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Variants now support multiple barcodes
Merchants often sell the same variant under more than one identifier: a manufacturer UPC alongside a private-label EAN, a GTIN, a reissued ISBN, or an ASIN for a marketplace listing. Until now a variant held a single barcode value, so the extras ended up in metafields, tags, or outside Shopify entirely.
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Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function
Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function . This feature is in Preview .
Add and drop hybrid table constraints online (General availability)
With this release, you can add and drop UNIQUE and FOREIGN KEY constraints on an existing hybrid table by using alter table . Previously, you had to define these constraints when you created the table, so adding a foreign key to a table that was already serving a workload meant recreating and reloading the table.
Shadow traffic for gateways (Preview)
With this preview release, you can use a shadow traffic gateway to send all production requests to a primary service endpoint while mirroring a percentage of those requests to one or more shadow endpoints. Responses from shadow endpoints aren't returned to clients.
The partner-powered AI features setting will be removed
On November 1, 2026, Databricks will remove the account- and workspace-level toggle for partner-powered AI features. Each workspace will keep its current setting value: if the setting is enabled, it stays enabled, and if it's disabled, it stays disabled. Removing the toggle doesn't change any setting values.
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available. Today, Lakeflow Connect ingests formula fields by taking a full snapshot on each pipeline run by default. When incremental formula field ingestion is generally available, full snapshots will no longer be the default.
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. DENY policies can be used to explicitly deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege to prevent specified principals, including object owners, from performing access-management operations. They always take precedence over any grant. For details, see ABAC DENY policies (Beta) .
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Customer Address APIs now support countryCode
Starting with Customer Account API version 2026-10, customer address inputs and objects support countryCode . The existing territoryCode field is deprecated but remains fully supported, so current integrations continue working without interruption. Developers should migrate to countryCode when adopting API version 2026-10.
Create and delete dev stores in Shopify CLI
Shopify CLI 4.8 adds shopify store commands that let you create and manage dev stores from your terminal or coding agent. These commands are available after you update to Shopify CLI 4.8.
Discounts Allocator Function API developer preview has ended
The Discounts Allocator Function API, available only through the Discounts Allocator developer preview, has been removed and won’t be released. The developer preview is closed. Most developers don’t need to take action. The one exception is an app that still declares the purchase.discounts-allocator.run extension target.
Shopify storefronts now support UCP 2026-08-25
Shopify storefronts now advertise support for Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) version 2026-08-25 in their discovery profiles at /.well-known/ucp . This update adds compatibility with the 2026-08-25 protocol release and doesn’t require any changes to your existing integrations.
Hydrogen developer preview update: September 2, 2026
The Hydrogen developer preview adds new capabilities to the toolkit and extends the ways developers can build Shopify storefronts: Variant links: Links that name a variant, like the ones Shopify submits to a Google Shopping feed, now open on that variant instead of the product's default.
New paymentInstrumentSendAddEmail mutation emails customers a link to add a payment method for a subscription, order, or draft order
You can now use the paymentInstrumentSendAddEmail mutation in the GraphQL Admin API to email a customer a link for adding a payment method to a specific resource (for example, a subscription contract).
Filter Catalog search results by media type
The Catalog API now returns video and 3D model media on products that have it, and supports filtering search results by media type. You can request only products that have video or 3D model media attached, and matching products return links to those assets in the same response.
Dynamic complexity cost for `metafieldsSet` mutation
The metafieldsSet mutation now uses dynamic complexity costing. Instead of a flat cost for every call, a request's cost reflects how many distinct resources metafields were changed. Most apps need no changes, as updating a single resource remains cheap. Apps setting many metafields across many different owners may hit their rate limit faster.