--- title: Stable GraphQL API versions to backfill enum values - Shopify developer changelog description: Shopify’s developer changelog documents all changes to Shopify’s platform. Find the latest news and learn about new platform opportunities. source_url: html: https://shopify.dev/changelog/stable-graphql-api-versions-to-backfill-enum-values md: https://shopify.dev/changelog/stable-graphql-api-versions-to-backfill-enum-values.md --- [Back to Developer changelog](https://shopify.dev/changelog) April 1, 2025 Tags: * Admin GraphQL API * Payments Apps API * Storefront GraphQL API # Stable GraphQL API versions to backfill enum values Our stable API versions will retroactively add values into GraphQL Enum types, making them non-exhaustive going forward. This assures that new application data values can be represented in older API versions, which provides better stability. While this is a non-breaking change, it can cause disruptions to development toolchains. We recommend that you periodically refresh introspection caches, and integrate enums into your application logic with a catch-all that anticipates unknown cases. For more information, see .