Let me tell you a story.I was doing routine maintenance when I found a job in our production instance throwing errors.At first, I thought it was our fault. Maybe a bug in our code. But I remembered this same error from months ago.Back then, I opened a case with Salesforce. Their answer? “It’s not your code. It’s our platform. A bug in Elasticsearch.”They gave us a temporary patch. And they said the permanent fix would come in release 25.9.Now it’s September. So the question is simple: has Salesforce already deployed 25.9 to our production? If yes, that bug should be gone.<h3 id="658e123c-c1ee-4c36-ad45-2aa1346abbd0" data-toc-id="658e123c-c1ee-4c36-ad45-2aa1346abbd0">The problem: most people don’t know when deployments happen</h3>Salesforce Core (CRM) is easy: three updates every year (Spring, Summer, Winter).But B2C Commerce is a different game.<ul><li>Monthly releases from January to October.</li><li>No releases in November or December. Black Friday and Christmas are too risky for big changes.</li></ul>And here’s something most people ignore: deployment dates are not fixed in stone. They can shift by 1–2 weeks. Salesforce updates the official calendar as soon as there’s a change.<h3 id="b68968c4-57d9-464a-ac62-25b75ec6c893" data-toc-id="b68968c4-57d9-464a-ac62-25b75ec6c893">The release naming</h3>The logic is simple: year + month.<ul><li>25.9 → September 2025 release.</li><li>25.10 → October 2025 release.</li><li>26.1 → January 2026 release.</li></ul><h3 id="fda61b8e-9b53-4720-8a40-9606f1a381b7" data-toc-id="fda61b8e-9b53-4720-8a40-9606f1a381b7">The deployment process</h3>This is how releases roll out:<ol><li>First, On Demand Sandboxes (ODS).<ul><li>They are updated in the 2:00 AM – 7:00 AM window:<ul><li>ODS-US → EST</li><li>ODS-AP → JST</li><li>ODS-EU → BST</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Then, production instances by region. This is what we call the major release.<ul><li>Production deployments also happen in the 2:00 AM – 7:00 AM window, local POD time.</li></ul></li><li>If something goes wrong or a fix is needed, Salesforce pushes a minor release later.</li></ol>That’s why sometimes you see a bug “magically” disappear, or a feature suddenly break after midnight.<h3 id="cd8ed93b-a4db-45cc-ab2e-786276d5df26" data-toc-id="cd8ed93b-a4db-45cc-ab2e-786276d5df26">Why this matters</h3>If you don’t know the deployment calendar, you’re blind.Maybe you’re waiting for Salesforce to fix a bug. Maybe you suddenly get errors in production. Or maybe you’re preparing a big launch, and the platform changes right under your feet.Knowing the official dates means you’re ready.<h3 id="fb176839-acfb-4ead-a825-67515645c444" data-toc-id="fb176839-acfb-4ead-a825-67515645c444">Where to find the official schedules</h3>Good news: Salesforce publishes them in advance. Not just for this year, but for the next one.👉 <a target="_new" rel="noopener" class="decorated-link" href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.b2c_deploy_schedule_25.htm&amp;type=5&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com">B2C Commerce Deployment Schedule 2025</a> 👉 <a target="_new" rel="noopener" class="decorated-link" href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.b2c_deploy_schedule_26.htm&amp;type=5&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com">B2C Commerce Deployment Schedule 2026</a>Yes, dates can move by 1–2 weeks. But Salesforce updates them quickly.So do yourself a favor: save these links, check them regularly, and add the dates to your calendar.<h3 id="7497c1e6-04a8-4699-ba0b-1c7b1ad8ab53" data-toc-id="7497c1e6-04a8-4699-ba0b-1c7b1ad8ab53">Final thought</h3>Salesforce B2C Commerce deployments are not “nice to know.” They’re critical.You don’t want to:<ul><li>Open tickets for bugs already fixed in the next release.</li><li>Miss the date when a permanent fix goes live.</li><li>Or get caught by surprise in production.</li></ul>Releases are predictable if you pay attention. The only question is: will you?👉 Check the dates. Save the links. Be ready.

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