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description: With the Spring '26 release, you can no longer create connected apps. For the best customer experience, migrate your connected apps to external client apps. External client apps provide enhanced security, streamlined packaging, and a more robust framework for your apps. Existing connected apps and connected apps for Slack in the legacy Agentforce Builder aren’t impacted.
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# Migrate Your Agents’ Connected Apps to the External Client App Framework

With the Spring '26 release, you can no longer create connected apps. For the best customer experience, migrate your connected apps to external client apps. External client apps provide enhanced security, streamlined packaging, and a more robust framework for your apps. Existing connected apps and connected apps for Slack in the legacy Agentforce Builder aren’t impacted.

**Where:** This change applies to Lightning Experience in Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer editions.

**When:** This change is available in early January 2026.

**How:** To create an external client app from a connected app, open the connected app in App Manager and then click **Migrate to External Client App**. In Agentforce Builder (beta), connect the external client app to your agent using the Messaging connection. After you create an external client app from a connected app, the connected app is read-only in App Manager.

Existing connected apps and external client apps with these OAuth scopes appear in the External Apps list in the Messaging connection.

- Access chatbot services (chatbot\_api)
- Access the Salesforce API Platform (sfap\_api)
- Manage user data via APIs (api)

#### See Also

- [Creation of New Connected Apps Is Disabled by Default](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_security_identity_connected_app_creation_disabled.htm&release=260&type=5 "The ability to create new connected apps is disabled by default for all Salesforce orgs. This change improves security by removing the risks associated with connected apps. This update does not affect any existing connected apps, which will continue to function normally. Also, packaged, existing connected apps that are deployed in a new org aren't affected. We recommend using external client apps for all new integrations and migrating existing connected apps to external client apps.")
- [_Salesforce Help_: Create an External Client App from a Connected App](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.migrate_connected_app_to_external_client_app.htm&language=en_US)