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A catalog integration can appear stable until a retirement date turns every request into a failure. Shopify has set a concrete deadline for apps that still use its deprecated Global Catalog REST endpoints. Shopify announced on October 9, 2026 that the Global Catalog REST API will stop serving traffic on November 2, 2026. Apps must […]
Point-of-sale problems are difficult to diagnose when support cannot tell which extension build a device is actually running. A deployment may be complete in the dashboard while a cached or offline device continues using an earlier bundle. Shopify announced on October 12, 2026 that shopify.extension.version can identify the published POS extension version currently running for
Checkout branding is part of the customer experience, but not every piece of checkout content belongs to the merchant. When teams assume a visibility setting controls the entire footer, previews and automated tests can report the wrong result. Shopify clarified on October 15, 2026 that checkout footer visibility applies only to merchant-configurable content. The setting
A webhook is a notification that something happened, not a complete business process. Shopify’s cart update behavior now reinforces that distinction: an API request that leaves the cart unchanged no longer produces the same event pattern as a real cart change. Shopify announced on October 12, 2026 that cart operations with no actual change no
Faster development does not reduce the business impact of a security mistake. A custom Shopify app may touch customer records, orders, discounts, inventory, webhooks, or internal operations. If authentication, tenant isolation, configuration, or a dependency is weak, the result can affect both merchant trust and daily work. On October 15, 2026, Shopify introduced the shopify
Text messages often sit in the middle of a customer journey: confirming an inquiry, requesting missing details, updating a callback, or reminding someone about an appointment. When delivery behavior changes, the technical event quickly becomes an operational problem. A service team may believe a follow-up was sent while the customer is still waiting. On October
A headless storefront should solve a business problem, not merely replace a theme with a larger codebase. Merchants usually consider a custom storefront because they need a distinctive experience, complex content, specialized product discovery, or tighter integration with an existing application. The technical stack must still protect basic commerce behavior such as carts, prices, consent,
An organic traffic decline can trigger a rush of unrelated fixes: rewriting pages, changing titles, buying links, or blaming an algorithm update. That reaction often wastes time because different decline patterns have different causes. The first job is to classify the drop with evidence. Google’s official guide to debugging Search traffic drops recommends using Search
AI agents become commercially useful when they can do more than draft text. They may need to look up an account, create a lead, request an appointment, or update a workflow. Those actions introduce a harder question: how should a business expose operational APIs as tools without losing the security and governance already built around
Agent-assisted commerce changes where product discovery and purchase decisions happen. A shopper may ask an AI assistant to compare products, build a cart, or locate an order instead of navigating a traditional storefront. That convenience is commercially interesting, but it also raises questions about consent, confirmation, pricing, stock, attribution, and support ownership. Shopify announced Shop
