Starting today, metafields stored on the app resource must have a metafield definition and customer accounts permissions to be accessible through the Customer Account API. Going forward, when calling the Customer Accounts API, app metafields without a definition will no longer return a value.
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| Platform | Shopify |
|---|---|
| Effective date | No date published |
| Precision | n/a |
| Published | 2026-06-16 |
| Categories | DeprecationBreaking / action required |
| Tags | Action Required, Platform, Update |
| Official source | Shopify developer changelog ↗ |
| Fetched | 2026-10-17T03:44:00+00:00 |
| First seen | 2026-10-17T01:05:46+00:00 |
| Status | Listed by the source |
| Stable ID | shopify-773bb18343 · JSON |