Identify the published version running in a POS extension

Breaking / action requiredEffective n/a

shopify.extension.version returns the version of the extension that is running. It’s the same name shown on the Versions page in the Dev Dashboard and chosen when running shopify app deploy. The value is an opaque name, not a version number, so compare it for equality rather than sorting it.

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PlatformShopify
Effective dateNo date published
Precisionn/a
Published2026-10-12
CategoriesBreaking / action required
Tags2026-10, API, New, POS Extensions
Official sourceShopify developer changelog ↗
Fetched2026-10-17T03:44:00+00:00
First seen2026-10-17T01:05:46+00:00
StatusListed by the source
Stable IDshopify-b72ba0cc73 · JSON