Salesforce Ends Feature Development For Heroku
Salesforce announced on Friday that it will stop developing new features for its Heroku platform-as-a-service, shifting the product to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support. Senior VP Nitin T. Bhat said existing customers can continue and renew subscriptions, but Salesforce will not offer enterprise contracts to new customers while it focuses investment on enterprise-grade AI and Agentforce.
Key Points
- 1Ends feature development: Salesforce shifts Heroku to sustaining engineering, prioritizing stability, security, reliability, and support.
- 2Focuses investment: Salesforce reallocates engineering resources toward enterprise-grade AI and Agentforce for long-term customer value.
- 3Impacts developers: Existing customers can renew, but new enterprise contracts are closed, prompting migrations or alternatives.
Scoring Rationale
Official corporate announcement drives high credibility and developer impact, but effects are segment-limited rather than industry-transforming.
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