Salesforce Unrestricted Picklists and Inactive Values

File this under Esoteric:

Any new values entered into an unrestricted picklist field will cause new inactive picklist values to be created.

The only documentation I could find:

When inserting an unrestricted picklist field that does not have a PicklistEntry, the system creates an “inactive” picklist value. This value can be promoted to an “active” picklist value by adding the picklist value in the Salesforce user interface.

When creating new, inactive picklists, the API checks to see if there is a match. This check is case-insensitive.

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/field_types.htm (go to Picklist Field Type section)

https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000340136&type=1&mode=1

Developer Console query not working

Symptom

Error when running a query from the Developer Console: Sobject type 'ObjectName' is not supported

Cause

Tooling API checkbox is checked!

Resolution

Uncheck the check box.

Salesforce Full Copy Sandbox Redirects to Production After Refresh

Symptom

One of the following may occur in a full copy sandbox shortly after it's been refreshed from production:

• The url changes to production
• "Insufficient privileges" message appears
• "Could not reach [production url]" message appears

Possible Cause

The Salesforce Console remembers the user's tabs so they are retained between sessions.

When a full copy sandbox is refreshed, the user tabs are copied from production.

When these tabs display, the page attempts to redirect to production to display the records associated with the saved tabs.

Resolution

Close all the console user tabs.