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# Hydrogen developer preview update

DateJuly 9, 2026

FlagsUpdate

SurfacesAPI

Affected APIs[Hydrogen](https://shopify.dev/changelog?api_type=hydrogen)

The Hydrogen developer preview adds new capabilities to the toolkit and extends the ways developers can build Shopify storefronts:

* **Storefront API caching for catalog data:** Cache products, collections, and pages at the edge instead of hitting the Storefront API on every request.
* **WebMCP tools for in-browser AI agents:** Expose your storefront to in-browser AI agents so they can search the catalog, browse products, and manage the cart. Loads automatically from Shopify's CDN, no extra integration required.
* **Customer Account API support:** Build logged-in experiences like order history and profile pages with a typed client that handles login, token refresh, and logout.
* **Same-origin predictive search:** Add autocomplete search that runs through your own server instead of calling the Storefront API from the browser.
* **Typed routes and redirects:** Describe your URL structure once and reuse it for redirects, predictive-search URLs, and Shopify-standard resource mapping.
* **ShopifyScripts for the Shopify browser runtime and unified cart route handling:** Render Shopify's standard script tags and browser runtime in one place, and handle cart routes through a single registration that works the same across frameworks.

To get started, visit the [Hydrogen developer preview documentation](https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/developer-preview). For a detailed breakdown of this release, read the [full release notes](https://hydrogen.shopify.dev/update/developer-preview-release-notes-july-8-2026).