Developer changelog

We’re adding more flexibility to merchant billing, making it easier for your users to keep running their businesses during COVID-19 and avoid store shutdowns. The change means that you might see...

Shopify POS 6.0 introduces a new smart grid interface, global search, and analytics. Existing apps remain compatible, adapting automatically to the redesign, enhancing omnichannel capabilities.

Improved ad reporting with new columns: "Average position" for ad display rank and "Visibility" for first-page impression percentage, applicable from March 11, 2020.

Shopify's new Pause plan lets merchants pause stores for 3 months, freezing app billing but retaining installations. No developer action needed; updates appear in webhooks and dashboards.

The amount field is no longer a required field on DraftOrderAppliedDiscountInput. If omitted, then the amount is automatically calculated based on the value and valueType. This avoids...

New features for the Online Store Design Experience beta: Sections on Cart, Password, 404 pages; Section Rendering API for AJAX updates; wrapper property for HTML tags; link setting type.

Star ratings now use a weighted average favoring recent reviews, reflecting current app capabilities. Search rankings remain unaffected. Engage users for more reviews and respond to feedback.

Shopify access tokens will increase from 32 to 38 characters with a static prefix. Update apps and databases to handle longer tokens by April 1st to avoid issues.

The 2020-04 release enhances Storefront API with order parameters, international duties info, and expanded product media fields, improving data representation and integration.

New developer preview lets merchants charge Shopify-calculated duties at checkout, view/refund via APIs. Enable on dev store with 'Duties and Taxes' preview for testing.

Partners can now test orders in dev stores using Shopify's test payment or a provider in test mode. Real transactions require a paid plan. Existing stores remain unchanged for now.

API version removal postponed to July 1, 2020. Update apps for 2019-07 and 2019-10 versions. Switch to cursor-based pagination by July 1. Check deprecated calls in API Health report.

The customerActivate, customerActivateByUrl, customerReset, and customerResetByUrl mutations now return more specific error codes when users enter a password input that is invalid. These...

New Storefront API fields for Order and OrderLineItem provide enhanced order state visibility post-edit, including fulfillment status, financial status, and pricing details.

The Partner Program Agreement now defines public/custom apps and clarifies Shopify as a billing agent. Billing/tax updates effective June 1, 2020, with 90 days notice provided to partners.

The new API Health report on the Partner dashboard shows the deprecated API calls your apps are making, along with documentation and timelines that help keep your apps up to date with Shopify’s API...

Use the customerActivateByUrl mutation to activate customer accounts without parsing the activation URL for the customer ID and token. Just send the full URL and a new password to activate the...

Use customerAccessTokenCreateWithMultipass to log in customers using a multipass token. Automatically creates customer records if they don't exist.

Shopify status updates are now store-specific, deprecating SMS/RSS alerts. Partners should check store-specific pages for status info. Public major outage updates remain on shopifystatus.com.

Qualified partners can now create search ads in the Shopify App Store, appearing above organic results, targeting specific search terms to enhance app visibility to merchants.

From Feb 10, 2020, Shopify POS requires iOS 11.2+ for updates. Developers should target iOS 11.2+ for optimal app performance on POS Classic and new Shopify POS.

New article.updated_at property aids SEO. cart.attributes now hides keys with __ prefix. /cart/add.js supports adding multiple items in one request, simplifying cart operations.

Shopify app secret keys now have a 38-character length with a shpss_ prefix. Existing keys remain valid until regenerated. Update your client_secret for OAuth access tokens.

Developer preview of new sections theme architecture allows customization of headers, footers, and content sections on product pages. Edit themes for compatibility with this new design experience.

New app extensions: App sections for editable content sections and App snippets for safe Liquid code injection, enhancing store customization in the online store editor beta.

Preview our new online store design: install the Debut theme, customize product pages with sections, and explore the editor. All page types will be supported soon.

Update shopify_app gem and koa-shopify-auth for Node.js to set Samesite=none; Secure in cookies, preventing issues with Chrome 80's new requirements.

With the release of the 2020-04 version of the Storefront GraphQL API, you can now access your inventory quantity if needed to build your shopping experience.

This information is hidden by...

Shopify Theme Inspector for Chrome benchmarks Liquid performance, visualizes issues with flame graphs, and links directly to code for easy editing, enhancing theme optimization.

Searchable resources for our predictive search API now include collections.

Read more about the predictive search API...

The 2020-01 release stabilizes product media, order editing, and fulfillment orders. Enhancements to smart collections and discount codes improve merchant store management.

With the release of the 2020-01 version of the REST Admin API, a new Collection API is available with the following features:

• Get the products in a collection
• Get a collection by its ID

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The 2020-01 REST Admin API update removes products from Smart Collections in Collects API. New APIs now fetch products in collections and collections by ID.

Predictive Search now includes featured_image details: alt, width, height, aspect ratio, and URL, enhancing image data access for developers.

As of API version 2020-01, Storefront and Admin GraphQL requests return errors if any input array is supplied with more than 250 objects. We’re bringing input limits in-line with connection limits...

Order editing is now available for select Shopify merchants with new APIs in version 2020-01, including GraphQL mutations and an order/edited webhook for tracking changes.

We’re putting safeguards in place for future Shopify public apps and introducing a new type of custom app.

No existing apps will be affected by this release.

Read more on the [Shopify Web...

The Storefront API now includes unit price fields for select Shopify merchants, enhancing product variant data with presentmentUnitPrices, unitPrice, and unitPriceMeasurement.

Liquid update: New request.page_type, routes, and product.options_by_name properties added. default filter now supports allow_false for setting default values.

The Buy Button cart model is now null until a variant is added, improving performance. Verify custom code using the cart model to ensure functionality remains intact.

The include tag is deprecated; use render for better performance and maintainability. Update apps to pass variables explicitly in render by Feb 17, 2020.

GraphQL errors now include metadata under extensions, featuring a code property for easier error type matching, enhancing error handling per GraphQL spec.

Predictive search APIs now include pages, articles, and more product fields. Key parameter updates: s to q, bury to last, types to type. Out of stock items show last by default.

Buy X Get Y discounts now support a minimum purchase amount, offering flexibility in promotions via automatic discounts or discount codes using the Discounts GraphQL API.

Version 2019-10 enhances performance with cursor-based pagination, bulk data operations, private metafields, translations, delivery updates, and 3D Secure support in APIs.

You can now retrieve large amounts of data from our Admin GraphQL API using bulk operations. Provide a standard GraphQL query to the [bulk...

Querying a product's collections is now faster because we've optimized how we build the connection between a product and its collections.

Since this is a new way of building out connections and...

Shopify now supports PSD2 compliance with 3D Secure for EEA transactions. Update your app to the 2019-10 API version for full payment authentication support.

Buy Button JS now supports automatic discounts by default. Check cart appearance and customization options when upgrading to avoid unexpected behavior.

Create app listings in any supported language, set any language as primary, and no longer require English. Ensure your app is translated in the chosen languages.