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Shopify CLI 4.0 Breaking Changes: Engineering Migration (2026) (opens in a new tab)
Article discusses breaking changes in Shopify CLI 4.0 and engineering migration
DEV.to Shopify· May 22, 2026· 9/10
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Shopify CLI 4.0 shipped on 21 May 2026 and the upgrade is not a routine bump. The release removes the --force flag from shopify app deploy , retires five legacy commands, and introduces automatic upgrades that engineering teams running production CI/CD pipelines must reckon with before the next deploy. What Shopify CLI 4.0 actually ships Three concrete changes land at once. First, the CLI now follows Semantic Versioning — minor releases ship features, patch releases ship bug fixes, and majors…
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