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eb294d69

No user-facing changes; only comment annotations in internal remote-ui and web-vitals helper modules changed.

  • No new modules or API methods were added in this build.
  • The internal _remote-ui helper only had annotation comments on its retain, release and function-marker symbols altered, with no behavior change.
  • The internal _web-vitals helper only had comments altered around the FCP, CLS, FID, INP, LCP and TTFB thresholds and observers, with no change to measurement logic.
Files 3
+21 -15
69c2e4ac

No functional changes; only duplicated annotation comments in the remote-ui and web-vitals helper modules.

  • No new modules or API methods were added in this build.
  • The _remote-ui module only gained repeated comments on the retain, release and retainedBy symbols and the function marker.
  • The _web-vitals module only gained repeated comments on the FCP, CLS, FID, INP, LCP and TTFB thresholds and observer entry types.
Files 3
+21 -15
add90339

No functional App Bridge changes; only duplicated comments in helper files and a trimmed generated module index.

  • No modules were added or removed in this build.
  • The _remote-ui helper only gained duplicated annotation comments on its retain, release and function-marker constants, with no runtime change.
  • The _web-vitals helper only gained duplicated comments; FCP, CLS, FID, INP, LCP and TTFB thresholds are unchanged.
Files 4
+64 -58
962faac5

The user module now returns the user's locale and syncs it into api.config; link click interception is narrowed.

  • The user() API result now includes a locale field taken from the user data.
  • The user module now calls user() at startup and updates api.config.locale when the user's locale differs.
  • api.config is replaced with a frozen copy carrying the user's locale, so config.locale can change after initialization.
Files 3
+22 -11
1 modified
25da58b4

Sidekick API gains surface availability checks, bar visibility control, and stricter open() handling for the mobile online store editor.

  • sidekick.isSurfaceAvailable(surface) is a new method that reports whether the 'mobile-web-online-store-editor' surface is available.
  • sidekick.open() now accepts an optional { surface: 'mobile-web-online-store-editor' } argument, returns a boolean for surface opens, and throws a TypeError for unsupported surface arguments.
  • A new sidekick.setBarVisibility(value) method forwards bar visibility changes to the internal Sidekick API.
Files 11
+73 -38
8 modified
fdd8d994

Adds app-modal module that detects open Polaris modals, allowlists Shopify CDN hosts, and extends telemetry.

  • New app-modal module watches the Polaris portals container and notifies the host through appModal.setOpen when a Polaris modal opens or closes.
  • Script tag validation now accepts any host from a Shopify CDN allowlist (cdn.shopify.com plus shopify-assets domains) over HTTPS instead of only cdn.shopify.com.
  • The fetch module uses the same CDN allowlist check when deciding whether a request targets the Shopify CDN.
Files 21
+132 -116
16 modified
c23dfa58

Minor build update with small title-bar button property changes and otherwise variable renaming across modules.

  • The title-bar module's button action builder now appears to pass a tone property in place of the previous icon property mapping.
  • The title-bar module's selector string for action elements now references a different internal constant.
  • The s-app-window, ui-modal, and ui-nav-menu modules only changed their internal registry references, with no behavior change.
Files 8
+13 -15
4 modified
c3f636fd

Expanded the trusted postMessage origin allowlist and bumped the internal protocol version to 0.38.13.

  • The postMessage origin check in the bootstrap module now also trusts admin.shopify.cn, admin.shopifystaging.cn, and a Shopify test domain in addition to the existing myshopify and shop.dev origins.
  • The bundled Shopify protocol version constant was bumped from 0.38.12+8d1813e6 to 0.38.13+38896b9f.
  • No modules were added or removed in this build.
Files 19
+101 -100
15 modified
df7e36ce

The shopifyQL module gained new availability, readiness, context, and metric-tracking APIs.

