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description: Some Deployment features and changes are released as often as monthly, so check back again for the latest updates. The Summer '26 release includes updates happening from April 2026 through July 2026.
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# Deployment Features Released by Month

Some Deployment features and changes are released as often as monthly, so check back again for the latest updates. The Summer '26 release includes updates happening from April 2026 through July 2026.

## August 2026

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d199066e51">FEATURE AREA</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d199066e54">RELEASE NOTE</th>
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            <td data-label="FEATURE AREA" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d199066e51 ">DevOps Center</td>

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                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_deployment_devops_center_skills.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use DevOps Center skills to help AI coding tools set up pipelines, manage work items, and promote changes based on your team's standards. Each skill runs the required Git and Salesforce CLI commands, so you can skip describing every step or command. Use the skills in conversational interfaces, IDEs, and headless environments to automate release workflows from end-to-end.">Automate DevOps Center Workflows with Reusable AI Skills</a></li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_deployment_devops_center_governance.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Six predefined policies are available out of the box. They cover critical risks such as SOQL injection, unauthorized data access, destructive commands, and direct deployments to production.">Set Coding Agent Guardrails with DevOps Center Governance (Developer Preview)</a></li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_deployment_devops_center_replace_environment.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Connect new sandboxes or scratch orgs to your pipeline when existing environments expire, are deleted, or refresh. DevOps Center automatically restores the complete branch state, including metadata and configuration data. Your new environment stays in sync while stage activities pause to prevent promotion conflicts.">Replace Expired or Refreshed Environments to Maintain Pipeline Integrity</a></li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_devops_agentic_development.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Now, you can track and analyze Agentforce Vibes data from across your orgs with the Agentic Development dashboard. To access this dashboard, turn on the Analytics tab of DevOps Center. Previously, this data was only available as a CSV file download.">Track Agentforce Vibes Usage with the Agentic Development Dashboard (Developer Preview)</a></li>

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## July 2026

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            <td data-label="FEATURE AREA" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d199066e126 ">DevOps Center</td>

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                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_deployment_devops_center_migration.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Move your DevOps Center (Managed Package) projects, pipelines, environments, and eligible work items into the next-generation DevOps Center. This automated migration preserves your managed package data, ensuring a smooth transition so that your team can continue releasing changes without interruption. You can run the migration multiple times to capture new data while automatically skipping previously migrated items to prevent duplicates.">Migrate Your DevOps Center Projects to the Next-Generation Experience (Developer Preview)</a></li>

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## June 2026

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            <td data-label="FEATURE AREA" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d199066e177 ">DevOps Center</td>

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              <ul>
                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_deployment_devops_center_testing_agentforce_skills.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Four new Agentforce skills bring AI-assisted test management directly into your DevOps Center workflow—from configuring providers and quality gates to running suites, analyzing failures, and tracking fixes.">Agentforce Skills for DevOps Center Testing</a></li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_deployment_devops_center_never_status.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="When project plans change or a work item conflicts with another promotion, mark the unpromoted work item as Never. This action removes the work item from the active release path. Keep your projects and pipelines focused on work that can still move forward to reduce dependency issues. If the original task no longer fits the plan, create a work item.">Keep Release Pipelines Moving by Marking Work Items as Never</a></li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_deployment_devops_center_testing.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Enforce quality standards on your release changes and minimize production downtime with DevOps Center Testing. Integrated directly into DevOps Center pipelines, DevOps Center Testing evaluates changes before they reach production. Automated test evaluation streamlines application lifecycle management (ALM) by giving your development and quality assurance teams visibility throughout the release cycle, reducing manual effort and improving production stability.">Run Quality Tests at Every DevOps Center Pipeline Stage</a></li>

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