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Support Namespaced custom fields and Object in field history tracking#737

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Pull Request: Support Field History Tracking for Packaged Person Account Fields

Summary

This PR enables Field History Tracking for custom fields on the Contact object that are added via managed packages and surfaced on Person Accounts.

Context & Problem

In Salesforce, when Person Accounts are enabled, the Contact object stores field details:

  1. Metadata Restrictions: Custom fields added to the Contact object often cannot have history tracking enabled via standard deployment if they are intended for Person Accounts.
  2. Package Limitations: Historically, fields belonging to managed packages have restricted the ability to enable history tracking on Person Account.

Changes

This implementation provides the necessary logic to toggle history tracking on for these specific field types originating from the package itself.

Key Enhancements:

Allows the following definitions to enable field history tracking,

        "historyTracking": [{
            "objectApiName": "Account",
            "enableHistoryTracking": true,
            "fieldHistoryTracking": [
              {
                "fieldApiName": "myNamespace__PreferredName__pc",
                "enableHistoryTracking": true
              },
              {
                "fieldApiName": "myNamespace__SingleNameOnly__pc",
                "enableHistoryTracking": true
              },
            ]

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amtrack commented Feb 27, 2026

@jrupesh Is this ready for review?

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jrupesh commented Feb 28, 2026

@jrupesh Is this ready for review?

Yes!

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amtrack commented Mar 3, 2026

I'm trying to test this.

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amtrack commented Mar 3, 2026 •
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My manual testing failed:

Install a managed package from AppExchange (https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxListingDetail?listingId=a0N3A00000FKArSUAX):

sf package install -p 04t0b000001XxRDAA0 --wait 30

Create a config file history-tracking-namespace.json:

{
  "settings": {
    "historyTracking": [
      {
        "objectApiName": "lightningbuddy__Actions__c",
        "enableHistoryTracking": true,
        "fieldHistoryTracking": [
          {
            "fieldApiName": "lightningbuddy__Docked_Display__c",
            "enableHistoryTracking": true
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

And run:

./bin/run browserforce apply -f history-tracking-namespace.json

Output:

logging in... done
Applying config file history-tracking-namespace.json to org test-diqo55spjoge@example.com
 ›   Warning: retrying 6 more time(s) because of "Error: Insufficient Privileges
 ›   You do not have the level of access necessary to perform the operation you requested. Please contact the owner of the record or your 
 ›   administrator if access is necessary."
 ›   Warning: retrying 5 more time(s) because of "Error: Insufficient Privileges
 ›   You do not have the level of access necessary to perform the operation you requested. Please contact the owner of the record or your 
 ›   administrator if access is necessary."
[HistoryTracking] retrieving state... 
...

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jrupesh commented Mar 4, 2026

My manual testing failed:

Ah understood your approach, You cannot modify the managed package's field history.
Probably missed in my PR description.

This implementation is done for handling Custom field added through package for Person Accounts.
Enabling field history on person account fields is not supported from metadata API.

@amtrack amtrack merged commit 770cee4 into amtrack:main Mar 6, 2026
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🎉 This PR is included in version 6.2.0 🎉

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