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CLI keeps polling when dev store status reads empty

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shopify store create dev stopped failing on replica lag: the CLI now keeps polling Business Platform's organization.storeCreation query instead of bailing when storeCreation comes back null.

Keep polling dev store creation when the status read comes back empty Shopify/cli

by alexanderMontague

The CLI polls organization.storeCreation immediately after createAppDevelopmentStore returns, and Business Platform routes Organizations GraphQL queries to a read replica by default, so a lagging write yielded storeCreation: null and the command exited with "Unable to determine store creation status." The fix keeps polling through the empty read, which turns an intermittent create failure into ...

Merge pull request #9024 from Shopify/dev-store-poll-replica-lag Shopify/cli

by Alex Montague

The change landed in Shopify/cli as the dev-store-poll-replica-lag branch; anyone scripting `shopify store create dev` in CI or onboarding flows should pick up a CLI build containing it.

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What shipped in Shopify on October 29, 2026?
shopify store create dev stopped failing on replica lag: the CLI now keeps polling Business Platform's organization.storeCreation query instead of bailing when storeCreation comes back null. In total, 1 commits and 1 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Shopify on October 29, 2026?
1 developer shipped this update, including alexanderMontague.
What were the notable Shopify updates?
Keep polling dev store creation when the status read comes back empty and Merge pull request #9024 from Shopify/dev-store-poll-replica-lag.
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