Upgrading to Foundations Summer 2025

This page describes the changes to make when upgrading to Summer 2025.

See the Upgrade Steps section under each feature for details of any action required. If you don't want to use or upgrade an optional feature, you can skip the upgrade steps for that feature. To perform upgrade steps in your org, you must be assigned administrator permissions.

See the Included in This Feature section under each feature for details of items such as objects, fields, or buttons that have been added in this release.

Note:

Where new objects, fields, or buttons have been added for a feature, we recommend that you add them to any relevant page layouts, profiles, and permission sets. For information on how to do this, see the Salesforce Help.

For information on new features and changes to existing features in Summer 2025, see New Features and Enhancements in Foundations Summer 2025.

Asynchronous Framework Tracker

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Summer 2025, take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Summer 2025
Action Further Information

Assign users the FDN AsyncApi - Process permission set to enable them to view the Asynchronous Framework Tracker page.

 Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation
If you have cloned the packaged permission sets or created your own custom permission sets, update your permission sets manually to:
  • Add access to the Asynchronous Framework Tracker page.
  • Update access to the ffasync_FrameworkTrackerController apex class.
  • Update access to the pselib_LookupSearchController apex class.
  • Update access to the pselib_SObjectController apex class.
 See the Salesforce Help.

Included in This Feature

This section details the items that have been added, updated, or deleted in this release.

Lightning Components

Lightning Components Added in Summer 2025
Component Description Further Information
FDN Asynchronous Framework Tracker Enables users to monitor the asynchronous jobs from a single location. Foundations Lightning Components

Permission Set

Permission Sets Updated in Summer 2025
Permission Set Description Further Information
FDN AsyncApi - Process

For FDN AsyncApi - Process, we have added:

  • Access permission to the Asynchronous Framework Tracker page.
  • ffasync_FrameworkTrackerController, pselib_LookupSearchController and pselib_SObjectController apex classes.
 In the Foundations Permissions window, scroll down to the Updates to Permission Sets table and click the link in the View Changes column for the relevant permission set. A list of all changes made to the permission set in this release is displayed.

Enhancements to the Asynchronous Framework

Enhanced Audit Trails for Asynchronous System Mode Jobs

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Summer 2025, take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Summer 2025

Action

Further Information

Ensure that the specific records that will be used to run your asynchronous job are added and enabled in the Foundations Configuration Items. 

Configure a New PlatformEventSubscriberConfig

Ensure the PlatformEventSubscriberConfig settings are properly configured, including the batch size and the running user for your platform event Apex trigger. 

See the Salesforce Metadata API Developer Help.

Included in This Feature

This section details the items that have been added, updated, or deleted in this release.

Custom Settings
Custom Setting Added in Summer 2025
Custom Setting Further Information
Delegated System Mode Settings Delegated System Mode Settings
Platform Events
Platform Event Added in Summer 2025
Platform Event Description Further Information
Async Framework Events Tracks the process of queuing jobs in the async framework. Async Framework Events

Enhanced Processing of Dependent Jobs

Upgrade Steps

Upgrade Steps for Summer 2025

Action

Further Information

Assign the FDN AsyncApi - Process permission set to any users who are going to view and access the Async Job Group and Async Job Record objects.

For more information about permission sets, see the Salesforce Help

Add the fields listed in Fields to your page layouts for the relevant objects. The new fields are automatically populated where appropriate when the async jobs are next run.

For information about editing page layouts, see the Salesforce Help.

Included in This Feature

This section details the items that have been added, updated, or deleted in this release.

Objects
Objects Added in Summer 2025
Object Fields Further Information
  Async Job Group Canceled  Async Job Group Fields
Job Group Description
Root Async Job Group
Async Job Group Dependency Async Job Group Async Job Group Dependency Fields
Dependent Async Job Group
Async Job Record Async Job Group Async Job Record Fields
Page Layouts
Page Layouts Added in Summer 2025

Page Layout

Object

Further Information

Async Job Group Page Layout

Async Job Group

See the Salesforce Help.
Permission Sets
Permission Sets Updated in Summer 2025
Permission Set Description Further Information

FDN AsyncApi - Process 

We have added the Read permission to the Async Job Group and Async Job Record objects.

In the Foundations Permissions window, scroll down to the Updates to Permission Sets table and click the link in the View Changes column for the relevant permission set. A list of all changes made to the permission set in this release is displayed.

Enhanced Tax Calculation Process with Avalara

Streamlined Tax Calculations for Avalara

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Summer 2025.

View Sequences from an Improved Sequencing Page

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Summer 2025, take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Summer 2025
Action Further Information

Ensure that the appropriate permissions for viewing sequences from the Sequencing page have been assigned to the relevant users.

 Setting up Sequencing

Included in This Feature

This section details the items that have been added, updated, or deleted in this release.

Lightning Components

Lightning Components Added in Summer 2025
Component Description Further Information
FDN Sequences Table Enable users to view and manage sequences in a table.

Foundations Lightning Components

FDN Sequences Table Lightning Component Fields

Lightning Components Updated in Summer 2025
Component Update Description Further Information
FDN & Integrations Task Launcher

Updated the Manage Sequencing link, which now opens the new Sequencing page.

Foundations Lightning Components

Foundations and Integrations Task Launcher Overview

Lightning Pages

Lightning Pages Added in Summer 2025
Page Page Type Description Further Information
Sequencing Lightning Page App page View and manage sequences.

For more information about Lightning pages, see the Salesforce Help.

Permission Sets

Permission Sets Updated in Summer 2025
Permission Set Update Description Further Information
FDN Core - Administrator

Enabled access to the SequenceLightningLoadController Apex class and the following custom metadata types:

  • Sequence
  • Sequence Field
  • Sequence Part

Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation

Tabs

Tabs Added in Summer 2025
Tab Tab Type Description Further Information
Sequencing Lightning page View and manage sequences.

For more information about Lightning page tabs, see the Salesforce Help.

Enhancements to the In-App Help Search

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Summer 2025.

Optimized Slack Integration Events

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Summer 2025, take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Summer 2025
Action Further Information
Assign the Slack integration users read and create permissions for the new high-volume platform event: Slack Channel Event (fferpcore__SlackChannelStateEvent__e). Setting up the Slack Integration

[Optional] Delete the event definition of the following standard-volume platform events:

  • Slack Channel Event (fferpcore__SlackChannelEvent__e)
  • Slack Channel Member Event (fferpcore__SlackChannelInviteEvent__e)
 For more information about deleting event definitions, see the Salesforce Help.
Note:

If your upgrade fails due to exceeded platform event limits, we recommend that you request Salesforce to temporarily increase the limit in your org, and then retry the upgrade. For more information about requesting a temporary limit increase, see the Salesforce Help.

Included in This Feature

This section details the items that have been added, updated, or deleted in this release.

Platform Events

Platform Events Added in Summer 2025
Platform Event API Name Event Type Description Further Information
Slack Channel Event fferpcore__SlackChannelStateEvent__e High Volume Tracks details of related Slack channels. For more information about platform events, see the Salesforce Help.
Platform Events Deleted in Summer 2025
Platform Event API Name Event Type Description Further Information
Slack Channel Event fferpcore__SlackChannelEvent__e Standard Volume Tracks details of related Slack channels. For more information about platform events and how to delete them, see the Salesforce Help.
Slack Channel Member Event fferpcore__SlackChannelInviteEvent__e Standard Volume Tracks member changes for related Slack channels.

Release Content

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Summer 2025.