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SHOPIFY_CLI_PARTNERS_TOKEN

Shopify CLI 5.0 deprecates SHOPIFY_CLI_PARTNERS_TOKEN and SHOPIFY_APP_AUTOMATION_TOKEN in favour of SHOPIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN.

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Why it happens

The old variables still work but are deprecated. The CLI rejects environments that set the new variable alongside either old one, so a half-migrated CI config fails.

Manual fix

# CI: rename, keep the same token value, and unset the old names
unset SHOPIFY_CLI_PARTNERS_TOKEN SHOPIFY_APP_AUTOMATION_TOKEN
export SHOPIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN="$TOKEN"
shopify app deploy --force

Verify

Re-run your install/build and re-scan the file above. The finding should be gone. The paid fixer applies the same change across a repo: --dry-run shows the diff, --apply keeps a .bak of each file, and --rollback restores them.

Sources

• Shopify: Migrate to Shopify CLI 5.0 (Automation tokens)

Related errors

• shopify theme dev --poll removed in Shopify CLI 5.0
• shopify app logs / app logs sources removed in CLI 5.0
• shopify theme list --json: jq "Cannot index object"

Full guide and free terminal scanner: Shopify CLI 5 migration. Last checked 2026-10-31.