Developer changelog

Function run logs are now viewable in the Dev Dashboard based on your app's access scopes. Ensure your app requests necessary scopes to access these logs without merchant intervention.

Version 2026-07 of the GraphQL Storefront API adds CartWarning for unavailable delivery options, allowing developers to notify buyers and prompt for confirmation or reselection.

New Checkout & Accounts Configuration API enables unified branding across checkout, customer accounts, and sign-in with shared settings, surface overrides, direct color settings, and Markets support.

New migration guides help upgrade Checkout and Customer Account UI extensions to the latest API version, using Preact, Polaris components, and the global shopify object.

Send custom and billable app events to the App Events API and see a holistic view of your app’s performance in your Dev Dashboard Logs.

Shopify App Pricing lets you configure usage-based pricing, fixed pricing, or combined plans directly in app submission. Shopify handles your app listing, pick-a-plan page, metering, and invoicing.

Starting with version 2026-07, Storefront API's Cart emits warnings for products unavailable in buyer's location.

The GraphQL Admin API now includes the cartToken field in the Order object, allowing developers to access the cart token used to create an order, similar to the REST API.

You can now create discounts that are eligible for specific markets, giving you better control over which buyers can access your discounts based on region, B2B company location, or retail location.

Shopify now applies stricter rate limits to bots and agents that access the Storefront API and Shopify-hosted online store pages. For higher rate limits, bot operators should use Web Bot Auth.

ProductVariant is now Publishable allowing fine-grained control over visibility per channel. Variants default published, channels/feeds that do not use product feed should implement support.

App automation tokens enable CI/CD deployment for all apps via the Dev Dashboard, replacing CLI tokens. Use with Shopify CLI for GitHub Workflows. Existing CLI tokens remain valid until expiry.

Checkout now supports ship and pickup in a single order. If your app reads, calculates, or displays delivery and fulfillment information, test and update them now.

Seven new Settings intents added for notifications, payments, gift cards, delivery, and business details. Simplifies merchant navigation via API, enhancing app integration efficiency.

The appliesOnSubscription default is now true in Admin GraphQL API inputs. No action required.

A new actor field in subscription mutations tracks action initiators (customer, merchant, partner).

Version 2026-04 of the GraphQL Admin API now supports multiple product discounts per cart line, aiding merchants in migrating Scripts before the June 30, 2026, sunset date.

GraphQL Admin API now supports creating, updating, reading, and deleting merchant metric targets, enhancing analytics integration for goal-setting, reporting, and planning apps. Requires specific permissions.

Updated app uninstall reasons in Partner Dashboard provide clearer insights into merchant decisions, helping you improve your app experience.

POS 11.5 changes fixed-amount discounts to per-unit calculation, affecting setLineItemDiscount. No action needed for API 2026-04 or earlier; future updates will require per-unit amounts.

The Admin GraphQL API's LineItem now has priceAfterAllDiscountsBeforeTaxesSet, showing line item prices post-discount, pre-tax, aiding order export workflows.

Checkout metafields are deprecated as of API version 2026-04. Migrate to cart metafields in checkout UI extensions and order metafields in customer account UI extensions.

Shopify now supports QR codes for discount codes, usable in POS and online. Apps can generate these QR codes without changes, enhancing the discount experience for merchants and customers.

Apps can now read a customer's tax ID (VAT number) via the Admin GraphQL API using Customer.taxSettings.taxId, starting in API version 2026-07.

Shopify is introducing CSS content subsetting for {% stylesheet %} tags to improve storefront performance.

The Storefront Catalog MCP server now implements the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Catalog capability to interact with a store's data.

Get to market faster with AI-powered self-review that catches issues before you submit, automated pre-submission checks, and end-to-end review management in the Partner Dashboard.

Starting Jun 15, 2026, Shopify will renew the mTLS client certificate for Payments Apps. No action needed unless using custom certificate checks beyond standard mTLS validation.

The MOST_RELEVANT value is now available to the GraphQL Admin API's CollectionSortOrder, available in API version...

GraphQL Admin API now supports querying weight on LineItem, returning a Weight object with value and unit, simplifying access to line item weights. Available from API version 2026-07.

The ActionBar is being removed on mobile. The primary action on the TitleBar now displays as an icon button — defaulting to a + (plus) icon if no icon is specified.

New CSS variable --shopify-safe-area-inset-bottom prevents content overlap with Shopify Mobile's bottom bar. Automatically adjusts padding; customize fixed elements using this variable. Live April 15, 2026.

A new testing library lets you write unit tests for UI extensions across all surfaces — Checkout, Admin, Customer Accounts, and POS — without a running Shopify host.

The grams field in DraftOrderLineItem is removed in API version 2026-07. Replace grams with weight for better flexibility and unit support to avoid errors in future queries.

The Shopify AI Toolkit connects your AI tools to Shopify's docs, API schemas, code validation, and store management capabilities. Install once via plugin and stay up to date automatically.

Shopify Functions now support discounts, shipping, and payments. Migrate from Shopify Scripts by April 15, 2026, as they will stop executing by June 30, 2026. Plan migration soon.

The Hydrogen April 2026 release updates to Storefront API 2026-04, makes the Storefront API proxy mandatory, and enables backend consent mode to replace the _tracking_consent cookie.

Replacing or deleting a file in the Shopify admin no longer purges its cdn.shopify.com/... URL; reference files via Shopify's URL helpers so the current versioned URL is always emitted.

API version 2026-04 introduces tags for discounts, enabling efficient labeling and organization.

Discount functions now support prerequisites for BXGY discounts, allowing developers to specify "Buy X" conditions.

App-owned metaobjects now require no access scopes, simplifying developer use. Ensure Admin API version 2026-04+ for this feature. Merchant-owned metaobjects still need specific scopes.

Polaris reference docs now align with Shopify's GraphQL versioning, supporting each stable version for 12 months. Only the last four versions will have published docs starting 2026-04.

Added access field to StandardMetaobjectDefinitionTemplate for visibility of access rules, aiding developers in planning API interactions and ensuring smooth integration.

Adds a components field to DraftOrderLineItem. New optional flattenComponents argument defaults to false, affecting line item hierarchy.

The delegateAccessTokenCreate GraphQL mutation now returns an expiresIn field on the DelegateAccessToken type.

API v2026-04 adds billing address and PO number validation in Cart/Checkout Functions, enabling compliance checks without client-side UI. Existing functions remain unaffected.

Sales channel apps can now manage multiple connections within one app, each with distinct specs and accounts. New APIs support channel creation and management, enhancing flexibility and integration.

As of API v2026-07, customerPaymentMethodRemoteCreate requires a payment method ID for Stripe, Authorize.net, and Braintree. Update integrations to include these IDs.

API v2026-04 allows 3PLs and apps to report fulfillment order progress using fulfillmentOrderReportProgress. Supports status notes for OPEN/IN_PROGRESS orders, enhancing merchant visibility.

In API 2026-04, paymentMethodId is optional for subscription contract creation, easing migration of contracts with missing or expired payment methods to Shopify.