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Hydrogen developer preview update: July 30, 2026
The Hydrogen developer preview adds new capabilities to the toolkit and extends the ways developers can build Shopify storefronts: Vue bindings: Build your storefront in Vue with the same Hydrogen APIs you know from React, through the new @shopify/hydrogen/vue entrypoint.
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Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
The web terminal in notebooks connected to serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is now in Public Preview . Use it to run shell commands, monitor GPU usage with nvidia-smi , install libraries, and manage files directly on the compute. This requires serverless GPU environment version 5 or above. See Run shell commands in Databricks web terminal .
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available. In a packaged clean room, a provider supplies notebooks, JARs, and data that a consumer runs against their own data without seeing the provider's code or data assets. See Packaged clean rooms .
OpenAI connector (Beta)
The OpenAI connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector uses the OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest organization administration data, such as users, projects, API keys, usage, costs, and audit logs, from OpenAI into Databricks.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-July
In late-July 2026, the following update and enhancement was made to Azure SQL: Regex-based dynamic data masking (DDM) extends the built-in DDM feature with pattern‑based masking to hide sensitive data like emails, phone numbers, and identifiers, centrally
Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on September 1st, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative Gemini 3.1 Pro 9-1-2026 Gemini 3.6 Flash Claude Opus 4.5 9-1-2026 Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Opus 4.8, or Claude Opus 5 Claude Opus...
Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated
As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions).
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New fields for cash management activities and drawers in POS
New fields are now available on cash management resources in the GraphQL Admin API, providing more detail about cash drawer balances and cash count activities. What's new Cash Drawer balance The CashDrawer object now exposes the current drawer balance directly: | Field | Description | |
Updated Built for Shopify requirements for Fulfillment services apps
We've updated three Built for Shopify requirements for Fulfillment services apps . The updated thresholds better reflect how fulfillment operations run in practice, making Built for Shopify achievable for more high-quality fulfillment apps. No action is required.
Merchants now see partner details on collaborator requests
Collaborator access is built on trust. When a merchant approves a request, they're giving a partner access to a live store , and merchants need enough context to make that decision with confidence. Building on identity verification for partners , merchants now see details about your partner organization on every new collaborator request.
The shopify-account component for customer accounts is now a Theme Store requirement
In February 2026, we introduced the shopify-account component , which lets customers sign in and manage their account directly on the storefront. It supports passwordless sign-in, automatic Sign in with Shop recognition, and social sign-in providers. Once signed in, customers can reach their account pages from the account menu.
createdAt is now available on the Customer object in Shopify Functions
Shopify Functions API version 2026-10 adds a createdAt field to the Customer object. You can now use the date and time a customer account was created in Function logic. This is an additive change; no action is required for existing Functions.
Updating an order's shipping address recalculates taxes as of API version 2026-10
As of API version 2026-10 , changing the shipping address on an unfulfilled order through the orderUpdate GraphQL mutation or the REST Admin API order update endpoint recalculates the order's taxes against the new destination.
Oxygen is now available on development stores
You can now deploy Hydrogen storefronts to Oxygen from dev stores . Previously, Oxygen hosting required a paid plan. Note that development stores don't include public environments, so deployment URLs always require a store login. Learn more about supported plans .
The `orderCreate` mutation now supports multiple tracking numbers for each fulfillment
We’ve added a trackingNumbers field to OrderCreateFulfillmentInput , so you can attach multiple tracking numbers to a fulfillment when importing orders. If you use the orderCreate mutation to import orders that ship in more than one package, you no longer need to update the fulfillment after creation to add additional tracking numbers.