---
title: ShopAlert - GraphQL Admin
description: An alert message that appears in the Shopify admin about a problem with a store setting, with an action to take. For example, you could show an alert to ask the merchant to enter their billing information to activate Shopify Plus.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/shopalert
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/shopalert.md
---

# Shop​Alert

object

An alert message that appears in the Shopify admin about a problem with a store setting, with an action to take. For example, you could show an alert to ask the merchant to enter their billing information to activate Shopify Plus.

## Fields

* action

  [Shop​Alert​Action!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ShopAlertAction)

  non-null

  The text for the button in the alert that links to related information. For example, *Add credit card*.

* description

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  A description of the alert and further information, such as whether the merchant will be charged.

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## Map

### Fields with this object

* {}[Shop.alerts](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Shop#field-Shop.fields.alerts)