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September 20, 2025

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* Admin REST API
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* Storefront GraphQL API

# Your app may be affected by remote products

Starting October 9, 2025, products displayed on storefronts may originate from a "remote" source, such as another store. This feature is optional and available to a select group of eligible US-based stores.

### Recommended Updates

* If your app uses the [Cart Ajax API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/cart) to determine **free shipping** qualifications or apply **cart discounts**, ensure that remote products are excluded from these calculations. Remote products have separate shipping arrangements from their origin stores, and discounts should apply only to products owned by the store.

* For apps utilizing the [Cart Ajax API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/cart) for features like **abandoned cart recovery**, exclude remote products. The URLs for remote products will expire after a certain period, making recovery attempts unreliable.

* For other use cases involving the [Cart Ajax API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/cart), evaluate whether your logic should exclude remote products.

* Note that remote products are not included in [Shopify Function inputs](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/functions/latest#input), and Shopify Function operations cannot target remote products.

### Identifying Remote Products

In the [Cart Ajax API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/cart) response, remote products can be identified by the presence of the attribute [`remote: true`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/cart#json-of-a-cart-with-remote-products) on cart line items.

While remote products appear in [Storefront API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/queries/cart) responses, they currently lack distinguishing properties. Support for identifying these products is forthcoming.