A concise look at the most impactful Flow updates in Salesforce Spring ’26 — from new screen components to Flow logging and multi-page experiences. Practical guidance for admins and developers to plan adoption and testing.
Overview
Salesforce Spring ’26 brings a set of Flow-focused improvements that enhance usability, customization, and observability. These updates help administrators build richer screen experiences, simplify flow maintenance, and gain better insights into automation behavior.
Key Flow Features
1. Message Screen Component
The new Message Screen Component allows screen flows to display inline alerts (Info, Error, Warning, Success). It currently supports plain text only, but it’s useful for guiding users or surfacing validation messages within the flow UI.
2. Expand / Collapse Decision & Loop Elements
Decision and Loop elements on the Flow canvas can now be expanded and collapsed. This makes navigating complex flows easier and improves readability when troubleshooting or updating automation logic.
3. Custom Styling for Screens
Screen flows receive enhanced styling options — background, border color, radius, fonts, and button styles (including hover and active states). These options let you align flows to brand standards and improve end-user experience.
4. ContentDocument & ContentVersion Support
Record-triggered flows can now target ContentDocument and ContentVersion objects without Apex. This simplifies automation around files and simplifies common file-related automations.
5. Multi-page Experience Flow
A new flow type that splits screens across multiple pages, ideal for Experience Cloud and longer user journeys. It improves navigation and reduces screen clutter for end users.
6. Kanban Screen Component
Add a read-only Kanban board directly into screen flows, showing up to five fields (header/footer). Useful for visual summaries where drag-and-drop isn’t required.
7. Flow Logging with Data 360
The Automation app now supports Flow logging via Data 360, helping teams monitor flow runs and performance. Note: this consumes Data Cloud credits, so plan usage accordingly.
8. Improved Flow Canvas Scrolling
Canvas navigation is smoother — use trackpad, arrow keys, mouse wheel or scroll bars to move around large flows.
9. Flow Debug Improvements
Debug input values are preserved in the browser between debug runs and panel reopenings. This small improvement saves time when iterating on flows.
10. LWR File Upload Component
A new LWR-based file upload component for flows enables modern file uploads within Experience Cloud or LWR contexts.
11. File Preview Screen Component
Preview files in a screen flow by supplying a Content Document ID. For multiple files, place the File Preview component inside a Repeater to render several previews.
Best practices & next steps
- Test major UI components (Kanban, File Preview, Message) in a Spring ’26 pre-release org before production rollout.
- Review Data Cloud credit implications before enabling Flow logging in Automation app.
- Use multi-page flows for longer Experience Cloud journeys to reduce cognitive load.
- Update user-facing flows with new styling options for consistent branding and accessibility.
Conclusion
Why this matters: These Spring ’26 Flow updates accelerate configuration, improve end-user experiences, and provide better observability for automation. Admins can deliver more polished screen flows; developers can avoid Apex for file-related triggers; and business users get clearer, faster interfaces. Plan testing in a pre-release org and prioritize features that align with your user journeys.