Removal of payment method requirement on API created Subscription contracts
UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
We've made it possible create subscription contracts without an attached payment method using the GraphQL Admin API. Contracts created through checkout will continue to require a payment method.
Topics: Developer tools
More Shopify developer platform releases
Every Shopify developer platform release| Date | Release | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 12 | Deprecation of `OrderTransaction.authorizationCode` in favor of `OrderTransaction.paymentId`unverified Deprecation | Deprecation |
| Dec 12 | New compare and swap syntax for the `inventorySetQuantities` mutationunverified Update | Update |
| Dec 12 | Concurrency protection features for inventory and refund mutationsunverified Update | Update |
| Dec 12 | Making `changeFromQuantity` field required (with explicit opt-out)unverified Update | Update |
| Dec 12 | Making idempotency mandatory for inventory adjustments and refund mutationsunverified Update | Update |
| Dec 12 | Adding idempotency for inventory adjustments and refund mutationsunverified Update | Update |
| Dec 12 | New `changeFromQuantity` field to manage inventoryunverified Update | Update |
| Dec 12 | Improved compare and swap inventory updates for the `inventorySetQuantities` mutationunverified Update | Update |
Also shipped on Dec 12, 2025
Shopify in December 2025| Date | Company | Release | Product | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12 |  Neon | Branchable Auth, 80 Free plan projects, and purely usage-based billing release - Dec 12, 2025unverified | Neon | Pricing |
| Dec 12 |  Sigma Computing | What's new in Sigmaunverified | Sigma | Beta |
| Dec 12 |  Cloudflare | Durable Objects, Workers - Billing for SQLite Storageunverified | Cloudflare developer platform | Pricing |
| Dec 12 |  Okta | Advanced Customizations for Universal Login has reached General Availabilityunverified | Auth0 | GA |
| Dec 12 |  MotherDuck | - Query Scheduling Improvements: Small queries now complete faster without getting stuck waiting behind...unverified | MotherDuck | Update |
| Dec 12 |  Databricks | Unity Catalog OSS UnityCatalog 0.3.1unverified | Unity Catalog | Update |
Sources: each vendor's own release notes, changelogs and GitHub releases, read daily to monthly by how often it posts. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.