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Lightning Flow Scanner

By Lightning Flow Scanner

Rating
5.0
Reviews
3
Pricing
Free
Listed since
2026

About Lightning Flow Scanner

Scans for unsafe contexts, hardcoded IDs, and find common issues in Flows.

Lightning Flow Scanner is a Salesforce app for static analysis and optimization of Flows. It scans metadata for more than twenty quality and security issues to help teams maintain reliability and consistency in automation. The scanner detects problems such as hardcoded IDs, unsafe execution contexts, inefficient SOQL or DML operations, recursion risks, and missing fault handling, giving admins and developers practical insights to improve Flow performance.

Built for Salesforce professionals who focus on precision and maintainability, Lightning Flow Scanner evaluates Flow structures against a set of best-practice rules. Each rule identifies potential issues, explains their cause, and suggests improvements. The tool helps avoid common automation errors such as exceeding Apex limits or poor naming conventions. Its modular configuration allows teams to adjust severity levels, define exceptions, and align checks with internal standards.

Since 2021, Lightning Flow Scanner has supported Flow quality across open-source tools and now brings the same core engine into Salesforce. Running analysis directly in your org helps detect issues early and makes Flow quality easier for everyone.

Highlights

  • Detects hardcoded IDs and URLs to prevent org-specific and environment issues.
  • Finds unsafe running contexts to protect data visibility and enforce security.
  • Flags inefficient SOQL or DML loops that risk hitting Apex governor limits.
  • Identifies recursion risks in after-update Flows for safer, predictable automation.
  • Detects hardcoded secrets and credentials
  • Enforces Flow naming conventions and missing descriptions for documented, maintainable automation.
  • Highlights missing fault paths to help you handle errors.
  • Checks outdated API versions to maintain Flow compatibility and stability.
  • The same rules run in the Lightning Flow Scanner GitHub Action, Salesforce CLI plugin and VS Code extension. Can also be used for static code analysis in Salesforce DevOps pipelines and pull request reviews.

Screenshots and videos

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Pricing

Free.

Compatibility

Works with
  • Platform Cloud
Requires
  • Platform Cloud
Salesforce editions
  • Essentials
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
  • Unlimited
  • Performance
  • Developer
Lightning Experience
Supported
Salesforce mobile app
Not supported
Salesforce security review
Passed on March 2, 2026
Languages
  • English