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Oxygen is now available on trial plan stores
You can now deploy Hydrogen storefronts to Oxygen from trial plan stores . Previously, Oxygen hosting required a paid plan. Note that trial plan stores don't include public environments, so deployment URLs always require a store login. Learn more about supported plans .
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BigQuery data governance tags are supported in Terraform
BigQuery data governance tags are supported in Terraform. This feature is in Preview .
Multi-value tags (General availability)
With this release, multi-value tags are generally available. You can assign more than one string value to the same tag.
Remote app operations for Snowflake Native Apps (Preview)
Remote app operations are now available in public preview for Snowflake Native Apps. Providers can perform on-demand operations on consumer apps, including running SQL statements ( run_sql ), retrying a failed upgrade ( retry_upgrade ), and disabling/enabling the app ( disable / enable ), all through a new system function SYSTEM$REMOTE_APP_OPERATION .
Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code (Preview)
Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in public preview.
Stable egress IP addresses on Azure (Preview)
Stable egress IP addresses are now available in preview on Azure. You can generate Snowflake egress IP address ranges (as CIDR addresses) and add them to an external server's allowlist so that Snowflake can make requests to that server.
LTAP Direct Writes accelerates synced table loads (Beta)
LTAP Direct Writes speeds up how synced tables load into Lakebase. When you create a synced table, Lakebase loads a full copy of your Unity Catalog data into your Postgres branch.
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Four additional topics are now available for Events
Apps can now subscribe to events for Metaobject , MetafieldDefinition , MetaobjectDefinition , and InventoryTransfer . Apps can also subscribe to targeted metafield changes on InventoryTransfer . By subscribing to these topics, your app can react directly to changes in custom content, custom data definitions, and inventory transfer workflows.
Build Shopify apps in PHP and Python with new official packages
Shopify releases official PHP and Python app packages Shopify now publishes official, open-source packages for building apps in PHP and Python. shopify/shopify-app-php on Packagist and shopifyapp on PyPI have reached version 1.0 . They provide framework-agnostic primitives for request verification, token exchange, and Admin GraphQL requests.
GitHub commits now name the last theme editor
When you edit a theme in the Shopify admin, the commit Shopify pushes to your connected branch now includes the editor's name in the body: Update from Shopify for theme Dawn Committed from shop: Snowdevil Theme last edited by: Bob Bobsen The name is plain text in the commit body.
Script tags are deprecated and will stop running on March 1, 2027
Starting October 1, 2026, the scriptTagCreate and scriptTagUpdate mutations will return an user error, and the ScriptTag REST Admin API resource will reject POST and PUT . The deprecation applies to all API versions, including older ones, so pinning won't defer it. On March 1, 2027, Shopify will stop injecting script tags into storefronts.
Password Protected Shop Dev flows on Shopify Theme CLI v3.83.x and older to be deprecated
Starting September 23, 2026, Theme commands on Shopify CLI for password protected storefronts will require version 3.84.0 or later . Versions 3.83.x and earlier will no longer be supported for theme development workflows on password protected storefronts.
More resilient refreshes for expiring offline access tokens
Expiring offline access token refreshes now retain the previously used refresh token until an app begins using its replacement. This rollout helps apps recover when a refresh response is lost or isn’t persisted. No migration is required, but apps should continue to store every refreshed token pair atomically.
Polaris CDN 1.1 release candidate
Polaris Web Components loaded from the Shopify CDN are moving to semantic versioning, read more about that change here . You can test out the Polaris CDN 1.1 release candidate by updating the URL you load polaris from to this: New components EmptyState . For empty lists, tables, and pages.
The Polaris CDN is adopting semantic versioning
Polaris Web Components loaded from the Shopify CDN are moving to semantic versioning. Most apps will continue receiving compatible improvements automatically, while developers can choose when to adopt breaking changes. Existing apps don’t need to take immediate action.