Updated on 12 October 2026. What’s new: rewritten for the AI-Empowered SAFe Agilist exam Scaled Agile sells now, with 80% to pass and two attempts within 60 days of the course.
Anyone who earned the SAFe Agilist credential a few years ago would not recognise today's exam. Scaled Agile now sells the AI-Empowered SAFe Agilist (SA), taken after the Leading SAFe course: 45 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes and 80% to pass, with AI topics woven into the domains and two attempts included within 60 days. This guide was checked against the vendor's own pages in October 2026 and separates what moved from what stayed.

Most of the advice still circulating about the SA exam was written for the SAFe 6.0 course, and some of it quotes figures that no longer apply. The sections below compare the two editions side by side, set out the current format and the domain weightings, walk through what each domain asks of a leader, explain the attempts and retake fees, and finish with a way to sort your old notes into keep and replace. One warning belongs up front: Scaled Agile's own pages do not agree with each other on every domain percentage, so this guide shows both sets.