Recap of recent Flow testing and debugging updates from the True to the Core Deep Dive, including a unified debug panel, improved screen flow testing, and a unified test framework for Apex and Flow.
Overview
In the True to the Core Deep Dive session, Salesforce product managers highlighted recent improvements and near-term roadmap items focused on Flow testing and debugging. These updates are designed to help admins and developers diagnose issues faster, run more reliable test suites, and integrate Flow tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Key Updates
- Unified debug panel: A consolidated view that displays your setup, flow design, and run results as cards — making it easier to scan outcomes and identify failures quickly.
- Enhanced screen flow testing: An updated debugger that lets you toggle between the UI screen and the flow canvas, and jump from debug cards directly to affected elements.
- Unified test framework: Run Apex and Flow tests together using the Tooling API and CLI, simplifying end-to-end automated testing.
- DevOps Testing integration: Add flow tests to your DevOps Testing suites or quality gates to improve release confidence.
Practical Benefits and Use Cases
These improvements help teams:
- Speed up troubleshooting by surfacing relevant debug information in one place.
- Test complex screen flows interactively and reproduce user-facing issues more reliably.
- Include Flow tests in automated CI pipelines, ensuring flows are validated alongside Apex code.
- Build more maintainable test coverage by combining API-driven tests with UI-focused debug runs.
Best Practices
- Use the debug panel to triage failures and capture screenshots or logs for reproducibility.
- Design flow tests that cover different user profiles and fault paths — include mock data where possible.
- Integrate Flow tests into your CI pipeline using the Tooling API or CLI to keep quality gates consistent.
- Review the Flow run cards for performance hotspots like long-running loops or unnecessary SOQL operations.
Resources
Watch the full Deep Dive recording to hear the product team answer audience questions and preview roadmap items. Also check Salesforce’s Flow Best Practices guide and Trailhead modules to expand your testing knowledge.
Why this matters
For Salesforce admins, developers, and business users, improved Flow testing and debugging reduces downtime, accelerates deployments, and increases confidence that critical automations behave as expected across users and environments. Investing in Flow test coverage and using the new tools will pay dividends in reliability and maintainability.