Winter '25 Release Breaks Org Shape with PersonAccount Feature Enabled

[gabordemeter]

Summary

Since the Winter '25 release, our scratch org creation process has encountered issues when using Org Shape with the PersonAccounts feature enabled. We recreated the org shape post-release, as usual, but scratch orgs created from this shape are not properly configuring Person Accounts. While the Person Accounts setting appears enabled, the necessary Person Account objects and record types are not created

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a new Org Shape

sf org create shape --target-org my-prod

2. Use the following scratch org configuration file:

{
  "orgName": "Shape Scratch",
  "sourceOrg": "00D20000000XXXX",
  "features": [
    "PersonAccounts"
  ]
}

3.Run the following command to create a scratch org:

    sf org create scratch --definition-file config/shape-scratch-def.json --shape --alias shape1 --duration-days 1 --no-track-source --wait 20

4. The scratch org is created successfully, and the Person Account setting appears enabled in the setup, but the PersonAccount object and its record types are missing.

Expected result

Person Account enabled correctly when we create it from org shape.

Actual result

Person Account feature even though is enabled on UI, the object and recordtype not created as expected.

Additional information

When creating a scratch org without Org Shape from a config file, enabling the PersonAccounts feature, it works as expected, and Person Accounts are fully configured.

System Information

I tested the scratch org creation with your provided docker containers, in multiple versions:

• latest-full
• 2.63.4-slim
• latest-rc-full
• 2.58.7-slim

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[pavel-ebury]

I'm having the same issue after Winter'25 roll out on Saturday

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[yoanama]

We are experiencing the same thing. Have raised a case with Salesforce but they had not been made aware of this issue yet. They are looking into it but if someone finds a solution, please let us know.

[jonathankretzmer]

From our experience this appears to be broader than just scratch org creation, we are seeing the same thing when building new validated unlocked package versions.

[jonathankretzmer]

Here is the issue logged on Salesforce:
https://issues.salesforce.com/issue/a028c00000zi5J9/

[jonathankretzmer]

It looks like a patch is being rolled out to correct this issue, our package version creation is now working as expected.