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Action neededShopify · Changelog· 4 days ago

Custom apps built for your store need a security setting before New Year

What they said

“Leaked tokens can be used from any network location.”

In plain English

If an agency or freelancer built a custom app for your store, it now needs an IP allowlist: a list of the only networks allowed to use it to reach your store's data. New installs need one from 20 November 2026, and existing apps from 1 January 2027.

For founders, developers
48 days leftWhy it matters
What to do
  1. 1List your custom apps
  2. 2Ask whoever built them to set an allowlist
  3. 3Get existing apps done before 1 January 2027
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