Checkout And Accounts Configuration API for unified branding across checkout, customer accounts, and sign-in
Shopify developer change
MerchantDiff detected this entry in Shopify's official developer changelog on May 13, 2026.
This Shopify update is categorized as API, New, Admin GraphQL API, 2026-04.
What changed
As of API version 2026-04, the new Checkout And Accounts Configuration API is now available to unlock consistent branding customizations across checkout, customer accounts, and sign-in surfaces. This API is exclusively available to Shopify Plus merchants. This new API replaces the Checkout Profile API and Checkout Branding API (both are now deprecated). All capabilities to customize settings and branding for checkout, and customer accounts, and sign-in are now consolidated into one single API. What you can do: Shared branding settings: Use shared designTokens and components to set branding once and apply consistently across checkout, customer accounts, and sign-in pages.
Who is affected
Developers building customer account experiences or extensions should review this change.
What action may be needed
Review whether the new capability is relevant to your app. If you plan to use it, test the affected API or workflow before adopting it in production.
Use the official Shopify entry below as the source of truth for technical implementation details, affected APIs, migration instructions and deadlines.
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