--- title: "Salesforce Integration Update: Introducing Gen 2 Packaging (2026)" description: Golden's Salesforce integration is moving to Gen 2 packaging, enabling faster security updates and new modular features. New customers get Gen 2 automatically. 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[Golden Help Center](https://support.goldenvolunteer.com/knowledge_base?hsLang=en) 2. [Updates + Improvements](https://support.goldenvolunteer.com/knowledge_base/updates-improvements?hsLang=en) July 29, 2026 # Salesforce Integration Update: Introducing Gen 2 Packaging (2026) We're rolling out a foundational upgrade to Golden's Salesforce integration: a move from "Gen 1" to "Gen 2" packaging. Here's what's changing, what it means for your org, and what's coming next. **What's changing** Salesforce is retiring its legacy packaging model (Gen 1) in favor of a newer architecture (Gen 2, or "2GP"). Golden's Salesforce integration is making that same move. As of May 15, any new customer installing our [Salesforce integration gets Gen 2 (v2.27)](https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxListingDetail?listingId=a0N3A00000EcrftUAB&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_KB1U_l_YFPRwxUGV-C9_g7jf8zPlU1bm3vuCR4cZc8nNtvVhIgAgJFDwxwSAr152vNWADR6zNv3A_ISom1QI_91EdrTRPF7PdU-redeQ9JnBTWp4&_hsmi=430741268&utm_content=430741268&utm_source=hs_email) directly from the [AppExchange](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pkg2_dev.meta/pkg2_dev/sfdx_dev_dev2gp.htm?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9xiUqJ6QQgYOHDNeBefGAPxgwmcELBsWrfxDYgDGYy7yWgMU40QuADE6UT2UAaxJjxmpAGcY_FGpEepPe4IKIhblNg8zLV-YkqTjYFSRlVJ4Nle9w&_hsmi=430741268&utm_content=430741268&utm_source=hs_email). If you're already integrated, nothing changes automatically: you can stay on your current version indefinitely, or migrate to Gen 2 to unlock new features. **Why it's worth it** Moving to Gen 2 packaging means: - **Faster, safer updates.** Gen 2 supports in-place upgrades and automated dependency checks, so we can deliver security patches and bug fixes with less manual work on your end. - **More focused releases.** Instead of one large, bundled package, Gen 2 lets us ship new capabilities, like upcoming Nonprofit Cloud support, as separate, optional modules rather than folding them into the core package for everyone. - **More rigorous engineering.** Gen 2 is built on version-controlled, continuously tested infrastructure, and it goes through a more streamlined Salesforce security review, meaning security patches and new integrations reach you faster. To be clear: this is a packaging change, not a re-platforming. Your schema, bi-directional sync, field mappings, NPSP support, Lightning app, and permission sets all stay exactly the same. **What's new in v2.27: the `guestOf` field** Gen 2 (v2.27) introduces a new `guestOf` field on the Registration object, which captures when one participant registers on behalf of another as their guest. Once set up in Salesforce, this enables: - Host/guest reporting - Group-attendance workflows - Accurate hours and credit attribution when one participant brings others along A couple of notes: this feature requires some setup in Salesforce to take effect, and it only applies going forward. Existing completed registrations won't be backfilled retroactively. **If you're already integrated** You're not required to do anything. Your current Gen 1 package will keep working, and we haven't set an end-of-life date for it. If you'd like to move to Gen 2 to take advantage of `guestOf` and future modular features, migration is a short, guided process. Reach out to your Client Strategy Lead and we'll walk you through it. One thing to plan around: future incremental version upgrades to the integration will require moving to Gen 2 first, so if you anticipate wanting new features down the line, it's worth migrating sooner rather than later. **What's next: native Nonprofit Cloud support** We're also building native support for Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, delivered as a separate extension package on top of Gen 2. This will let Golden's data sync directly into Nonprofit Cloud's native volunteer-management objects (Volunteer Project, Volunteer Job, Volunteer Shift, and Volunteer Hours), so Golden can serve as your participant-acquisition and show-up engine while Nonprofit Cloud handles your broader nonprofit data model, reporting, and AI features. A quick clarification: Nonprofit Cloud is a distinct Salesforce product from NPSP (Nonprofit Success Pack). If you're on NPSP today, there's nothing you need to do unless you're actively planning a move to Nonprofit Cloud. No firm ship date yet, but if you're using or planning to adopt Nonprofit Cloud and would like early access as part of a pilot cohort, let your Client Strategy Lead know. 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