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Shopify changes
Official-source changes that passed Sumhound's commerce relevance review. Each record states who is affected, the likely business impact and what to check next.
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POS extensions add a session-long background event target in 2026-07
POS extensions 2026-07 adds pos.app.ready.data, a non-visual target that stays active for the POS session and can observe transaction and cash-tracking events.
POS 2026-07 interprets fixed line-item discounts per unit
POS UI extensions 2026-07 treats a FixedAmount line-item discount as a per-unit amount instead of converting a total line discount automatically.
Shopify Flow sends older action payload shapes to endpoints in 2026-07
Shopify Flow now sends action requests even when a workflow uses an older configuration field shape, leaving version-skew handling to the action endpoint.
Shopify Flow action runtime URLs now update existing workflows automatically
Shopify Flow resolves an action's runtime URL on every execution, so deployed URL changes propagate to existing workflows without merchant reactivation.
Customer Account API removes lastIncompleteCheckout and Checkout types in 2026-10
Customer Account API 2026-10 removes Customer.lastIncompleteCheckout and the Checkout type subtree. Shopify directs affected integrations to Storefront API cart flows and Customer.orders.
Markets API adds state and province subdivisions for market-driven shipping
Apps can encounter state- and province-level Market regions in Admin API 2026-07 as merchants adopt market-driven shipping; deprecated market.regions may omit them.
useBuyerJourneyIntercept and block_progress deprecated in checkout UI extensions
Checkout UI extensions API 2026-07 deprecates useBuyerJourneyIntercept and block_progress. Existing extensions continue on current versions, while Shopify recommends server-side cart and checkout validation Functions.
Admin API adds a stable legal entity ID across Shopify shops and markets
Admin API 2026-07 adds a nullable legalEntityId that consistently identifies the same underlying company across its shops, markets and sales channels.
Merchant-owned delivery profile APIs become stale under market-driven shipping
On shops using market-driven shipping, legacy merchant-owned delivery profile reads can return stale settings and writes can succeed without changing live shipping configuration.
Draft order deposit fields added to Admin and Customer Account GraphQL APIs
API version 2026-07 adds deposit configuration for Shopify Plus draft orders and exposes deposit details in the Customer Account API. The change is additive and requires no migration.
Marketing engagement API deprecates cumulative metrics in 2026-07
Admin API 2026-07 deprecates the isCumulative argument on marketingEngagementCreate and defaults it to false.
Customer Account API exposes draft-order discount applications and allocations
Customer Account API 2026-07 exposes discount applications on draft orders and discount allocations on their line items, including amounts and application types.
Customer Account API deprecates discountedUnitPrice on DraftOrderLineItem
As of API version 2026-07, discountedUnitPrice on DraftOrderLineItem is deprecated. Shopify directs integrations to approximateDiscountedUnitPrice, whose value is an approximate per-unit calculation.
Shopify moves market-specific shipping configuration into Markets API
Admin API 2026-07 supports shipping configuration per Market, including flat, value-based, weight-based and carrier-calculated options plus inherited or disabled shipping.
GiftCard adds its originating order line item in Admin GraphQL API 2026-07
Admin GraphQL API 2026-07 adds GiftCard.lineItem, linking an order-created gift card to its originating line item while returning null for manually issued cards.
Payment mandates expose the related payment method ID in Admin API 2026-07
Admin API 2026-07 adds PaymentMandateResource.id, equal to the corresponding CustomerPaymentMethod ID, so integrations can select the method for each mandate scope.
Storefront MCP cart tools move to UCP Cart MCP by August 31
Shopify is replacing Storefront MCP get_cart and update_cart with UCP Cart MCP tools and will maintain the deprecated tools only through August 31, 2026.
priceRule removed from DraftOrderDiscountNotAppliedWarning in Admin API 2026-10
GraphQL Admin API 2026-10 removes priceRule from DraftOrderDiscountNotAppliedWarning. Integrations must use discountTitle and discountCode when handling draft-order discount warnings.
Inventory quantity APIs remove ITEM_NOT_STOCKED_AT_LOCATION in 2026-10
Admin API 2026-10 removes ITEM_NOT_STOCKED_AT_LOCATION from inventory quantity mutations because quantities can now be adjusted at any location.
App-owned delivery profiles can cover every shippable item in Admin API 2026-07
Admin API 2026-07 adds coversAllItems for authorized app-owned shipping profiles, allowing one profile to apply rates to every shippable variant and override explicit product assignments.
Discount UI extensions can control purchase type and recurring cycle limits
Discount UI extensions can now set whether app discounts apply to one-time purchases, subscriptions or both and limit the number of discounted subscription cycles.
Inventory transfers support metafield definitions and writes in Admin API 2026-07
Admin API 2026-07 lets apps define transfer metafields and write them during inventory transfer creation or editing, while duplicated transfers retain those values.
