Salesforce will stop developing new features for Heroku, moving it to a sustaining-engineering model prioritizing stability, security, reliability, and support while focusing on AI.
Salesforce has shifted Heroku into maintenance mode, stopping new Enterprise sales and focusing resources on enterprise-grade AI while providing stability and security updates.
Salesforce halted new Heroku Enterprise sales and moved Heroku into sustaining engineering, signaling de-prioritization as the company pivots to AI-led growth.
Heroku went from a beloved free, frictionless hosting for hobby projects to a paid, unstable platform marked by security breaches, removed free tiers, and outages.