Changelog
2025
New features, enhancements, and fixes released on the Swell platform in 2025.
December 2025
Platform
- Fix applied to correctly extend data models
- Fixed an issue where duplicate product image IDs in the same record could cause images to be deleted inadvertently
- Fixed an issue where files appeared empty in the Sunrise theme when upgrading its version
- Fixed an issue where content namespaces were incorrectly showing as “app” in the dashboard
- Fixed an issue where the theme editor could crash when rapidly deleting sections or blocks
- Fixed an issue with multi-value content lookup fields not populating correctly
- Fixed an issue where installing private apps could freeze the apps page in the dashboard
- Improved error handling for deleted files via the API
- Improved dashboard UI with minor style enhancements
- Improvements made to app extension event hooks
- Implemented PayPal gateway for direct card payments
- Implemented app extension demos and further enhancements
- Improvement made to apply section class from Proxima theme schemas
- Improvements made to delivery status field accuracy for multi-item orders
- Improvements made to invoice payment handling when updating saved cards
- Improved how the primary storefront is determined when
external.custom_urlis used - Improved layout for minimal account settings
- Implemented admin authentication for app frontends rendered in iframes
- Implemented app extension UI's for payments, shipping, and taxes
- Improved tab support for custom content models in edit and new views
- Raised the frontend API maximum
limitparameter from 100 to 1,000
November 2025
Platform
- Fixed an issue with the PayPal integration connection with test vs live environments
- Fixed subscription notifications not using the account’s shipping and billing data correctly
- Fixed an issue where subscription paused notifications were being triggered incorrectly
- Fixed an issue where stock levels were not updating during JSON-based product imports
- Fixed an issue where the CLI
swell logincommand was getting stuck during login on remote machines - Fixed an issue where purchase links were not updating after custom domain reconnection
- Fixed an issue where certain fields were not getting cleared when changing discount types
- Fixed an issue causing the draft order page to freeze
- Fixed caching issues when using the CLI
swell theme devcommand - Improvement made to prevent order creation when an authorized payment can’t be charged
- Improvements made to optimize reporting functionality
- Added the ability to select multiple status options for order filtering
Storefront
- Fixed an issue where the Sunrise theme version update could cause the editor not to load
- Fixed an issue where the color scheme name could be too long
- Added sitemap.xml generation in Proxima on request
- Improvement made to open external links in a separate tab within the theme editor
- Improvement made for indicating a missing template within a theme
- Various fixes and improvements for 3rd-party theme support
Sunrise theme
- Fixed an issue where category menus were not loading the correct products
- Fixed an issue where font settings were being overwritten
Checkout
- Added VAT and Tax ID fields to hosted checkout settings
- Added Sezzle payment integration
October 2025
Platform
- Added the number of paid orders to sales reports
- Added integration for Sezzle as an alternative payment option
- Added email opt-in status syncing to the Klaviyo integration
- Added Hono and Angular to the list of supported frameworks by Swell CLI
- Added
tax_idfield to shipping objects - Added “Partially Fulfilled” to the order status filter
- Improved reporting functionality within the Home dashboard
- Implemented shipping selection for Apple Pay via the Authorize.Net gateway
- Minor styling updates across the platform
- Fixed error handling for PayPal intent transactions
- Fixed an issue causing lookup fields with parent–child relationships to crash
- Fixed refund edge-case for Google Pay and Apple Pay in the Authorize.Net gateway
- Fixed alignment issues in the advanced permissions UI
- Fixed shipping webhooks failing due to missing shipping fingerprints
Apps SDK
- Added app event hooks and integrations
- Improved the
rendertag to use cached snippet versions - Prevented caching when the theme version is set to
null - Fixed locale flag display
- Fixed issues with block
idandimg_urlvalues - Fixed an issue where the Theme Editor only displayed the default template
Storefront
- Migrated from Astro v4 → v5 and transitioned from pages to workers
- Updated Node.js version in the
.nvmrcconfiguration file - Deployed Proxima to Cloudflare and internal infrastructure
- Implemented HTML responses based on the
X-Astro-Route-Typeheader - Improved error messaging for missing theme templates
- Improved block overlay behavior to disable when the section is inactive
- Improved text editing responsiveness across various blocks
- Various fixes for Shopify theme compatibility