  • Added api.shopifyQL.available() to asynchronously check whether the ShopifyQL API is present.
  • Added api.shopifyQL.ready() which checks hasPermissions and falls back after a 30 second timeout.
  • Added an internal getContext() method that throws an error if the ShopifyQL API is not available.
Files 11
+66 -24
7 modified
e57eeaec

Removes a feature flag gate on a CSSStyleSheet polyfill and bumps the Shopify protocols version.

  • The bootstrap module's CSSStyleSheet.replaceSync polyfill no longer checks the MobileBridgeNext flag before running, so it now applies unconditionally rather than only for that flagged rollout.
  • The SHOPIFY_PROTOCOLS constant in _utilities.js was bumped from 0.38.10+52074793 to 0.38.11+c048218d.
Files 3
+4 -5
f524cbbf

Title bar module now hides duplicate native action elements via injected CSS and skips empty secondary action groups.

  • The title-bar module now hides duplicate breadcrumb, primary, secondary, and accessory action elements by injecting a stylesheet instead of manipulating hideElements directly.
  • Secondary title bar actions are now only added to the update payload when the resolved secondary actions array is non-empty, avoiding empty button groups.
  • The MutationObserver that watches for title bar changes now matches against a list of relevant tag names instead of a single hardcoded S-PAGE check.
Files 23
+88 -63
18 modified
b7e0f69c

Sidekick module gains a registerNavigationReadinessProvider method; library version bumped to 0.38.9.

  • The sidekick module adds a new registerNavigationReadinessProvider method that lets apps register a readiness provider and returns an unregister function that cleans up when called.
  • Internal library version string was bumped from 0.38.8+8a261cd7 to 0.38.9+efa5798b.
  • The fetch, print, share, and window.open/history interception helpers were renamed internally with no observable behavior change.
Files 7
+58 -34
4 modified
166e1f5d

Bootstrap now captures an admin_theme parameter, persists it to sessionStorage, and exposes it globally.

  • Bootstrap reads a new admin_theme URL parameter and stores it in sessionStorage under the key app-bridge-admin-theme.
  • When the admin_theme parameter is absent from the URL, App Bridge now falls back to a previously cached sessionStorage value.
  • The captured value is exposed as globalThis.__shopifyAdminTheme so other code in the page can read the active admin theme.
Files 20
+95 -73
15 modified
f90ae585

App nav (v0.38.7) now validates anchor hrefs and warns on unsupported links instead of silently breaking.

  • App nav parsing (used by s-app-nav and ui-nav-menu) now validates each anchor href and only accepts relative app paths, app: URLs, or same-origin http(s) URLs.
  • Anchors with unsupported hrefs are dropped from the nav and logged once via console.warn with a link to the app-nav docs, instead of silently producing a broken URL.
  • app: protocol URLs are now converted to a proper same-origin URL string before being sent in the Menu update payload.
Files 11
+70 -43
8 modified
740e2544

This build only renames internal minified variables and registry comments, with no functional or API changes.

  • No modules were added or removed in this build.
  • The intents, internal-only, pos, and title-bar modules changed only in internal variable names, with identical logic and behavior preserved.
  • The s-app-nav, s-app-window, ui-modal, and ui-nav-menu modules only had their internal registry-reference comments updated.
Files 11
+26 -28
8 modified
d5bb40f6

Reworks save-bar dirty-state tracking, wires it into tools.register, and adds a version field to protocol messages.

  • The save-bar dirty-state utility in _utilities.js was rewritten with a new valuemodified event and a shared capture/settle registry for more reliable change detection.
  • tools.register() now captures save-bar state before invoking a registered handler and settles it afterward via double requestAnimationFrame, keeping the save bar accurate when a tool action modifies form state.
  • Bootstrap now attaches a version field to the client config, and web-vitals includes the same version field in its WebVitals protocol messages.
Files 19
+117 -63
16 modified
6d27951e

Fixes case-sensitive link target handling and URL path normalization, and makes the shopifyQL API always available with lazy resolution.

