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New trusted vault origin signal in Payments Apps API
The Payments Apps API 2027-01 release candidate adds a trusted_vault_origin signal to help developers handle payment verification without CVV for trusted vaults.
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Microsoft Graph Logs connector is available in Beta
The Microsoft Graph Logs connector is now in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect, supporting incremental ingestion of security alerts from Microsoft security products.
Hybrid table support for Google Cloud (Preview)
Snowflake hybrid tables are now supported in all Google Cloud commercial regions in preview.
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres is now generally available, allowing authentication via external identity providers.
Spanner supports equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values
Spanner now allows equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values directly in GROUP_BY and ORDER BY clauses. It also supports implicit type coercion and search indexes for JSON equality operations.
[In preview] Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL
Users can now assign a user-assigned managed identity to individual databases in Azure SQL Database. This enables secure access to files in Azure Blob Storage and Data Lake Storage Gen2 via external tables and OPENROWSET.
Inference request metadata logging (GA)
Inference request metadata logging is now generally available for Gemini and Claude models. It records model usage, latency, and error codes without capturing prompt or response content.
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UI extensions now support a larger number of locales
Shopify removed the 256 KB combined size limit for locale files in UI extensions, allowing for more languages per extension.
Start Sidekick conversations from your app
The Sidekick Launch API allows embedded apps to trigger Sidekick conversations with pre-filled prompts. This enables developers to provide contextual assistance to merchants directly within their app interface.
Shopify App Pricing: Plan Feature Targeting
Developers can now add store requirements to public plans in Shopify App Pricing. Merchants whose stores do not meet specific feature requirements, such as checkout extensions or B2B catalogs, will be unable to subscribe to those plans.
Shopify App Store: Estimated local-currency prices
The Shopify App Store and admin now display estimated app prices in the merchant's local billing currency. This update provides better transparency for international merchants while maintaining USD-based pricing for developers.
Merchant email now available on the `ThemeSale` object in the Partners API
The Partner API now exposes the purchasing merchant's email address on the ThemeSale object. This allows theme developers to contact merchants for support and updates while adhering to privacy and marketing regulations.
Introducing theme app add-ons: Build and bundle apps with your themes
Theme developers can now bundle storefront apps with their theme listings on the Theme Store. This allows for advanced functionality like product customization and subscription management to be installed alongside themes.
Make your app's activity reportable in Shopify Analytics with App Events
Apps can now declare events via the analytics_app_events extension to make activity reportable in Shopify Analytics. This allows merchants to query app-specific metrics using ShopifyQL or the report builder.