Admin API 2026-07 adds channel-specific Markets
Admin API 2026-07 allows apps to create and update channel Markets that control channel-specific availability, pricing and currency through existing catalog and Markets APIs.
Returns and subscription apps must use Customer Account API by December 1
From December 1, returns, exchanges and subscription apps with buyer self-service must authenticate through Customer Account API to retain Built for Shopify status.
Shopify APIs add WhatsApp marketing consent management in 2026-07
Admin and Customer Account APIs can now read and update WhatsApp marketing consent for a customer's default phone number.
Apps can purchase Shopify Shipping labels through Admin GraphQL API 2026-07
Admin GraphQL API 2026-07 adds asynchronous shippingLabelPurchase for eligible fulfillment orders, with explicit pending, purchased and failed result states.
Shopify collections move from one ruleSet to multi-source APIs in 2026-07
Admin API 2026-07 adds multi-source collection inclusion and exclusion rules, deprecates ruleSet and legacy mutation inputs, and hides new-model collections from older API versions.
Customer Account API stops returning app metafields without definitions
Customer Account API no longer returns app-resource metafield values unless those metafields have definitions and customer-account access permissions.
Shopify Functions can read cross-merchant Shop User metafields at checkout
Shopify Functions can read metafields attached to Shopify's cross-merchant Shop User identity during checkout starting with the 2026-07 API version.
Order object exposes checkoutToken in the GraphQL Admin API
The GraphQL Admin API Order object now exposes checkoutToken, matching the REST checkout_token field, so an order can be joined back to the checkout that created it.
Subscription billing mutations record who initiated each charge via a new actor field
Admin API 2026-07 adds an actor argument (customer, merchant or partner) to subscription billing attempt and contract mutations, recording who initiated each billing action.
Checkout metafields removed from checkout and customer account UI extensions in 2026-04
API version 2026-04 removes reading and writing checkout metafields in checkout and customer account UI extensions; cart metafields replace them in checkout and order metafields replace them in customer account extensions.
DraftOrderLineItem.grams removed from the Admin API in 2026-07
Admin API 2026-07 removes the long-deprecated DraftOrderLineItem.grams field; once 2026-04 support ends, queries referencing it return errors.
Storefront cart discount allocation fields replaced; legacy value misreports configured discounts
Storefront API 2026-07 deprecates cart.discountAllocations and cartDiscountAllocation.discountApplication, whose value returns the per-line allocated amount rather than the configured discount; the new discountApplications and sourceDiscountApplication fields return the correct configured value.
OrderTransactionErrorCode gains granular payment decline codes
Admin API 2026-04 adds granular OrderTransactionErrorCode values such as INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS, AUTHENTICATION_FAILED, FRAUD_SUSPECTED and CARD_TESTING that identify why a payment failed.
ShopifyQL Returns fields renamed to sales reversals ahead of 2026-07 removal
ShopifyQL analytics deprecates the Returns fields in 2026-04 and replaces them with sales_reversals and reversed_quantity names covering refunds, returns, order edits and cancellations; the old names are removed in 2026-07.
Order metafield definitions can copy cart metafields onto orders at checkout completion
As of API version 2026-04, an order metafield definition with the cartToOrderCopyable capability copies the matching cart metafield value onto the order when it is created, replacing cart attributes and checkout metafields as the recommended custom-data path.
Shop.billingAddress deprecated in favor of Shop.shopAddress in the Admin API
API version 2026-01 introduces Shop.shopAddress and deprecates Shop.billingAddress ahead of a future removal; both fields currently return the same address values.
Draft order checkouts reprice from Markets when the shipping address changes
Since October 31, 2025, draft order checkouts reprice line items from the shop's Markets configuration when the customer changes shipping address, so quoted amounts can shift at payment time.
ProductVariant.taxCode deprecated as the Avalara AvaTax app is discontinued
Admin API 2025-10 deprecates ProductVariant.taxCode because the Avalara AvaTax app that powered it is being discontinued, and the field disappears from future API versions.
Balance transaction adjustment orders expose fees and net amounts
Since API version 2025-04, Shopify Payments balance transactions expose fees and net on adjustment orders in GraphQL (adjustmentsOrders) and REST (adjustment_order_transactions), giving per-adjustment amounts for financial reconciliation.
FeeSale.fee returns null for deleted fees as of API 2025-07
As of API version 2025-07, FeeSale.fee is nullable and returns null when the underlying fee has been deleted, where earlier versions still returned the deleted fee.
Shopify Payments merges the In Transit payout status into Scheduled
Shopify Payments merged the In Transit payout status into Scheduled effective immediately, so payouts report Scheduled until completion across dashboards and API responses.
Payout summary breaks out Shopify Capital advance fees and gross amounts
ShopifyPaymentsPayoutSummary exposes ADVANCE_FEES and ADVANCE_GROSS from API version 2024-10, breaking out Shopify Capital advance deductions inside each payout.