- Fixed inconsistent navigation button behavior in slideshow sections within the editor
- Fixed an issue where updated storefronts were using outdated Liquid files
- Fixed an issue where new storefronts were generated with a development version
- Fixed UI overlap issues with color scheme names
- Fixed incorrect
storefront-idassignments in published storefront instances - Fixed issues with the
cart_addfunctionality
Sunrise Theme
- Added an option for title alignment in the page template
- Added column span settings to featured content section blocks
- Added labels to sections in the editor preview when selected
- Updated mobile styling for the left-hand navigation
- Updated default placeholder images and content
- Improved product price sorting behavior for gift cards
- Improved sorting functionality in the product list template
- Improved feature list block styling and functionality
- Removed deprecated “alt” template
- Refactored section/block overlay handling in the editor preview to avoid DOM modifications
- Fixed bugs affecting collapsible content blocks
- Fixed social media icon color schemes in the blog post template
- Fixed the dismiss button on the announcement bar
- Limited locale dropdown height to 160px and added scroll support
- Fixed display issues in the footer section
- Fixed locale dropdown UI inconsistencies
September 2025
Platform
- Added conversion rate field for cart reports
- Added the date field to all rows in order CSV exports
- Added Apple Pay payment options to the Authorize.net gateway
- Added Google Pay payment options to the Authorize.net gateway
- Improved console log styling for validation errors
- Improvement made to show storefront preview for unpublished storefront
- Improvement made to allow updating the theme through the app config if not owned by client
- Improvements made to [cli] to run functions locally with
swell app dev - Various improvements were made to the reporting section UI
- Refactored Shopify image import logic
- Fixed an issue preventing adding multiple subscription plans to a new product
- Fix made to advanced user permissions for reports
- Fixed an issue with the storefront initial publish status and the ability to publish from list
- Fixed an issue where localized shipping services were not displaying correctly
- Fixed subscription price editing inconsistencies
Sunrise Theme
- Improvement made to the category list heading block margin
- Improvement to padding within the account section
- Improvements made to the header section label
- Improvement made to the hero section default image height
- Improvements made to category list copy
- Improvements made to color scheme names
- Added default formatting for blog and page text
htags - Fixed an issue where customer data was not showing within the customer portal in the editor
- Fixed an issue where related products were not redirecting to the correct product in the editor
- Fixed an issue with the category list heading block spacing
- Fixed an issue with the initial load of the custom portal data view
- Fixed an issue with the text for variant option pills
- Fix applied to header announcements within the storefront preview image
- Fix applied to the Mobile UI view for the submit button text
- Fixed an issue preventing the search template from functioning within the editor
- Fixed an issue for the header section outline within the editor
- Fixed an issue with the product template-related products block within the editor
- Fixed an error when navigating to a category from the category list
Storefront
- Added support for .liquid dynamic assets
- Improvements made to the theme editor design
- Various enhancements to storefront app performance
- Fixed product URLs incorrectly nesting under category routes
- Fixed an issue with customer portal functionality within the editor
- Fixed an issue where the page description was not being set
- Fix applied for Proxima custom URL logic
- Fixed an issue preventing the change of variant selection within the editor
- Various fixes for Shopify theme compatibility
- Resolved an issue causing featured blog posts to redirect to the wrong URL
- Fixed an issue where the color scheme outputs were incorrect
- Fixed an issue causing the editor not to load in some cases
Apps-SDK
- Fixed an issue with the cache key locale
- Added custom content types for cache rules
- Fixed an issue with the selection for theme configs
- Implemented cache versioning by app version
- Switched theme loader to kv cache
August 2025
Platform
- Fixed an issue with taxes webhook
- Fixed an issue where checkout using cached cart data could select the wrong shipping service
- Fixed an issue with the “use account” behavior in subscription billing and shipping
- Improved caching for report data and display times
- Improved the addresses dashboard for better usability
- Implemented page record extraction for content management
- Improved reporting dashboard logic, chart reliability, and default view
- Improved payment flow to prevent uncaptured or duplicate payments
