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6 Lesser-Known Heroku CLI Commands You Probably Aren’t Using

Improving developer experience in the command line relies on minimizing context switches. While most engineers use the Heroku CLI strictly for basic tasks like pushing code, it contains a powerful suite of command line tools built to optimize your workflow. If you want to keep your focus locked on writing code, these six Heroku CLI commands will instantly upgrade your daily productivity.

Fine-Grained Access Control Now Available for All Heroku Customers

Fine-Grained Access Controls (FGAC) is now available to all Heroku customers. Heroku’s legacy system gave you predefined roles like admin, member, or collaborator, each with a fixed bundle of permissions. FGAC replaces that system with individual capability controls: deploy, scale dynos, view logs, manage config vars, promote through pipelines, provision add-ons, invite members, manage billing, and more.

How To Set Up a Staging Environment on Heroku in 3 Easy Steps

Moving fast should not mean breaking things for your users. While testing on localhost is a good start, you need a near identical replica of production to catch any bugs before your code goes live. That is where a staging environment comes in. Heroku pipelines handle the infrastructure layout for you, keeping your deployment workflow clean and automated.

A 15-Second Health Check for Your Heroku Connect Data Pipeline

Heroku Connect is a fully managed, bidirectional data sync service between Salesforce and Heroku Postgres that lets developers read and write Salesforce data using standard SQL. The sync is straightforward to set up and operates smoothly in the background, but when a field does not update as expected or data seems to lag, you do not need to guess what went wrong.

Heroku March 2026 Update