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April 1, 2022

Tags:

* API
* 2022-04

# App-owned Metafields

As of GraphQL Admin API version 2022-04, a new owner type `ApiPermission` is now available for metafields. A metafield with this permission type will only be readable and writable by the app that owns the metafield.