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SHOPIFY CLI WARNS DEVELOPERS ABOUT SENSITIVE DATA IN VERBOSE LOGS
By RepoJournal · Filed · About Shopify
The Shopify CLI now explicitly flags that --verbose output may leak sensitive information, closing a gap in the redaction pipeline.
Shopify CLI added a critical safety warning to its --verbose help text [1], making clear that "May include sensitive data" when developers enable extra output. This matters because the underlying redaction of analytics payloads is best-effort [1], not guaranteed, so users need to know they're trading safety for visibility. The change propagates across all command manifests, the CLI README, and dev docs [1]. Two related pull requests [2] cleaned up the changeset workflow. GraphQL files were auto-generated as part of the merge [3] .
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Action items
- → Update Shopify CLI to get the --verbose safety warning in your docs and dev workflows Shopify/cli [plan]
- → Audit any automation or scripts that rely on --verbose output for non-debugging purposes Shopify/cli [monitor]
References
- [1] Note in --verbose help that the extra output may include sensitive data ↗ Shopify/cli
- [2] Remove the changeset Shopify/cli
- [3] Update generated GraphQL files ↗ Shopify/cli