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Salesforce CLI Breaks CI/CD on May 27 | Salesforce Dictionary
Salesforce CLI stops returning access tokens, passwords, and SFDX Auth URLs in standard output on May 27, 2026. Pipelines reading sf org display will break. Here is the affected command list and migration path.
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Salesforce CPQ: Complete 2026 Guide (Configure, Price, Quote → Revenue Cloud)
The complete 2026 guide to Salesforce CPQ - Quote/Quote Line data model, product configuration, pricing engine, contracting, renewals, the migration to Revenue Cloud, and Agentforce for quoting.
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📅 Term of the day · May 23, 2026
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
/interactive voice response (ivr)/nounServiceAdvanced
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) is the automated voice-menu system that greets inbound callers before connecting them to a human agent. The caller hears a recorded prompt (Press 1 for sales, 2 for service), uses keypad input or spoken responses to navigate, and either resolves their need through self-service or gets routed to the right agent. In Salesforce, IVR is delivered through Service Cloud Voice (on top of Amazon Connect), through partner-telephony integrations (Genesys, NICE CXone, Cisco), or through customer-supplied IVR systems that integrate via Open CTI. The IVR is the first interaction layer a customer experiences with a contact center, and it sets the tone for the whole engagement. A well-designed IVR routes the caller to the right resource in 20-30 seconds with minimal frustration. A badly designed one bounces callers through nested menus, fails to recognize voice input, and produces a measurable spike in call abandonment. Salesforce''s integration with Amazon Connect and the AI-driven Einstein Bots increasingly replaces fixed IVR menus with natural-language conversational IVR, which understands free-form caller requests and routes accordingly.
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