generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.salesforce_release_notes.htm&type=5 (probed 200),
  https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/intro_rest_api_versions.htm,
  and https://api.status.salesforce.com/v1/instances/status/preview (probed 2026-08-27)
changelog:
  published: true
  url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.salesforce_release_notes.htm&type=5
  http_status: 200
  form: >-
    Salesforce publishes RELEASE NOTES per major release rather than a rolling dated changelog.
    Each release note set carries an "API" section listing new and changed REST/SOAP/Bulk resources
    and the objects added or changed, and a "Deprecated" section.
  scheme: 'three named releases per year (Spring, Summer, Winter), one API version each'
  current_version: '67.0'
  current_release: "Summer '26"
  note: >-
    There is no machine-readable changelog feed. The closest machine surface is
    api.status.salesforce.com, which reports the release version running on each of 3,962 instances —
    an agent can learn which release an org is ON, but not what changed in it, without reading prose.
entries:
  - version: '67.0'
    release: "Summer '26"
    release_number: '262'
    status: current
    evidence: >-
      "Summer '26 (API version 67.0)" in the REST API Developer Guide version banner; release 262.x
      observed on 1,053 instances via the Trust status API on 2026-08-27.
  - version: '66.0'
    release: "Spring '26"
    status: supported
  - version: '65.0'
    release: "Winter '26"
    status: supported
  - version: '64.0'
    release: "Summer '25"
    status: supported
    note: >-
      The version the first-party SOAP toolkit on Maven Central (com.force.api:force-wsc 64.0.3)
      is still pinned to.
  - versions: '31.0 - 63.0'
    status: supported
    note: 'Supported per the API end-of-life policy: minimum 3 years of support per version.'
  - versions: '21.0 - 30.0'
    status: retired
    retired_in: "Summer '25"
    behavior: returns "410:GONE"
  - versions: '7.0 - 20.0'
    status: retired
    retired_in: "Summer '22"
    behavior: returns "410:GONE"
  - api: Einstein Bots Runtime API
    versions:
      - {version: '5.3.0', status: ACTIVE}
      - {version: '5.2.0', status: ACTIVE}
      - {version: '5.1.0', status: ACTIVE}
      - {version: '5.0.0', status: ACTIVE}
      - {version: '4.0.0', status: DEPRECATED}
    evidence: 'GET https://runtime-api-na-west.prod.chatbots.sfdc.sh/versions → 200, probed 2026-08-27'
    note: The only Salesforce surface found that publishes its own version lifecycle as live JSON.
related:
  lifecycle: lifecycle/service-cloud-lifecycle.yml