  • The shopifyQL module now always exposes api.shopifyQL as a lazy proxy with an available() check, instead of only setting it after confirming backend support.
  • Link and window.open target attributes like _blank or _self are now normalized case-insensitively, fixing save-bar interception for links with mixed-case target values.
  • Fixed URL path normalization in parseUrl to collapse multiple leading slashes instead of just prepending one.
Files 12
+39 -36
9 modified
6d9a048d

Minor bootstrap update adds safe-area padding to Polaris modal dialogs on devices with bottom insets.

  • The injected safe-area stylesheet in _bootstrap.js now adds a rule targeting .Polaris-Modal-Dialog__Modal.
  • Modal dialogs get bottom padding equal to the shopify-safe-area-inset-bottom variable so content is not obscured by device insets like home indicators.
  • No modules were added or removed, and no public API methods changed in this build.
Files 2
+4 -4
ccda5568

Telemetry now reports element attributes and Polaris version; cleanup listener switched from beforeunload to pagehide.

  • The telemetry module now includes the custom element's attribute names in its ui-component telemetry payload.
  • Telemetry increment calls now attach the Polaris design system version when globalThis.polaris.version is available.
  • The internal utilities module now cleans up navigation listeners on the pagehide event instead of beforeunload.
Files 3
+14 -9
1 modified
cd7d0f3d

MobileBridgeNext safe area insets now inject styles via Constructable Stylesheets instead of a style element.

  • MobileBridgeNext now injects safe area inset styles using the Constructable Stylesheets API and document.adoptedStyleSheets instead of appending a style element to document.head.
  • Safe area inset style injection now includes feature detection and exits gracefully if CSSStyleSheet or adoptedStyleSheets APIs are unavailable.
  • The function for intercepting native browser APIs was renamed from restoreProperty to interceptProperty, affecting the fetch, print, share, window.open, and history modules.
Files 7
+54 -39
4 modified
c3591477

Navigation handler sets navigationVersion 2 on the shopify global and adds a history.pushState fallback for unresolved link navigations.

  • The navigation system now sets Symbol.for('navigationVersion') to 2 on the global shopify object at initialization, advertising the active navigation protocol version.
  • When home-link click simulation cannot process a URL, a new fallback uses history.pushState and dispatches a popstate event to complete the navigation instead of calling the App Bridge navigate API.
  • When navigating via a home link, the target URL is now derived from the home link element's href attribute rather than the original destination URL.
Files 2
+29 -13
ef8b61d3

The title-bar module adds groupType support to secondary action button groups.

  • The title-bar module now accepts a groupType property on secondary action button groups.
  • groupType is destructured from button group objects alongside label, icon, disabled, and buttons fields.
  • When groupType is provided on a button group, it is forwarded to the title bar protocol.
Files 2
+7 -4
1 modified
6bb9c034

Navigation utilities updated to support s-app-nav elements and fix home link detection via getAttribute fallback.

  • The qt selector function now includes s-app-nav as a navigation container, matching ui-nav-menu support for click interception.
  • App Bridge will now intercept and handle client-side navigation for clickable elements inside s-app-nav components.
  • Home link detection in the navigation handler now uses getAttribute('rel') as a fallback when the rel property is nullish, fixing routing for custom elements.
Files 2
+5 -4
fd311eae

Added idToken timeout and error hardening, sidekick conversation stream events, and title bar button pressed state.

  • The id-token module now enforces a 60-second timeout when requesting session tokens from the host, rejecting with a clear error if the host does not respond in time.
  • The id-token module now validates that retrieved tokens are non-empty strings, throwing an idToken unavailable error for missing or invalid tokens.
  • The fetch module now handles idToken failures gracefully, logging an error and skipping the Authorization header instead of propagating the exception.
Files 21
+107 -71
18 modified
af2eb2f3

The fetch interceptor removes extensionOriginFetch support, simplifying all intercepted requests to use native fetch.

