Patchquarter/Shopify API changes/PQ-2026-004
criticalbreaking changeopen

Admin GraphQL API and Admin REST API: breaking change.

All public apps calling the Admin API

Published
May 20, 2026
Effective
Jan 1, 2027
Deadline precision
exact
Evidence
official changelog
REQUIRED ACTION

What the app team should do

Migrate non-expiring offline access tokens to expiring tokens and implement refresh-token rotation

PLANNING INTERPRETATION

How to plan the migration

Test concurrency and atomic refresh-token replacement before rolling out broadly

Suggested planning start: Sep 1, 2026

OFFICIAL EVIDENCE

Verify against Shopify

Source last checked Aug 11, 2026. Patchquarter is independent from Shopify and preserves the official source as the authority.

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