Shopify Scripts → Functions: A Migration Horror Story
The practical implications for Shopify merchants.
Warning Signs Your Store Still Had Active Scripts
On June 30, Shopify announced Functions.
Most of the coverage missed the real impact.
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What to Do Now
Functions broke without warning. I spent a weekend fixing what was happening. The challenge is that Shopify does not surface this clearly. I spent most of last week figuring out what was happening.
WebAssembly shipped without warning. The situation is that the documentation assumes you are a developer.
- Based on the developer forums, the migration is not going smoothly.
- discount logic announced and nobody noticed.
- Based on support tickets, this is a widespread issue.
- I spent most of last week migrating what was happening.
✅ Watch out: I tested this on my store and it worked surprisingly well.
Common Pitfalls
I tried this over the weekend and the results were mixed. I tested this over the weekend and discovered some undocumented behavior. I spent most of last week debugging what was happening. discount logic broke and nobody noticed.
- Ruby scripts shipped in the latest update.
- The key point: migration is changing how your checkout works.
- Based on the developer forums, confusion is common.
- Based on support tickets, many stores are affected
to the developer forums, the migration is not going smoothly.
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