Hey everyone
We have a UAT sandbox that is already on the Winter ’27 release.
The non-beta Winter ’27 features are available and working as expected. However, it looks like all features marked as Beta are missing or not available in our sandbox.
Is there any additional setting, permission, or provisioning required to enable Winter ’27 Beta features in a sandbox?
Has anyone seen the same behavior?
Examples:
1. Preview Records from Lightning Reports Without Losing Context (Beta)
2. Compare Values Between Fields in SOQL (Beta)
Thanks!
#New Releases #Release Preview #Salesforce Admin #Setup & Configuration
Hi Fabian,
Two separate reasons, per official Winter '27 release notes:
1. "Compare Values Between Fields in SOQL" (FORMULA() in WHERE clauses): requires API version 68.0+, and is scoped to sandboxes/Developer Editions/scratch orgs only. If your sandbox's API version isn't bumped to 68.0+ yet, it won't show even on Winter '27.
2. "Preview Records from Lightning Reports Without Losing Context": ships as Beta with Salesforce's standard disclaimer that beta features aren't guaranteed to roll out simultaneously with GA features, even within orgs already on the release. Some Winter '27 betas explicitly require Salesforce Support to switch on (e.g., "Show Only Matching Records Across Blocks in Joined Reports" says exactly that), so it may need manual enablement rather than a Setup toggle you're missing.
Reference:
https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_rd_reports_dashboards.htm&release=220&type=5Next step: confirm your sandbox's API version for #1, and if #2 still doesn't appear, open a case with Support to check if it needs manual enablement on their side.
