The Polaris CDN is adopting semantic versioning
UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
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.
Topics: Security, Developer tools, Performance
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Every Shopify developer platform release| Date | Release | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | Polaris CDN 1.1 release candidateunverified Update | Update |
| Sep 3 | Hydrogen developer preview update: September 2, 2026unverified Preview | Preview |
| Sep 3 | New paymentInstrumentSendAddEmail mutation emails customers a link to add a payment method for a subscription, order, or draft orderunverified Update | Update |
| Aug 28 | More resilient refreshes for expiring offline access tokensunverified Update | Update |
| Sep 4 | Shopify storefronts now support UCP 2026-08-25unverified Update | Update |
| Aug 27 | Password Protected Shop Dev flows on Shopify Theme CLI v3.83.x and older to be deprecatedunverified Deprecation | Deprecation |
| Aug 26 | Four additional topics are now available for Eventsunverified Update | Update |
| Aug 26 | Build Shopify apps in PHP and Python with new official packagesunverified GA | GA |
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