Salesforce CLI Setup Guide
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CLI Deprecation Policy
Salesforce deprecates CLI commands and flags when, for example, the underlying API
changes.
The Salesforce CLI deprecation policy is:
- Salesforce announces new and upcoming deprecations of commands and flags in the weekly Salesforce CLI release notes.
- Salesforce can deprecate a command or flag at any time.
- When you run the deprecated command, Salesforce provides a deprecation warning for a minimum of 4 months.
- Salesforce removes the deprecated command or flag 4 months, or more, after the deprecation warning first appears.
- If you use a command or flag that’s been deprecated but not yet removed, you get a warning message in stderr in the human-readable output. If you specify JSON output, the warning is presented as a property. The message includes the plugin version in which we plan to remove the command or flag. The command help also includes deprecation information when appropriate.
- When possible, Salesforce provides a functional alternative to the deprecated command or flag.
- For our policy on changes to a Salesforce CLI command’s JSON response, see Support for JSON Responses.