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Downgrade app access scopes from write to read

Starting with Admin GraphQL API version 2027-01, apps that use Shopify-managed installation can call appDowngradeAccessScopes to replace optional write scopes with their matching read scopes. No action is required for existing apps. What ch

Per-customer request limit for the Customer Account API

The Customer Account API now enforces a per-customer rate limit of 3000 requests per minute per store, shared across all apps. This affects all apps that call the Customer Account API, but you typically don't need to make changes because no

POS UI extensions now return percentage values for percentage discounts

Shopify POS 11.15 corrects the value returned by Discount.amount for Percentage discounts to match the Cart API contract. Extensions that used this value as money need to update their logic. What changed A 25% discount on a $200 line item n

Cart mutations reject unconfirmed writes in POS UI extensions 2026-10

In POS UI extensions API version 2026-10, Cart API mutations reject when Shopify POS doesn't confirm that the cart changed. In earlier versions these mutations resolve whether or not POS applied the write. This is a breaking change for apps

Analyze purchase orders in Shopify Analytics

You can now review and export purchase order data in Shopify Analytics. Three new reports help you understand your purchase orders: Purchase order costs shows ordered items, quantities, supplier costs, estimated taxes, and purchase order co

Pay suppliers internationally from Balance

We have released International Payments from Balance for the US. This gives merchants a more cost-effective way to pay their international suppliers, with transparent pricing and no extra setup. International payments from Balance will let

15 women in ecommerce to follow in 2026

Ecommerce is full of people worth learning from, and these women work across different parts of ecommerce, from building DTC brands and Shopify stores… The post 15 women in ecommerce to follow in 2026 appeared first on Omnisend Blog.

Faster checkout, carts synced across devices via Shop

Shop can now verify who a shopper is while they're browsing your store, even before they make a purchase. For Shop users, this means checkout loads faster, carts sync across devices, sign-in is sped up with one-tap, and the Buy with Shop Pa

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Hydrogen developer preview update: October 2, 2026

The Hydrogen developer preview adds new capabilities to the toolkit and extends the ways developers can build Shopify storefronts: API version 2026-10: Hydrogen now uses the 2026-10 versions of the Storefront API and Customer Account API. C

Admin now supports 3 new languages

We’ve released improved support for 3 right-to-left languages (Arabic, Urdu, and Hebrew) in both Admin and Storefronts, including checkout, customer accounts and the Horizon family of themes. Display language is determined based on the user

Schedule and test discounts with Rollouts

You can now include discounts in Rollouts to run coordinated campaigns and test different offers before launching more broadly. Schedule discount changes: Launch a new offer to a portion of online store traffic, then expand when you're read

What's new in Polaris 2.0.0-rc.1

Polaris 2.0.0-rc.1 brings more components in line with the new admin style update, fixes several layout and event-handling bugs, and improves mounting and update performance. What's changed Components Table now matches the updated Shopify a

More control over commerce updates with Next Gen Events

With the 2026-10 API version Next Gen Events, Shopify's successor to classic webhooks, is now generally available. Events give you more customization than classic webhooks, letting you choose what changes your app receives, and what data co

ShopGym: Realistic, reproducible sandboxes for shopping agents

ShopGym creates realistic online stores and generates shopping tasks based on each store’s products and features. Developers can then repeatedly test shopping agents under consistent conditions.

Tax webhook summary and calculation requests now use Global IDs

Starting with API version 2027-01, third-party tax apps will receive Global IDs (GIDs) in tax calculation requests and tax summary webhook payloads for all entity references of the summary section. This aligns with how Partners interact wit

SMS marketing consent now available on the CustomerPhoneNumber object

SMS marketing consent is now available through the new smsMarketingConsent field on the CustomerPhoneNumber object. This field uses the same structured consent model as WhatsApp. The existing flat SMS marketing consent fields on CustomerPho

The `orderCancel` mutation now returns a structured `jobResult`

As of the 2026-10 GraphQL Admin API version, the orderCancel mutation returns a new jobResult field of type OrderCancelJobResult. Order cancellations run asynchronously. The jobResult field provides a structured, cancellation-specific resul

Added parseWarnings to ShopifyqlQueryResponse

Starting in API version 2026-10, the shopifyqlQuery query in the GraphQL Admin API returns a new parseWarnings field on ShopifyqlQueryResponse. This field surfaces non-fatal issues, such as the use of fields scheduled for deprecation, so yo