{
  "slug": "shopify-store-create-preview-is-publicly-available-39c2cd2b51b9",
  "title": "shopify store create preview is publicly available",
  "tools": [
    "shopify"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-13T11:48:41.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-13T11:48:41.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When you need a development store and have no existing Shopify account, run `shopify store create preview` to create a preview Shopify store.",
    "examples": [
      "shopify store create preview",
      "shopify store create preview --name \"<store name>\" --country <two-letter country code>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 4.5.0",
      "--country <value>: Two-letter country code for the store, such as US, CA, or GB.",
      "--name <value>: The name of the store.",
      "-j, --json: Output result as JSON; automatically disables color output.",
      "--no-color: Disable color output.",
      "--verbose: Increase output verbosity.",
      "Prerequisite: No existing account is needed for preview-store creation.",
      "No existing account is required for this preview-store creation workflow.",
      "This change affects command visibility only; command behavior is unchanged."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Create a preview Shopify store for repository development when no existing Shopify account is available.",
  "before": "The command was hidden from public release.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/Shopify/cli/releases/tag/4.5.0",
    "https://github.com/Shopify/cli/pull/7976",
    "https://github.com/Shopify/cli/blob/4.5.0/packages/cli/README.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.95038,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-515bbc5e291e266b-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "7659ce3f5a85fd3b1ead8a802972283c27036adebb03d19b70ad7964674fb6b6"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "a1cbf1df58c5412511d421343f100eebb1f051e160189703e21c36eef15d516d",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.70 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}