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New Reference Type Deletion Error Message for Metafield Definitions
API
Effective July 21, 2022
As of the API version 2022-10, upon deleting a reference type metafield definition with delete_all_associated_metafields argument set to false, REFERENCE_TYPE_DELETION_ERROR will be returned with the following error message:
"Deleting a reference type metafield definition requires deletion of its associated metafields."