Spring 26 Flow Features
Summary
Salesforce Spring 26 introduces powerful updates for Flow Builder including a new Cadence Step Flow type, enhanced screen flow styling and navigation, and the ability to trigger flows on file uploads. The release adds handy components like Message and Kanban Board for richer UI control, plus file preview inside flows. Debugging is smoother with cached input retention, and organizations with Data Cloud can now log detailed flow metrics. These enhancements empower admins and developers to build more interactive, visually customizable, and integrated automation in Salesforce.
Takeaways
- Use Cadence Step Flows to model complex sales process steps in Flow Builder.
- Apply extensive styling to screen flows for improved user experience.
- Trigger flows automatically upon file uploads via Content Document/Version objects.
- Leverage new Message and Kanban Board components to enhance flow screens.
- Retain debug input values across sessions for faster flow testing.
This post covers only the new Flow features in the Salesforce Spring 26 release. I have a separate post for Spring 26 Admin features here . New Flow Types Two new screen flow types came out with the pre-release but only one survived. The Multi-Page Experience Flow, aimed at Experience Cloud flows, seems to have been recalled. Hopefully, it will reappear soon. The other new screen flow type is a Cadence Step Flow . Cadences are a concept associated with complex sales processes. There is also a Cadence Autolaunched Flow too, that is triggered on the completion of a Cadence step. Screen Flow Styling In Spring ‘26, you can start to apply more styling to screen flows. Customize the background, border color, border radius, font type, size, and color, and adjust the shape of the Next, Previous, and Pause buttons. You can also apply attributes to the buttons when you hover over them or select them, too. With this great power comes great responsibility.