By name: salesforce-release-pipeline description: Stand up a 2GP + DevOps Center release pipeline — packaging, dependency-ordered deploy, test gate, and promotion across environments. Use when designing or running a Salesforce release process.
Salesforce Release Pipeline
Define a repeatable, source-tracked release pipeline so prod is deployed to, never clicked in (house opinion #15).
When to use
Setting up CI/CD for a Salesforce org, or planning a specific release.
Steps
- Source of truth. sfdx project layout (
sfdx-project.json) with package directories; everything in version control. Seetemplates/sfdx-project-manifest.mdandknowledge/packaging-and-deployment.md. - Package it. Bundle metadata into an unlocked 2GP (internal) or managed 2GP (ISV) package; version it and declare dependencies.
- Order the deploy. Stage metadata by dependency — objects/fields before code, permission sets after objects, Flows/triggers after referenced types.
- Gate on tests. Run Apex tests with the right test level; enforce ≥75% coverage plus bulk assertions (not coverage alone).
- Validate before deploy. Check-only (validation) deploy against the target before the real one.
- Promote via DevOps Center / CI. Work-item-based promotion across scratch/dev → integration → UAT → prod. Never a manual change set to prod.
Output
The pipeline stages, the package definition, the dependency order, and the test/validation gates — ready to wire into CI.