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Create dev stores straight from `app dev`

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dmerand lukeh-shopify
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Shopify CLI's `app dev` now lets developers create a dev store inline instead of leaving the flow, with a stacked PR adding a create-store option to the picker.

Shopify/cli ships dev store creation directly inside `app dev` [1]: the command previously dead-ended when an organization had no usable dev store, pointing developers to the Developer Dashboard. The change extracts the existing `store create dev` create/poll service and Business Platform token handling so `app dev` can create a store inline. On top of that, a stacked PR [2] adds a "create store" option to the store picker so developers with existing stores can create a new one without leaving the CLI, where before they had to go to the Developer Dashboard. Both changes are bundled as `dlm-app-dev-inline-store-creation` and depend on each other, so merge order matters. Separately, a dependency bump [3] updates theme-check-node to 3.29.0 and theme-language-server-node to 2.22.2. Two small commits round out the dev store guidance and picker text.

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What shipped in Shopify on August 29, 2026?
Shopify CLI's `app dev` now lets developers create a dev store inline instead of leaving the flow, with a stacked PR adding a create-store option to the picker. In total, 26 commits and 5 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Shopify on August 29, 2026?
2 developers shipped this update, including lukeh-shopify and dmerand.
What were the notable Shopify updates?
Create dev stores from app dev, Add a create store option to the app dev store picker, and Bump theme-check-node to 3.29.0 and theme-language-server-node to 2.22.2.

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