Shopify 2024-07 — Breaking Changes Checklist

6 items total2 critical~1-2 hours for a typical integration

Before You Upgrade

1.Review the official Shopify API release notes for the 2024-07 version.
2.Identify all API endpoints and resources your application uses.
3.Analyze your codebase for usage of fields mentioned in the breaking changes (e.g., `taxable` on Product Variants, `tax_lines` on Order Line Items).
4.Update your application's API client or SDK to a version compatible with 2024-07, if applicable.
5.Set up a development or staging environment configured to use the 2024-07 API version.

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Review modifications to existing API endpoints and data fields. These changes can directly impact your application's data retrieval and manipulation.

Remove reliance on the `taxable` field for Product Variants.Criticalmedium

The `taxable` field has been removed from the Product Variant resource. Tax calculations should now rely on the `tax_type` field.

⚠ Your application may incorrectly calculate taxes or fail to set appropriate tax information for products.

Update order line item processing to use `tax_liens` instead of `tax_lines`.Criticalmedium

The `tax_lines` field on Order Line Items is deprecated and will be removed. Use the `tax_liens` field for accurate tax information.

⚠ Your application will no longer receive correct tax information for order line items, potentially leading to incorrect financial reporting.

Review and adapt to changes in the GraphQL Order Update input arguments.Highmedium

Specific input arguments for updating Orders via GraphQL have been adjusted or deprecated. Consult the release notes for exact changes.

⚠ Your GraphQL mutations for updating orders may fail or behave unexpectedly.

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Ensure your authentication and authorization flows remain compatible. Changes in this area can prevent your application from accessing the API.

Verify your application's OAuth scopes against any reported scope access changes.Mediumeasy

Shopify may adjust the permissions associated with certain scopes. Ensure your app requests only the necessary and available scopes.

⚠ Your application may lose access to necessary API resources or encounter permission errors.

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Thorough testing is crucial to catch issues before they impact your users. Validate your integrations with the updated API version.

Conduct comprehensive regression testing on all critical API interactions.Highmedium

Test all core functionalities that interact with the Shopify Admin API to ensure no existing features are broken by the upgrade.

⚠ Undiscovered breaking changes could lead to unexpected bugs and a degraded user experience post-upgrade.

Validate data integrity after performing sample operations against the new API version.Mediumeasy

Check that data created, updated, or retrieved using the 2024-07 API version is accurate and consistent with expectations.

⚠ Data corruption or inconsistencies could arise, impacting business operations and reporting.

✓Deploy your updated application to the staging environment using the 2024-07 API version.
✓Execute your test suite, paying close attention to tests related to orders, products, and taxes.
✓Manually test critical user flows within your application.
✓Monitor application logs for any new errors or warnings related to API interactions.
✓Gradually roll out the update to production users, monitoring performance and error rates closely.
✓Confirm that all data seems consistent and accurate after the upgrade.

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