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Hydrogen developer preview update: July 8, 2026
The Hydrogen developer preview adds new capabilities to the toolkit and extends the ways developers can build Shopify storefronts: Storefront API caching for catalog data: Cache products, collections, and pages at the edge instead of hitting the Storefront API on every request.
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Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
The Lakeflow Pipelines Editor has been generally available since May 2026. In August, it will become the default editor for developing and debugging pipelines in workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. At that time the legacy editor will be removed.
Strac connector (Beta)
The Strac connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests data-security audit events from your Strac instance into Databricks. Authentication uses a Strac API key. See Strac connector .
Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)
For custom model serving endpoints with a tensor-based input signature, you can now send the request body as a serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest with Content-Type: application/x-protobuf , instead of JSON. This feature is in Public Preview and is only available on endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026. See Protobuf tensor input .
Genie One enhancements
- Document citations : Documents now show citations that link content back to the data and sources Genie One used to generate the document. See View citations . Document version history : Documents now keep a version history so you can review earlier versions. See View version history .
Front-end Private Link for account-level Genie One (Beta)
You can now configure front-end Private Link for account-level Genie One. Turn on the Front-end Private Link for Custom URLs and Account preview to get started. See Configure inbound Private Link for account-level resources .
Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
- Import BI files is in Public Preview : Importing Power BI and Tableau reports as AI/BI dashboards with Genie Code is in Public Preview. You can also start an import directly from the dashboard list page. See Import BI files using Genie Code .
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POS Extensions now supports a background extension target
The pos.app.ready.data target runs for the entire POS session, letting your extension observe POS events and run background logic without rendering any UI surface. Use it for event observation, data storage, and calling non-visual background APIs.
Identity verification for Shopify Partners starts today
Trust is foundational to the Shopify Partner ecosystem. Partners take actions across Shopify that can directly affect merchants, and merchants need confidence when granting access to their stores.
App Pricing: more plans, no-charge plan testing, and negative and fractional App Events
We’ve made several updates to App Pricing: Increased plan limits: You can now create up to 8 public plans (previously 4) and 15 private plans (previously 10) per app.
POS UI extensions 2026-07 uses per-unit fixed-amount line item discounts
Starting with POS UI extensions API version 2026-07, FixedAmount line item discounts passed to setLineItemDiscount and bulkSetLineItemDiscounts from the Cart API must represent a per-unit discount.
Prepare your app for migration to Shopify App Pricing
Developers using the Billing API can now begin preparing their apps to move to Shopify App Pricing. The first part of our migration tool lets you generate, review, edit, and test Shopify App Pricing plans before moving any existing merchant subscriptions.
Shopify Flow: Changes to Action extensions result in fewer breaking changes
Your server-side code now has more control over how breaking changes to an action’s configuration fields are handled. Instead of failing validation when there’s a field mismatch, workflows that use older versions of an action will continue to execute, and Shopify will still send the request to the configured endpoint URL.
Shopify Flow: Action runtime URLs now update automatically
Shopify Flow now resolves an action’s runtime_url on every execution. When the runtime_url is changed and the app is redeployed, the new URL is automatically used by existing workflows the next time they run. Merchants no longer need to edit or re-save their workflows to use the updated URL.
Updated App Store Requirements: 1.3 Always Use Honest and Transparent Review Practices
All apps published to Shopify’s App Store are subject to policy 1.3 “Always use honest and transparent review practices”. What’s changing: The Shopify App Store requirements policy 1.3 further clarifies our enforcement on the existing Partner Program Agreement Section C.2.1 about reviews in Shopify’s App Store.