Free Exam Retake Promotion is Here!
We're excited to share that the Salesforce Certification team has teamed up with Pearson to bring you a free exam retake promotion.
How it works:
- Schedule, purchase, and complete your certification exam between September 29 – November 17, 2026
- If you don't pass on your first attempt, you may be eligible for one free retake between January 4 – April 7, 2027.* This offer is strictly limited to one free retake per candidate; if a candidate does not pass on their second attempt, they are not eligible for additional free retakes. Note: Free retakes absolutely cannot be scheduled or taken before January 4, 2027.
This is a great opportunity to go for that cert you've been eyeing, knowing you've got a safety net if it doesn't go your way the first time.
Check out the full details, eligibility requirements, and how to opt in here: Salesforce Certification Exam Retake Promotion (2026/2027).
Good luck, and happy studying!
*This offer excludes the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect certification and Accredited Professional exams. Terms and conditions apply. Foundations exams already offer free retakes by default and are excluded from this promotion.
Hi @Eric Kreil, Thanks for checking before moving ahead! Our team wouldn't recommend this approach.
The free retake is tied directly to the first exam attempt: if you fail that first attempt, the next attempt of the same exam is free. If you instead take a different exam attempt in between, you'd forfeit that free retake, and the system likely wouldn't be able to process the attempts in that order — it could return an error.
On top of that, if you pass the paid attempt taken in between, the promotional retake couldn't then be applied to a different exam.
The one upside is that the retake window doesn't start until January 4th, which does give you some extra time to study in case you don't pass the first attempt.
