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Hydrogen 2026-10 is now available

The new Hydrogen is now GA: A framework-agnostic JavaScript library to add Shopify commerce to your existing stack, plus skills for coding agents and starters for React Router and Next.js.
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Surfaces & APIs

  1. October 2026

    Surface

    1. Build with confidence: Shopify AI Toolkit's security check

      Check your app for security vulnerabilities with `shopify app security check`. Run it before you submit an app, and on every release, to catch problems in your own code and get remediation guidance.

      AI Toolkit

    2. More control over commerce updates with Next Gen Events

      Fewer deliveries, richer payloads, no follow-up queries: Events is a declarative replacement for classic webhooks, now generally available across 18 topics.

      Events & webhooks

  2. September 2026

    Surface

    1. The new Dev Dashboard: your command center for building

      One home for your apps and the stores you work in: Designed to make your everyday easier.

      Dev Dashboard

  3. July 2026

    Surface

    1. Meet the 2026 Shopify Build Award winners

      Meet the 2026 Shopify Build Award winners across apps, storefronts, merchant impact, and community.

      Partners

    2. Full-stack capabilities to power app analytics

      Shopify Analytics is now a full-stack platform for apps. Model, query, embed, and enrich analytics on Shopify without managing your own data infrastructure.

      Admin GraphQL API

    3. Sign in with Shop opens to storefront apps

      Sign in with Shop is now a drop-in component any storefront app can integrate — wishlists, back-in-stock, loyalty, and more.

      Partners

    4. The next generation of Shopify fulfillment is coming

      Shopify is releasing fulfillment upgrades that help merchants sell across more locations, delivery methods, and markets with less friction at checkout.

      Partners

    5. Prepare your app for migration to Shopify App Pricing

      New migration tool lets you generate, edit, and test Shopify App Pricing plans from existing Billing API plans, validate usage pricing, and prepare for upcoming subscription migration.

      Platform

    6. Strengthening trust in App Store reviews

      Shopify is strengthening its App Store enforcement against untrusted and incentivized reviews to ensure merchants can rely on more genuine, trustworthy app feedback.

      App store

    7. Introducing the new Collection Sources API

      The new Collections API gives partners a more flexible way to build merchandising experiences in Shopify.

      Partners

  4. June 2026

    Surface
    1. Shopify's Spring '26 Edition: Everywhere

    2. Build App Home as a UI extension

      App Home UI extensions let custom-distribution apps build a Shopify-hosted App Home page with Preact, Polaris web components, and the admin.app.home.render target.

      Admin Extensions

  5. May 2026

    Surface

    1. Next Generation Events now available in developer preview

      Next Generation Events are now in developer preview, adding field-level trigger control, custom GraphQL payloads, and query-based delivery filters to webhooks.

      Events & webhooks

    2. App Events: See all your app activity in one place

      Send any app event to one API endpoint and see a holistic view of your app in one place.

      Partners

  6. April 2026

    Surface

    1. Introducing the Shopify AI Toolkit

      Shopify AI Toolkit connects supported AI coding tools to Shopify documentation, API schemas, code validation, store-management workflows, and migration guidance.

      AI Toolkit

  7. March 2026

    Surface

    1. Build More, Manage Less: Teams, Stores, and Roles Simplified

      Organizations for Partners, role-based access control, and all your stores in Dev Dashboard. Here's what's new and what to expect.

      Partners

  8. October 2025

    Surface

    1. Meet Shopify Dev Assistant: Build Shopify Apps Faster

      Use Shopify Dev Assistant to answer docs questions, generate code, and build apps faster with Shopify-aware AI help.

      Partners

    2. Polaris Goes Stable: The Future of Shopify App Development

      Polaris is now stable for building Shopify app experiences across Admin, Checkout, Customer Accounts, and POS.

      Partners

  9. September 2025

    Surface

    1. Introducing admin intents: Keep merchants in your app

      Use admin intents to open native Shopify resource editors from your app and keep merchants in context.

      Partners

  10. June 2025

    Surface

    1. Raising the bar: 2025 Shopify Build Awards winners

      Meet the partners recognized for apps, storefronts, merchant impact, and community work that push Shopify commerce forward.

      Partners

  11. May 2025

    Surface

    1. Polaris: unified and for the web

      Polaris now uses web components and works across Admin, Checkout, Customer Accounts, and other Shopify surfaces

      Partners