$ cat shopify/week/2026-09-07.log
the week in review · Sep 7 – Sep 13, 2026
Shopify CLI 4.8.0 ships store create and delete
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The release also lands pnpm build-script recovery and upgrade messaging that no longer reports success on a downgrade.
Unhide `store create dev` and `store delete` Shopify/cli
store create dev and store delete come out of hiding in the CLI, so scripts and tooling that relied on the commands being absent from help output should now treat them as public surface.
Version Packages - main Shopify/cli
The Changesets release PR carries these changes to npm as 4.8.0, bundling store command unhiding, the pnpm install fix, and the self-upgrade messaging fix into one version to pin.
Recover gracefully when pnpm blocks build scripts during extension generation Shopify/cli
Recent pnpm versions refuse to run build scripts of newly installed dependencies until approved, and fail install outright with ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS when they cannot prompt; extension generation now recovers instead of aborting.
Fix false success message when CLI self-upgrade installs the wrong version Shopify/cli
A user on 4.7.0 behind a private registry got npm install -g @shopify/cli@latest downgraded to 3.94.3 with a zero exit code while the CLI printed a success message; the version check now reflects what actually landed.
Reuse Shopify CLI app identity and config schemas in App Doctor Shopify/cli
App Doctor previously walked up for shopify.app*.toml and parsed access, auth, and webhooks with its own schemas and fallbacks, which could disagree with the CLI as those rules change. It now shares the CLI's app-config identity and schemas.
Allow filtering `store list` by store type Shopify/cli
store list --type <dev|production|client_transfer|collaborator> filters server-side using the same handles the listing already reports in its Type column and JSON output, so filter and data share one vocabulary.
Improve App Doctor agent prompt precision Shopify/cli
Findings now require concrete trust-boundary evidence before they get reported, and the tenant-selector, authorization, content-execution, and dependency prompts were broadened from App Doctor review feedback.
Add Storybook GitHub Pages deploy Shopify/polaris
Alongside: a manual GitHub Pages workflow deploys the archived Polaris React Storybook to storybook.polaris.shopify.dev, and App Doctor engine internals moved behind scan, compile, and submit operations with unused exports removed.
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