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October 28, 2024

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# Change to metafield type handling in liquid

Effectively immediately, metafields without a `type` value will return "string" instead of `blank`. For example, this check will no longer be true

```liquid
{% if metafield.type == blank %}
  This will no longer render.
{% endif %}
```

Instead, a value of `string` will be returned:

```liquid
{% if metafield.type == 'string' %}
  This metafield is of type `string`.
{% endif %}
```