What changed in the Shopify API

Exclusive > timestamp filters exclude the full second

Exclusive > timestamp filters exclude the full second

Act now to secure your app: We're asking every app dev to act this week. We have new tools to help, including AI security scans, expiring tokens, and better log filtering. Read on to learn how.

Securing your app, together
Act now to secure your app: We're asking every app dev to act this week. We have new tools to help, including AI security scans, expiring tokens, and better log filtering. Read on to learn how.
 Metaobject analytics queryable capability available in the Admin API

Manage packed product dimensions with the GraphQL Admin API

Hydrogen developer preview update: October 8, 2026
Hydrogen developer preview update: October 2, 2026
Manage packed product dimensions with the GraphQL Admin API
Hydrogen developer preview update: September 11, 2026

Checkout MCP and Cart MCP now support UCP buyer consent

Checkout MCP and Cart MCP now support UCP buyer consent

Check your app for security vulnerabilities with `shopify app security check`. Run it before you submit an app, and on every release, to catch problems in your own code and get remediation guidance.

Build with confidence: Shopify AI Toolkit's security check 
Check your app for security vulnerabilities with `shopify app security check`. Run it before you submit an app, and on every release, to catch problems in your own code and get remediation guidance.

Cart updates that result in no changes to the cart no longer trigger carts/update webhooks

Add shopping and Shop Pay checkout to any agent with Shop MCP 
Cart updates that result in no changes to the cart no longer trigger carts/update webhooks

Identify the published version running in a POS extension

Detect when a POS extension screen finishes navigating
Identify the published version running in a POS extension

Global Catalog REST API stops serving traffic on November 2, 2026

Global Catalog REST API stops serving traffic on November 2, 2026
Catalog API now returns compare-at prices as 
 field for metafield declarations in Checkout and Customer Account UI extensions, required in 2027-01

POS UI extensions now return percentage values for percentage discounts

Cart mutations reject unconfirmed writes in POS UI extensions 2026-10
POS UI extensions now return percentage values for percentage discounts
Per-customer request limit for the Customer Account API
Downgrade app access scopes from write to read

Shopify is releasing fulfillment upgrades that help merchants sell across more locations, delivery methods, and markets with less friction at checkout.

What's new in Polaris 2.0.0-rc.1
New Shop Campaigns metrics and dimensions in ShopifyQL API version 2026-10
New tax fields for return shipping fees in the GraphQL Admin API
Meet the 2026 Shopify Build Award winners
Meet the 2026 Shopify Build Award winners across apps, storefronts, merchant impact, and community.
Sign in with Shop opens to storefront apps
Sign in with Shop is now a drop-in component any storefront app can integrate — wishlists, back-in-stock, loyalty, and more.
The next generation of Shopify fulfillment is coming
Shopify is releasing fulfillment upgrades that help merchants sell across more locations, delivery methods, and markets with less friction at checkout.

Return policy profiles are now available in the GraphQL Admin API

Return policy profiles are now available in the GraphQL Admin API
New APIs for buyer-requested order edits

Covers order tax recalculation, metafield filter errors, and removed checkout fields.

More control over commerce updates with Next Gen Events
Fewer deliveries, richer payloads, no follow-up queries: Events is a declarative replacement for classic webhooks, now generally available across 18 topics.
Rollouts queries and webhooks in the Admin GraphQL API
Discounts can now be included in Rollouts
Orders webhooks now include selling_plan_id on line items
New fiscalDeviceIdentifier field on PointOfSaleDevice
 collection condition removed in API version 2027-01
Added parseWarnings to ShopifyqlQueryResponse
 mutation now returns a structured 
SMS marketing consent now available on the CustomerPhoneNumber object
Tax webhook summary and calculation requests now use Global IDs
New SubscriptionContractCalculation API for subscription management 
 Inventory shipment webhooks include inventory transfer IDs
Updated function syntax on the segment query language
Covers order tax recalculation, metafield filter errors, and removed checkout fields.

Shopify Flow: Flow Trigger Lifecycle Callback extensions now support relative url paths

Use app intents for your discount app
Shopify Flow: Flow Trigger Lifecycle Callback extensions now support relative url paths

More resilient token exchanges when migrating tokens without a user session

More resilient token exchanges when migrating tokens without a user session
Manage packed product dimensions with the Admin GraphQL API
Move existing subscriptions to Shopify App Pricing

Sidekick can now invoke app intents without tools

Sidekick can now invoke app intents without tools
WebMCP support for checkout

One home for your apps and the stores you work in: Designed to make your everyday easier.

The new Dev Dashboard: your command center for building
One home for your apps and the stores you work in: Designed to make your everyday easier.
AI Toolkit skills have been consolidated to 
Shopify Payments Balance Transaction GraphQL type supports currency conversion type
Polaris 2.0 release candidate
 Query SP Fee Details with the GraphQL Admin API

Setting includeRestOfWorld to true returns an error in API version 2027-01

Setting includeRestOfWorld to true returns an error in API version 2027-01

Events subscription query complexity limit is changing to 100 points

Events subscription query complexity limit is changing to 100 points
Polaris CDN 1.1 is now stable
Removing marketCurrencySettingsUpdate mutation

Unlimited private plans and target stores in Shopify App Pricing

Unlimited private plans and target stores in Shopify App Pricing
New translatable boolean field for Metafield GraphQL Object

query is removed in API version 2027-01

 query is removed in API version 2027-01

Removed session.currentSession.staffMemberId from POS UI Extensions (2026-10)

Request a bundle size exception for existing UI extensions
Adding a canceled receive action to the inventory shipments API
Removed session.currentSession.staffMemberId from POS UI Extensions (2026-10)
Query market hierarchies with the GraphQL Admin API
New Pricing audit trail for contextual product variant prices

Updates to Events payloads and subscription configuration

Updates to Events payloads and subscription configuration

Delivery options in Shopify Functions input now expose their metafields

Filter Catalog search results by media type
Dynamic complexity cost for 
Prepare your app for the Shopify admin's new look
family_name is optional for B2B orders in Payments Apps API requests
Delivery options in Shopify Functions input now expose their metafields

New paymentInstrumentSendAddEmail mutation emails customers a link to add a payment method for a subscription, order, or draft order

New paymentInstrumentSendAddEmail mutation emails customers a link to add a payment method for a subscription, order, or draft order

Discounts Allocator Function API developer preview has ended

Discounts Allocator Function API developer preview has ended

Adds richer merchandising and returns data, expanded extension capabilities, inventory safety updates, and metaobject changes.

Create and delete dev stores in Shopify CLI
Adds richer merchandising and returns data, expanded extension capabilities, inventory safety updates, and metaobject changes.