  • The fetch module removes the extensionOriginFetch code path, which previously allowed extension-origin requests to be routed through a custom fetch implementation from internalApiPromise.
  • Helper utilities for serializing Request objects to plain objects and reconstructing Responses from ArrayBuffers were removed from the utilities module alongside extensionOriginFetch.
  • The session token retry logic in the fetch interceptor is simplified, with both the initial request and the auth-header retry now always using native self.fetch directly.
Files 17
+64 -118
14 modified
5fe14787

Intents module gains a reactive request signal and response now only exists when an intent is active.

  • The intents module now exposes api.intents.request as a reactive signal that tracks the current active intent value.
  • The api.intents.response property is now a getter returning undefined when no intent is active, instead of always being defined.
  • Intent request state is kept synchronized with the internal API via subscription and unsubscribed automatically on page unload.
Files 14
+126 -177
10 modified
b3f8e93d

Internal refactoring of private field utilities with a minor defensive hasOwnProperty improvement.

  • The private field access guard in _utilities.js was updated to use {}.hasOwnProperty.call instead of Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call, making it more resilient to prototype pollution.
  • Internal private field helpers were renamed and reorganized in _utilities.js: the counter variable and key-creation and field-check functions swapped names.
  • _bootstrap.js was updated to call the renamed private field helpers privateKeyCounter and checkPrivateField consistently.
Files 3
+18 -18
e35faefd

Several modules broadened protocol support from Shopify-only to all protocols, with minor error tracking improvements.

  • toast.show and toast.hide switched from SHOPIFY_PROTOCOLS to ALL_PROTOCOLS, enabling them to work across all protocol environments.
  • sidekick.registerToolHandler and sidekick.registerContextCallback switched from SHOPIFY_PROTOCOLS to ALL_PROTOCOLS.
  • tools.register, tools.unregister, and tools.clear switched from SHOPIFY_PROTOCOLS to ALL_PROTOCOLS.
Files 20
+66 -67
16 modified
07f68577

Added mobile safe area inset support via a CSS custom property when the MobileBridgeNext flag is enabled.

  • Bootstrap now injects a --shopify-safe-area-inset-bottom CSS custom property initialized to 0px when the MobileBridgeNext feature flag is active.
  • The safe area inset bottom value is automatically subscribed to from the host and kept in sync as a CSS variable on the root element.
  • A body::after pseudo-element is added to reserve physical space at the bottom of the page equal to the safe area inset height.
Files 6
+43 -30
3 modified
d934d47f

The fetch module gained extensionOriginFetch support, and several modules narrowed their protocol scope to Shopify-only contexts.

  • The fetch module now supports an extensionOriginFetch handler that routes requests through a custom fetch implementation when available, affecting both initial and retry-on-session requests.
  • The toast module's show and hide methods now only activate in Shopify protocol contexts, replacing the previous all-protocols behavior.
  • The tools module's register, unregister, and clear methods now scope exclusively to Shopify protocols.
Files 24
+140 -188
20 modified
cdc43ba6

This build introduces first-class support for app intents — apps can now read structured intent data from the URL, respond to intents with ok/error/closed outcomes, and detect intent context via `environment.intent`. Two new modules (`analytics` and `tools`) were added, and the title bar gains support for `<s-button-group>` elements.

  • Two new modules registered: `analytics.js` and `tools.js`
  • `intents` module: new `api.data.intent` property that parses and exposes structured intent payload (`type`, `action`, `data`) from the URL's `intent` query parameter
  • `intents` module: new `api.intents.response` object with `ok()`, `error()`, and `closed()` methods for sending a response back to the intent caller (only exposed when an intent is present)
Files 26
+825 -709
21 modified
55c89da0

Initial baseline capture of Shopify's App Bridge CDN bundle. This is the first tracked build — all 38 modules and 4 infrastructure files have been deminified and catalogued.

  • Captured 34 feature modules including navigation, fetch, save-bar, toast, resource-picker, and POS
  • Identified 4 infrastructure files: bootstrap, utilities, remote-ui (RPC), and web-vitals
  • Bundle size: 88.5 KB minified, expanding to ~167 KB deminified across 38 files
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