What should Shopify teams do about it?

If you use --force with `shopify app deploy` or `shopify app release`, remove those flags from your CI/CD before upgrading to the next major release • If you're using `shopify app generate schema` anywhere, switch to `shopify app function schema` now • Update Hydrogen if you need cart.get() to respect explicit cartId parameters

CLI SWEEPS OUT DEPRECATED FLAGS AHEAD OF MAJOR RELEASE

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:03 UTC on May 13, 2026 · About Shopify

Shopify/cli is systematically removing deprecated commands and flags in preparation for its next major version, while a critical fix to the breaking-change detection script stops false positives from tanking unrelated PRs.

The CLI team has merged three removals in quick succession: the --force flag from `shopify app deploy` [3], the --force flag from `shopify app release` [5], and the hidden `shopify app generate schema` command entirely [4]. These are coordinated deprecation removals across a tracked stack, so if you're maintaining downstream tooling that depends on these flags, start your migration now—they're gone in the next major. More immediately urgent: a fix to checkChangesets() [1] stops the breaking-change detection job from re-failing on unrelated PRs when a major changeset already merged to main is present. Previously, any merged changeset would block every subsequent PR; now it only checks files actually modified in the diff [2], matching the behavior of the manifest and schema scans. Over in Hydrogen, cartGetDefault() was broken—it ignored the cartId you passed to it and always fell back to getCartId() [6] [7], making it impossible to query a specific cart by ID. That's fixed with a simple nullish coalesce that respects explicit input first.

FAQ

What changed in Shopify on May 13, 2026?: Shopify/cli is systematically removing deprecated commands and flags in preparation for its next major version, while a critical fix to the breaking-change detection script stops false positives from tanking unrelated PRs.
What should Shopify teams do about it?: If you use --force with `shopify app deploy` or `shopify app release`, remove those flags from your CI/CD before upgrading to the next major release • If you're using `shopify app generate schema` anywhere, switch to `shopify app function schema` now • Update Hydrogen if you need cart.get() to respect explicit cartId parameters
Which Shopify repositories shipped on May 13, 2026?: Shopify/cli, Shopify/hydrogen

CLI SWEEPS OUT DEPRECATED FLAGS AHEAD OF MAJOR RELEASE

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