SharePoint Framework (SPFx) roadmap update – January 2026

We enter 2026 with the SharePoint Framework stronger than ever. Adoption has expanded, feedback has sharpened our priorities, and the platform continues to power intelligent and scalable experiences across Microsoft 365. December marked an important milestone with the release of SPFx version 1.22, which delivered platform improvements based directly on customer and partner feedback. Building on that momentum, we are announcing the 1.22.2 release that focuses on addressing known audit related issues with a new model to address these on monthly basis to reduce any security concerns. This year we continue accelerating again on SPFx side, bringing new features, AI assisted scenarios, and improvements shaped by our global community feedback and input.

Since launching this monthly blog series in September 2025, our goal has been to provide clear insight into the SPFx roadmap and maintain an open and predictable communication rhythm with our ecosystem. With the January 2026 update, we continue that commitment by highlighting the near term roadmap, the addressing vulnerabilities with 1.22.2, and our longer term investment areas that will support developers building modern Microsoft 365 experiences.

Your feedback continues to shape the direction of SPFx. Real world observations and suggestions from customers and partners have guided our priorities, informed design decisions, and helped validate the work that moves from preview to production readiness. This collaboration ensures that SPFx evolves in a way that supports enterprise scale solutions and delivers the flexibility that teams expect when building across Microsoft 365.

Looking ahead, 2026 is set to be an important year for SPFx. In addition to the new monthly minor release model, we are preparing a set of roadmap updates that focus on developer productivity, long term sustainability, and better alignment with the evolving Microsoft 365 platform investments. These upcoming investments remain grounded in stability, performance, and the ability to build richer and more integrated user experiences. As always, we will update the public SPFx roadmap and share details through these monthly posts as plans continue to progress.

Thank you for your continued partnership and for helping guide the future of SPFx as we enter 2026 🙏

Release of debug toolbar for SharePoint Framework

We are excited to announce release of a new SharePoint Framework debug toolbar within SharePoint Online which is starting to roll into production within upcoming weeks. Toolbar enhances the developer experience with new UX level functionalities when developers are debugging their solutions in live SharePoint sites. When solutions are debugged, additional debugging toolbar is shown in the top section of the page with additional options for the developers. We will continue evolving this experience in future with additional options and settings also based on your feedback.

See more details on the debug tool bar from following documentation:

SharePoint Framework Debug Toolbar

As a developer, you will see occasionally a new feedback option popping up on the UX, so that we can more efficiently collect your input for the future planning. Thank you for your time and input already advance.

Here’s a quick video by Bert Jansen and Vesa Juvonen showcasing how the debug toolbar works when you are developing solutions with SharePoint Framework.

Release of SPFx version 1.22.2

Starting in 2026 we will bring more predictability to how we address vulnerabilities reported by the npm audit command. Our goal is to resolve any reported issues as quickly as possible.

Many npm audit warnings are false positives. They come from the local development environment for SPFx and do not represent actual risks for SharePoint Framework. These findings would only matter if the flagged npm package was executed on a server. SharePoint Framework solutions do not run server code, and these packages are only used during build and debugging on the developer computer.

Even though these findings are not runtime risks for SharePoint Framework, we want to avoid unnecessary concern and confusion. To support clean and predictable development environments, we will address reported vulnerabilities through potential monthly minor releases. These updates, such as version 1.22.2, focus on keeping npm audit reports clean and helping developers work with confidence.

See details on the 1.22.2 release on the release notes:

SharePoint Framework 1.22.2 release notes

Roadmap

We are evolving towards a quarterly release cycle, providing more predictability on new feature introductions and updates. We will update the public roadmap with any schedule and feature updates as we move forward in this journey.

Here is the set of investments which we are planning to ship within the upcoming SPFx releases:

This will be a server side update without a requirement to provide a client-side updates as new SPFx version.

New debugging toolbar improving the in-page development experience when workbench is not used. Debugging toolbar will eventually replace the workbench page to enable you easily debug in any page in SharePoint Online.

Version 1.23 – February/March 2026

This release focuses on open sourcing the templates and tooling to create SPFx solutions, enabling our ecosystem to optionally build their own templates. We also want to focus on providing additional value for optimizing developer experience and providing new extensibility options.

Open-sourcing SPFx solution templates via GitHub and opening them for community contributions.
A new open-sourced SPFx CLI for replacing the existing Yeoman generator – You will be able to introduce your company specific templates or adjustments on the scaffolded baseline for the SPFx solutions. We are decoupling the CLI itself from the SPFx release versions.
Command set improvements for lists and libraries – grouping and potentially other improvements.
New and edit panel override in lists – support panel level override on the Microsoft Lists and SharePoint lists with SPFx.

Version 1.24 – May/June 2026

This version continues providing new extensibility options aligned with the future direction of SharePoint. We are also expecting to have other new features and capabilities as part of this release, which will be disclosed a bit later.

Navigation customizers – Options to override navigation nodes and/or experiences with SPFx components.
Other features will be shared later.

We also continue further innovation in the AI space with a focus on both customer features and developer tooling. More on this in future roadmap updates during 2026.

We encourage you to continue providing feedback to support our product planning for the upcoming semesters. We already have an extensive list of ideas and enhancements in mind but are always interested in your input.

What’s next?

We continue expanding the SharePoint platform to unlock more innovation across Microsoft 365:

SharePoint Framework (SPFx) for building rich, AI powered and business integrated solutions with custom user interfaces directly in Microsoft 365.
SharePoint Embedded to bring SharePoint content into your own apps hosted outside of Microsoft 365 with your own user interface.
Agents and AI to create intelligent, adaptive experiences to access your content and business information efficiently and expose those easily for your end users.
Microsoft Graph to access data and insights everywhere using our standard API surface.

We encourage you to explore these capabilities and see how they can help you build the next generation of solutions for your organization and customers.

If you are planning to build experiences for Microsoft 365, we strongly recommend joining our community calls and the broader Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Community activities. These cover Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power Platform, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Viva, and more. You can find call details and community assets at https://aka.ms/community/home.

You might also be interested in our SharePoint partner showcase series where we highlight solutions built with SharePoint. Each episode includes a video and a blog post with additional details. If you are creating something with SharePoint and would like to be featured, you can let us know by signing up through the provided form and we will contact you to schedule a recording.

We are excited to share that the SharePoint Hackathon returns in March 2026 with an event running from March 2 to March 16. This year includes updated submission categories that reflect the new features and capabilities of SharePoint. We were inspired by the outstanding examples of intelligent portals powered by AI and SPFx in the 2025 hackathon and we look forward to seeing what the community creates next. See more on the SharePoint 25th anniversary and SharePoint Hackathon 2026 from https://aka.ms/SPat25.