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Next Generation Events now available in developer preview

Next Generation Events are now in developer preview, adding field-level trigger control, custom GraphQL payloads, and query-based delivery filters to webhooks.
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  1. June 2026

    Surface
    1. Carrier services will no longer be automatically added to the default shipping profile
      Breaking changesAdmin GraphQL API

  2. May 2026

    Surface
    1. Expiring offline access tokens required for all public apps as of January 1, 2027
      Breaking changesAdmin GraphQL API

  3. April 2026

    Surface
    1. inventoryActivate now preserves available quantity
      Breaking changesAdmin GraphQL API

  4. March 2026

    Surface
    1. Removal of pre_tax_price from the Order REST Admin API
      Breaking changesAdmin REST API
    2. Expiring offline access tokens required for new public apps as of April 1, 2026
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API

  5. February 2026

    Surface
    1. JSON metafield values limited to 128KB
      Breaking changesAdmin GraphQL API

  6. January 2026

    Surface
    1. Events data now limited to one year retention
      DeprecatedAdmin GraphQL API

  7. December 2025

    Surface
    1. Removing permitsSkuSharing field from fulfillment service
      Breaking changesAdmin GraphQL API
    2. Offline access tokens now support expiry and refresh
      Admin GraphQL API

  8. October 2025

    Surface
    1. Increased limits in metafield and metaobject definitions
      Platform
    2. New: Unlisted Product Status
      Admin GraphQL API
    3. The product variant limit is now 2048 for all merchants
      Admin REST API

  9. September 2025

    Surface
    1. Your app may be affected by remote products
      Breaking changesTools
    2. Setting permitsSkuSharing argument to false when creating a fulfillment service returns an error
      Breaking changesAdmin GraphQL API

  10. July 2025

    Surface
    1. Deprecation of the ProductVariant.taxCode field
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API

  11. June 2025

    Surface
    1. Deprecation of POST requests without a Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding: chunked header
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API

  12. May 2025

    Surface
    1. Shipping Rates – Return backup rates for 3xx and 4xx carrier responses
      Admin GraphQL API

  13. April 2025

    Surface
    1. Allocate a single line item's quantity across multiple fulfillment locations
      Admin GraphQL API
    2. New fees and net fields for balance transactions
      Admin GraphQL API

  14. March 2025

    Surface
    1. InventoryItem Webhooks Accessible with Product Scopes
      Admin GraphQL API
    2. Re-enabled customer search terms in the GraphQL and REST Admin APIs
      Admin GraphQL API
    3. Checkout APIs will be shut down April 1, 2025
      Action requiredAdmin REST API

  15. February 2025

    Surface
    1. Reserved prefix protection for metafields and metaobjects
      Admin GraphQL API
    2. No-op for unchanged metafields and metaobjects
      Admin GraphQL API

  16. January 2025

    Surface
    1. Public apps must use new GraphQL Product APIs to be accepted in the Shopify App Store
      Action requiredApp store
    2. Apply multiple holds to a single fulfillment order
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API

  17. December 2024

    Surface
    1. Admin REST API product image is now deprecated
      DeprecatedAdmin REST API

  18. November 2024

    Surface
    1. manualPaymentGateway field added to orderTransaction object
      Admin GraphQL API

  19. October 2024

    Surface
    1. Exposing Business Entity fields on Admin API
      Admin GraphQL API
    2. New has_variants_that_requires_components field on Product Webhooks
      Admin GraphQL API
    3. Exposing the order adjustments connection on a Refund
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API
    4. Querying events through the events connection and CommentEvent.subject becomes nullable
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API
    5. Order Management apps can no longer fulfill orders that are assigned to a different fulfillment service
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API

  20. September 2024

    Surface
    1. Field deprecations on the abandoned checkout REST API
      Action requiredAdmin REST API
    2. Customer SMS Consent Collected From now returns Shopify when the buyer consents to SMS marketing in Shopify Checkout
      Admin GraphQL API
    3. Introducing PRODUCT_CATEGORY_ID in CollectionRuleColumn and Deprecating PRODUCT_TAXONOMY_NODE_ID for automated collection creation
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API
    4. The REST location resource requires locations scope
      Action requiredAdmin REST API

  21. August 2024

    Surface
    1. Fulfillment Hold Release Access Update
      Action requiredAdmin GraphQL API
    2. Product category included in product webhooks
      Admin GraphQL API

  22. July 2024

    Surface
    1. Refunding orders with multiple shipping lines returns accurate data
      Admin GraphQL API