Release Notes 25.2.1

ARM Release Notes 25.2.1

Release Date: 20 April 2025

Overview

This release brings meaningful enhancements that improve reliability, accuracy, and visibility across ARM workflows. Backup CI jobs now consistently capture StandardValueSet changes, ensuring more complete metadata tracking. Improved metadata classification prevents deployment errors, while CustomObjectTranslation handling in EZ-Commit for DX repos is now more precise. Custom settings deploy smoothly through Environment Provisioning, reducing manual effort. File comparisons are clearer with restored full diff visibility, aiding better change reviews. Updates to Search and Substitute and managed package exclusions streamline CI deployments. Audit trails now display correct timestamps, enhancing reporting accuracy.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

StandardValueSet Metadata in Backup Jobs Backup CI jobs now correctly detect and retrieve changes made to StandardValueSet metadata. Previously, these changes were not captured automatically, although manual commits through EZ-Commit functioned as expected. This enhancement ensures StandardValueSet changes are included in automated daily backups. Impacted Modules: CI jobs back up to VC. Support Case: #132829.

Metadata Type Detection for Custom Metadata Labels Improved handling of custom metadata with labels starting with "profile" or "permissionset" by validating based on their file paths instead of label names. The system now checks for profiles/ and permissionset/ in metadata paths to accurately categorize them during commit, merge CI jobs, and deployments. This resolves previous misclassification issues. Impacted Modules: All Modules. Support Case: #134010.

CustomObjectTranslation Handling in DX Repositories Improved the EZ-Commit process to correctly handle CustomObjectTranslation metadata in DX repositories. Previously, some nodes were unintentionally removed, and unrelated changes like validation rules appeared in the compare changes section. The commit process now includes only selected components, matching the behavior of non-DX repositories. Impacted Modules: EZCommit While selecting 'customobjecttranslation' [DX/NonDX]. Support Case #135793.

Custom Settings Deployment in Environment Provisioning Resolved an issue where custom settings were not being deployed through the Environment Provisioning module. Although no errors were shown on the history page, specified changes were not applied. This enhancement ensures that custom settings are now correctly deployed as part of the provisioning process. Impacted Modules: Env pro -> migrate custom settings. Support Case: #136984.

File Difference Display in Comparison Dialog Fixed an issue where the comparison dialog box did not consistently display full file differences for all metadata types. Previously, the UI showed only a limited number of lines without offering a "Load More" option, while the downloaded file revealed additional differences. The "Load More" functionality has been restored, now loading up to 200 lines per click to ensure complete visibility of metadata changes. Impacted Modules: Compare Metadata in Deployment Module. Support Case: #135396.

Search and Substitute for Workflow Alerts in CI Jobs Resolved an issue where applying Search and Substitute rules on Workflow Alerts in SFDX repositories caused CI jobs to fail. The error was due to a logic fault, which has now been corrected. Common code has been refactored and moved to the pipeline to ensure consistent execution across jobs. Impacted Modules: CI Jobs, Deployment, and Pre-Validation Commit. Support Case: #135574.

Exclusion of Managed Components in SFDX CI Job Deployments Fixed an issue where managed components were not properly excluded during SFDX CI job deployments, despite selecting "Ignore installed packages" and configuring exclusions under the Skip Members section. The deployment logic has been corrected to ensure managed components are now accurately excluded as intended. Impacted Modules: Deployments & CI Jobs. Support Case: #134394.

Date and Time Accuracy in Audit Trails Corrected the logic used for date and time conversion in the UI of the Reports Audit Trail. Previously, the created and modified dates were displayed inaccurately. This enhancement ensures that audit timestamps now reflect the correct values. Impacted Modules: Audit Report.