no longer be modified during iteration.
- Ensures predictable execution and prevents runtime errors from mid-process data structure modifications.
- Improves stability and reliability, especially for data-intensive backend API operations.
Improved SOQL Handling:
- Enhancements include support for negative currency values, benefiting organizations managing refunds or MultiCurrency adjustments.
- Improved error messages simplify debugging and help developers quickly resolve issues in API-driven queries.
Event Monitoring:
- Free-tier Event Monitoring now logs Apex Unexpected Exceptions.
- Provides granular insights into unhandled API transaction errors.
- Enables proactive issue resolution, improving the reliability of API integrations.
Governance and Performance:
- Updates to Bulk API 2.0 enable parallel query downloads and uploads, significantly improving the performance of large-scale data operations. This update is also valuable for MuleSoft integrations requiring rapid data synchronization.
- Real-time monitoring of API usage provides insights into consumption patterns, enabling developers to optimize API-heavy workflows and avoid hitting throttling limits.
- Salesforce introduces a more secure method for storing and accessing OAuth client credentials through the Credentials Connect REST API resource. This ensures that sensitive information is securely stored, reducing the risk of accidental exposure.
Sales Cloud API Highlights
The Winter '25 release introduces key Sales Cloud API improvements, such as enhanced consumption forecasting and dynamic multi-column sorting for better data insights.
List View Enhancements: New wire adapters in lightning/uiListsApi provide faster listview rendering and easier manipulation of list views, enabling developers to programmatically retrieve records, update preferences, and manage metadata efficiently.
Enhanced Multi-Column Sorting: The updated API enables dynamic list view sorting, allowing fields like "Close Date" and "Priority" to be organized programmatically for better data presentation.
Data Cloud API Features
Vector and Hybrid Search: Unstructured data can now be indexed and queried with semantic and keyword searches, offering precise, domain-specific results. This capability enhances API integrations by enabling more precise and contextually relevant data retrieval, ideal for use cases like personalized marketing campaigns or content recommendations.
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): AI models utilize unstructured data to generate responses that are contextually relevant, improving customer interactions.
Metadata Governance: Developers can lock metadata in data kits to prevent unauthorized modifications, ensuring secure deployments. This simplifies governance for APIs handling sensitive marketing data or complex workflows.
Industry Cloud API Updates
Data Cloud Integration: Industry Clouds now support advanced package dependencies, allowing seamless integration between Data Cloud and the Salesforce Platform for tailored industry solutions, such as healthcare or financial services applications to access unified data models and shared metadata. The Ingestion API facilitates real-time and bulk data synchronization, while the Connect REST API enables identity resolution, customer segmentation, and data governance. These API-driven integrations optimize data flow, ensuring interoperability across applications and enhancing automation within industry solutions.
Enhanced Event Capture: Experience Cloud events can now be captured and integrated into Data Cloud, enabling more comprehensive data analysis for industry use cases like service management and customer engagement. For example, tracking customer actions in Experience Cloud portals can help inform service management APIs or optimize workflows in customer engagement platforms. This provides a richer dataset for driving AI and analytics-driven outcomes across industries.
Helpful Resources
Be ready for the Salesforce's Winter '25 updates by staying up to date with API changes and leveraging new features to optimize your integration workflows. For more detailed insights:
