# Optimizing Data Reliability: Heroku Connect & Drift Detection

DevFeed: [Optimizing Data Reliability: Heroku Connect & Drift Detection](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/optimizing-data-reliability-heroku-connect-drift-detection-26480.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/optimizing-data-reliability-heroku-connect-drift-detection/>)

Author: Siraj Ghaffar

Published: 2024-06-26T02:43:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku Postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku-postgres.md>), [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>)

Tags: [crm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crm.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [heroku-connect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku-connect.md>), [heroku-postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku-postgres.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [salesforce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/salesforce.md>), [sync](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sync.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [view](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/view.md>)

## AI overview

This Heroku article explains improvements to Heroku Connect's drift detection. It describes how Salesforce data is polled into Heroku Postgres, why long-running transactions can cause missed changes, and how the updated feature detects and addresses drift more efficiently while maintaining eventual consistency.

## Source excerpt

Heroku Connect makes it easy to sync data at scale between Salesforce and Heroku Postgres. You can build Heroku apps that bidirectionally share data in your Postgres database with your contacts, accounts, and other custom objects in Salesforce. Easily configured with a point-and-click UI, you can get the integration up and running in minutes without [...] The post Optimizing Data Reliability: Heroku Connect & Drift Detection appeared first on Heroku.