Replacing or deleting a Shopify-hosted file no longer purges its CDN URL

Breaking / action requiredDeprecationEffective 2026-04-07

As of April 7, 2026, when you replace or delete a file in the Shopify admin, Shopify will no longer proactively purge the file's URL on cdn.shopify.com/.... The previously cached content will continue to be served until the URL's TTL (Time to Live) expires.

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PlatformShopify
Effective date2026-04-07 (passed)
Precisionday
Published2026-04-07
CategoriesBreaking / action requiredDeprecation
TagsAction Required, Platform, Update
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-f62257bcd0 · JSON