- Improved product filters and ensured
client_idis correctly set in API requests - Added full-page HTML cache support in Apps SDK
- Added account expansion to subscription data for the storefront API
- Added bundle item images and price fields to order public permissions
- Enabled querying by app version; now only published app versions are returned by default
- Updated Swell Node version
Sunrise theme
- Fixed customer portal button and link placement across templates
- Fixed missing product images, category placeholders, and gift card email field errors
- Improved product template layout, product list display, and cart functionality
- Added Sunrise subscription template
- Added support for viewing single orders and subscriptions in the customer portal
- Added new orders, subscriptions, and My Details dashboards
- Enhanced “Create an Account” and login pages
- Updated navigation menu UI
- Updated default content and preset color schemes
Proxima
- Improved HTML caching performance
Apps SDK
- Fixed address ID handling
- Added missing Shopify global objects
- Implemented theme batch loading
- Moved Cloudflare types to a separate file
April 2025
Platform
- Improved user authorization securities
Storefront
- Increased maximum storefront limit to 50
- Implemented default storefront menus
- Improved handling of new storefront creation
- Improved caching performance
- Improved Liquid conversion performance
- Improved theme cache performance
- Improved checkout UI and functionality
- Improved performance of record lookups
- Fixed rendering issues with blog content
- Fixed UI jumping issues when preview frame is reloaded
- Fixed localization fetching issues and removed Astro localization middleware
- Fixed various storefront and theme app updating issues
Sunrise theme
- Added support for product subscription options and non-variant options
- Implemented rich text formatting in theme settings
- Implemented blog content editing link in theme editor
- Implemented settings to allow custom text in email form button
- Implemented settings in Image banner for more control of styles
- Implemented inline editing functionality for all sections and blocks
- Implemented more settings to the Rich text section for great customization
- Implemented subscription functionality within product pages
- Implemented UI for language and currency within the theme
- Implemented mega menu and custom settings
- Improved functionality to slider element in settings panel
- Improved Featured content icon functionality
- Updates to properties controlled by color schemes in various sections
- Updates to media queries for better responsive functionality
- Updates to filtering functionality for product listing
- Updates to translation config to eliminate syntax erros
- Fixed variant selector issues on product pages
- Fixed collapsible content expanding differently in editor and preview
March 2025
Dashboard
- Various UI improvements
Storefront
- Beta release of new Storefronts V2
- Improved editor performance by optimizing component loading
- Enabled selection of inline editable blocks
- Enhanced theme versioning updates
- Increased theme file upload limit to 25MB
- Added ability to edit theme colors via theme sections
- Header menu selection and setup issues resolved
- Placeholder images now render properly in the editor and preview
- Hidden elements no longer appear in preview
- Hidden blocks now reorganize correctly
- Locale/Currency menus now display correctly in the storefront editor
- Text block background colors now align with color schemes
- Various functionality, styling, and UX/UI fixes
Sunrise theme
- Implemented Vimeo and YouTube support for video banners
- Added an "Image height" property in the image block
- Improved localization functionality
- Updated font size, weights and label styles
- Fixed sticky header not rendering in editor preview
- Fixed announcement banner stacking issues
- Fixed blog content not rendering
February 2025
Dashboard
- Various UI improvements
Platform
- Improved app publishing process
- Prevented theme app from being deleted when storefront uses it
Storefront
- Added feature to import images when uploading Shopify themes
- Added toggle component to switch between local and live mode within storefront app
- Improved search interaction within theme editor
- Improved app publishing process
- Improved theme file cache performance
- Improved primary storefront listing styles
- Various functionality, styling, and UX/UI fixes
- Fixed rendering of custom pages
Sunrise theme
- Improved functionality adding a product with options to the cart
- Fixed initialization of the 'custom_css' and 'disabled' fields
- Fixed color scheme applications for the Sunrise theme
January 2025
Platform
- Fixed issue with custom domain validation
- Deployed thousands of lines of code for V2 storefront and theme editor features (coming soon)
Dashboard
- Various improvements to display and filtering of logs in the developer console
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