The Heroku CLI is a vital tool for developers, providing a simple, extensible way to interact with the powerful features Heroku offers. We understand the importance of keeping the CLI updated to enhance user experience and ensure stability. With the release of Heroku CLI v10, we’re excited to introduce key changes that enhance the user experience and improve compatibility with the next-generation Heroku platform.

What's New in Version 10.0.0?

Heroku CLI v10 introduces several breaking changes, updates for Fir (the next-generation Heroku platform), and overall performance improvements. Here's a breakdown of the key features:

Breaking Changes

  • Node.js 20 Upgrade:
    The CLI has...

This week, Heroku made Router 2.0 generally available, bringing features like HTTP/2, performance improvements and reliability enhancements out of the beta program!

Throughout the Router 2.0 beta, our engineering team has addressed several bugs, all fairly straight-forward with one exception involving Puma-based applications. A small subset of Puma applications would experience increased response times upon enabling the Router 2.0 flag, reflected in customers’ Heroku dashboards and router logs. After thorough router investigation and peeling back Puma’s server code, we realized what we had stumbled upon was not actually a Router 2.0 performance issue. The root cause was a bug in Puma!...


Heroku Router 2.0 is now generally available, marking a significant step forward in our infrastructure modernization efforts. The new router delivers enhanced performance and introduces new features to improve your applications’ functionality. There are, of course, nuances to be aware of with any new system, and with Router 2.0 set to become the default router soon, we’d like to share some tips and tricks to ensure a smooth and seamless transition.

Start with a Staging Application

We recommend exploring the new router’s features and validating your specific use cases in a controlled environment. If you haven’t already, spin up a staging version of your app that mirrors your production...


Planning Your PostgreSQL Migration: Best Practices and Key Considerations

engineering , Senior Manager, Developer Advocate

Your organization may have many reasons to move a cloud service from one provider to another. Maybe you’ve found a better performance-versus-cost balance elsewhere. Maybe you’re trying to avoid vendor lock-in. Whatever your reasons, the convenience and general interoperability of cloud services today put you in the driver's seat. You get to piece together the tech stack and the cloud provider(s) that best align with your business.

This includes where you turn for your PostgreSQL database.

If you’re considering migrating your Postgres database to a different cloud provider, such as Heroku, the process might seem daunting. You’re concerned about the risk of data loss or the impact of...


Building Supercharged Agents with Heroku and Agentforce

engineering , Developer Relations VP

Heroku is a powerful general-purpose PaaS offering, but when combined with the broader Salesforce portfolio, it excels in unlocking and unifying customer data, regardless of its age, location, size, or structure. One of the key reasons why Salesforce customers turn to Heroku is when they require such data to be securely linked to high-scale experiences, such as consumer web or mobile apps, or when they need scalable compute resources to access and analyze more intricate and complex data in real time. In this blog, we’ll explore how to supercharge Agentforce by leveraging one of the ways in which the Heroku platform is used to transform data from diverse sources, offering comprehensive,...


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