Which Shopify deprecations and deadlines land in the next 12 months, and which have already passed?

Which Shopify deadlines land in the next 12 months?

Five dated Shopify deadlines in Deploi's dataset fall in the 12 months after October 18, 2026, all in 2027, according to Shopify's developer documentation and changelog. Four are the accessible-until dates of API versions 2026-01 to 2026-10, from January 16 to October 16. The fifth, on March 1, 2027, is when Shopify stops injecting script tags into storefronts.

Which Shopify deadlines have already passed?

Twelve of the 17 dated Shopify deadlines in Deploi's dataset had passed by October 18, 2026, according to Shopify's documentation and changelog. They run from checkout.liquid on the Information, Shipping and Payment steps, August 13, 2024, to API version 2025-10, October 16, 2026, and include two earlier API versions, both Shopify Scripts dates and four script tag steps.

What happened to Shopify Scripts on June 30, 2026?

Shopify Scripts stopped running on June 30, 2026, according to Shopify's developer changelog of April 9, 2026, which states "All Shopify Scripts will cease to execute entirely" that day. Editing and publishing new Scripts had ended on April 15, 2026. Both dates had passed by October 18, 2026, so any store still relying on Scripts is past both.

When was checkout.liquid removed?

Shopify set two removal dates for checkout.liquid: August 13, 2024 for the Information, Shipping and Payment checkout steps, and August 28, 2025 for the Thank you and Order status pages, according to its Shopify Changelog post of November 7, 2023. Shopify's Help Center says additional scripts there became view-only on August 28, 2025 and gave non-Plus stores until August 26, 2026 to upgrade those pages.

When does each Shopify API version stop being accessible?

API version 2026-01 is accessible until January 16, 2027, and versions 2026-04, 2026-07 and 2026-10 until April 16, July 16 and October 16, 2027, according to Shopify's API versioning page captured October 18, 2026. Versions 2025-04, 2025-07 and 2025-10 were accessible until April 16, July 16 and October 16, 2026 and are now unsupported. Each stable version is supported for a minimum of 12 months.

How many deadlines fall in each quarter?

Of the 12 quarters Deploi counted, from Q1 2025 to Q4 2027, Q3 2025 and Q2 2026 hold the most dated Shopify deadlines, 3 each, computed by Deploi from Shopify's documentation and changelog. Q3 2026, Q4 2026 and Q1 2027 hold 2 each; Q1 2025, Q2 2027, Q3 2027 and Q4 2027 hold 1 each.

What does this list not cover?

Deploi lists only the deadlines it could tie to a dated Shopify changelog post or developer documentation page by October 18, 2026, so the 17 dated items are not a complete schedule of Shopify changes, and Shopify can change a date after that day. Deploi counts breaking changes and action-required notices by quarter on a separate page.

The data

Each chart on this page is drawn from the numbers below. Units are in the column headers.

Sources

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Deploi's charts and compilation are licensed CC BY 4.0. The underlying facts belong to their sources, which are named on every page.

Deploi. (2026). Which Shopify deprecations and deadlines land in the next 12 months, and which have already passed? [Web page]. https://deploi.ca/shopify/data/shopify-deprecation-deadlines Retrieved October 19, 2026.

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Changes

1. October 19, 2026 · Shopify deprecation and migration deadlines, passed and upcoming
   First release. Deadlines read from Shopify's developer changelog, developer documentation and Shopify Changelog posts on October 18, 2026, with an area and a short label (eventLabel) on each of the 17 deadline rows for the deadlines timeline.