We take a customer-focused and feedback-driven approach to our development, which chimes with Gearset's open and transparent way of working.
Roadmap 2022
Q4
Deploy
Flows
Improvements to the visualization of Flow changes
Automatic sandbox provisioning
Automate
Get visibility of security and roles within your release pipelines dashboard
Manage Data
Compare, deploy, and source control support for CPQ Salesforce
Backup
Q3
Deploy
Gearset API: integrate reporting and metrics through our reporting API
Gearset API: track deployment information to create an audit trail through our audit API
Extended post-deployment workflows
Precision layout deployments
You can now choose specific fields and page layout items to deploy
Automate
Gearset API: integrate reporting and metrics through our reporting API
Support for AWS CodeCommit in Pipelines
Release branches support in Pipelines
Component-based merge conflict resolution
Quick promotion of validated packages
Manage Data
Flows
You can now deactivate Flows alongside validation rules and triggers before data deployments
Backup
Field-level restore
Release summaries to see key information at a glance
Search across all your data backup jobs
Q2
Deploy
Live comparison results
Automate
Release pipelines GA
Support for Azure DevOps Server
Release pipelines support for developer sandboxes
Manage Data
Backup
Q1
Metadata
Updated environment variables in deployments and CI, and improvements to pre- and post-deployment steps
Interactive conflict resolution
Gearset API: run automation jobs including Unit Testing and Continuous integrations through our automation API
Data
Backup
Iterative improvements to performance and functionality
Q4
Metadata
Handle MDAPI nondeterminism in Layouts
Data
Compare, deploy, and source control support for Vlocity/SFI
Backup
Improved restore workflows
Q3
Metadata
Data
Improved handling of parent/child dependencies
Pre-built CPQ templates
Backup
Browse individual record history
Q2
Metadata
Execution of LWC tests
Improved branch management
Improved deployment of experience bundles
Data
Backup
Q1
Metadata
Subcomponents in metadata filters
CI only merged changes
Public API
Source-tracking-based performance improvements
Improved filtering of managed packages from git comparison
Data
Vlocity / SFI config compare and deploy
Backup
Retention policies
Delegate restore permissions
Quick restore binary records
Quick restore subset of fields
Q4
Data backup
Retention policies
Support for email messages
Support for ContentDocumentLink
Data loader
Binary field deployments
Metadata
Improved deployment of experience bundles
Improved filtering of managed packages from git comparisons
Automatically fix Salesforce API version backwards compatibility issues
Deployment
Support for comparing Vlocity configuration
External triggers for CI jobs
More configurability of items deployed in CI jobs
Q3
Data backup
Improved backup exports
Retention policies
Support for knowledge articles
Data loader
Binary field deployments
Better handling of validation rules
Data masking improvements
Metadata
Improved deployment of experience bundles
Improved filtering of managed packages from git comparisons
Deployment
Saved org pairs for easier comparisons
External triggers for CI jobs
More configurability of items deployed in CI jobs
Q2
Data backup
High frequency backups
Retention policies
Backup job team permissions
Audit trail for GDPR / CCPA record deletions
Data loader
New, simple deployment workflow
Exclude duplicate records from deployment
Rerun deployment from history
Configurable batch sizes
Metadata
Add support for ManagedContentType, CMSConnectSource, and all Field Service Lightning standard objects
Better performance for millions of differences in comparison
Add quick navigation (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+k)
Deployment
Faster metadata retrieve: specific types are retrieved incrementally
Show items modified by problem analyzer
Q1
Data backup
Retention policies
Improved quick record restore UX
Binary field deployments
Data loader
Source control support for static data
Highlight validation rules and triggers during deployment
Improved cross-referencing for duplicate handling
Metadata
Reduced likelihood of merge conflicts in profiles
More transparency in problem analyzers
Improved type-specific XML ordering
Deployment
Faster metadata retrieve
More configurability for outgoing webhooks
Extended support for deploying metadata with default users
Q4
Data backup
Restore single records, preserving relationships
Show advanced statistics on rate of record change
Allow users to delete any records in their backup history for their own GDPR compliance
Data loader
More improvements for deploying CPQ config data
Add more data masking types for sandbox seeding
Increase the limit for records deployed during sandbox seeding
Metadata
Improve performance of grid for very large org comparisons
Add support for ModerationRule, KeywordList, UserCriteria
Add v47 Metadata API support
Add v48 Metadata API support
Deployment
Add support for multiple DevHub orgs per Gearset team
Add automated validations for Pull Requests, and pipe status check back to source control provider
Improve handover of CI and automated jobs after departure of team member
Create Pull Requests within Gearset for main Git hosting platforms
Q3
Data backup
We've been working on a brand new approach to backup, built on top of the same unique technology that powers Gearset's metadata comparisons.
A backup is only as good as your ability to restore from it. By combining our unparalleled understanding of your metadata with our intelligent data loader, we're building a backup solution that you can rely on in a crisis.
Metadata
Improved support for deploying Layouts when conflicts occur in the source and target
v46 metadata API support
Enabling unlocked package workflows for admins
Deployment
Directly deploy existing package to org, without comparing
Additional ALM integrations
Run now for unit testing jobs
Q2
Performance
Improvements to navigating comparisons when there are more than 25,000 components
Data
Increase the number of records that can be deployed
Data masking
Metadata
Surface dependencies in the diff viewer
Static code analysis visualizations
Share a read-only view of your comparison with Gearset’s Customer Success team
Shows Changed On and Changed By for components from source control
Deployment
Azure DevOps support for issue tracking
Update Jira ticket status on deployment
Improve deployments of second-generation packaging
Hide managed subcomponents of non-managed objects
Q1
Performance
Improve loading of draft performance
Data
Deployment history
Improvements to CPQ deployment
Improvements to common managed packages e.g. FinancialForce
Filtering for data deployments to constrict which data is copied
Metadata
Updated version of the underlying engine behind static code analysis
Full information for Changed On and Changed By for components from Salesforce
Support Lightning Web Components
Export static code analysis rule sets
Deployment
Support SSH public keys for git
Test suites when running a deployment
Create PR from within Gearset
Ability to control which problem analyzers run during CI
Q4
New features
Data deployment templates
DX JSON data deployment support
CI to scratch org
Usability
Improved unlocked package support
New progress UI for better visbility into CI jobs
Multiple team owners
Deployment engine
New metadata types and objects
API version 45
New dependencies and problem analyzers
Q3
New features
Scratch org definition UI
Browser notifications for long running operations
Combine multiple deploy packages in clone
Usability
Improved XML and whitespace formatting for git
Webhooks for all supported VCS providers
Improved problem analysis results page
Deployment engine
New dependencies and problem analyzers
Metadata types and objects including EinsteinBot
API version 44
Q2
New features
Release data loader
Outgoing webhooks
Regex metadata include/exclude filters
Usability
Improved handling of permissions when deploying to git
Bitbucket Server integration
PMD 6.3.0
Better error reporting and performance for monitoring jobs
Improved filtering in data loader and Jira
Deployment engine
Dependency tracking for Apex classes and triggers
Better metadata API version detection for git-based metadata
New metadata types and objects including PlatformCachePartition
API version 43
Q1
New features
SFDX folder structure
Scratch orgs in data loader
Validation only CI jobs
Permission explorer
Usability
Improved Jira integration, with self-hosting
Improved data loader filtering and upsert
Static code analyis throughout the app
Deployment engine
API version 42
New metadata types and objects
Dependency tracking for Flows