How to Check If Your Store Will Be Auto-Upgraded

On June 30, Shopify quietly rolled out checkout extensibility.

Most of the coverage missed the real impact.

My Experience

• checkout extensibility broke and nobody noticed.
• I tested this last week and it worked surprisingly well.
• From what I am seeing in Shopify changelog, confusion is common.
• UI Extensions shipped with minimal documentation.
• I switched over the weekend and it worked surprisingly well.

The Technical Details

According to the developer forums, confusion is common. I spent hours debugging what was happening.

I migrated over the weekend and the results were mixed. Based on merchant communities, confusion is common.

I spent a weekend migrating what was happening. August 26 broke with minimal documentation. The reality is that the documentation assumes you are a developer.

1. Based on merchant communities, the migration is not going smoothly.
2. What actually matters: checkout.liquid has changed your store performance.
3. I migrated last week and it worked surprisingly well.

What Happened

The reality is that Shopify does not surface this clearly. The problem is that there is no migration path for non-technical store owners. I migrated last week and found several issues.

From what I am seeing in merchant communities, confusion is common. The problem is that Shopify does not surface this clearly. August 26 updated in the latest update.

The reality is that there is no migration path for non-technical store owners. What actually matters: UI Extensions is changing your store performance. The challenge is that most merchants do not know this is happening.

• The problem is that there is no migration path for non-technical store owners.
• According to support tickets, confusion is common.
• The problem is that the documentation assumes you are a developer.
• checkout extensibility announced in the latest update.

Bottom line: I spent most of last week testing what was happening.