Starting August 15th, 2025, Shopify will discontinue setting the _shopify_country cookie on merchant storefronts and checkout pages. This cookie has long been a standard way for developers to detect customer location and personalize experiences accordingly. Shopify is replacing this functionality with a more reliable alternative through the Customer Privacy API.
If your store relies on the _shopify_country cookie for geolocation, tax calculations, shipping rules, or localized content, this change will break those implementations unless you migrate to the new solution. The Customer Privacy API's getRegion method provides more accurate location data while respecting customer privacy preferences and consent requirements. