Salesforce Certification Maintenance Schedule

Learn about the maintenance requirements and release cycles for Salesforce certifications.

Table of Contents

Certification Maintenance Overview
Accredited Professional Certification Maintenance
Mulesoft Certification Maintenance
Tableau Certification Maintenance 
Complete Your Maintenance and Check Your Status
Maintenance Requirements by Certification
How to Complete Your Maintenance Badge
What If I Missed the Maintenance Deadline?

Certification Maintenance Overview

In order to maintain your Salesforce certification(s), all certified professionals must successfully complete Trailhead maintenance badges specific to their certification. All certifications require completion of one maintenance badge per year. Learn more about your maintenance requirements. 

Keep in mind: If you don’t complete your maintenance requirements by your assigned deadline, your certification(s) will expire.

Accredited Professional Certification Maintenance

We’re working hard to revamp the entire certification maintenance program, including the Accredited Professional (AP) program. At this time, you don’t need to take any action to maintain your AP certification status. We will share more details about the new maintenance plan when they’re available.

MuleSoft Certification Maintenance

Certification maintenance is available for the Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer, Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Catalyst Consultant, and Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Hyperautomation Developer with the Winter ‘26 maintenance cycle, Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Platform Integration Architect with the Spring ‘26 maintenance cycle, and Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Platform Architect with the Summer ‘25 maintenance cycle.

Tableau Certification Maintenance

Certification maintenance is offered through the Tableau Certification Maintenance (Winter '26) badge for the Salesforce Certified Tableau Architect, Salesforce Certified Tableau Consultant, Salesforce Certified Tableau Data Analyst, and Salesforce Certified Tableau Server Administrator. 

NOTE: Please be sure to complete all four modules included in the Tableau Certification Maintenance (Winter '26) badge. 

Complete Your Maintenance and Check Your Status

Check out the Maintain Your Salesforce Certifications trail to find the most up-to-date maintenance badges available to you. You can also view your certification status on your Trailblazer profile.


Maintenance badges will be available with the start of the Spring, Summer, or Winter release cycles and will be due one year from when they become available. See the tables below to find out which maintenance badge is required by certification.

NOTE: All the dates in this table are aligned to the Pacific Time Zone (PT).

 

 
*Dates are subject to change.

**The Architect maintenance badge will maintain the following certifications:

• Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect
• Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect
• Salesforce Certified Platform Identity and Access Management Architect
• Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect
• Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect

Note: Foundations certifications do not have any required maintenance. These certifications will not expire once earned.

Maintenance Requirements by Certification:

Review the list of certifications below for details on their maintenance requirements, when the maintenance badge became available, and when the completion of the maintenance badge is due.

Administrator Certifications

Architect Certifications

Business Analyst Certifications

Consultant Certifications

Designer Certifications

Developer Certifications

Marketing Certifications

Product-Focused Certifications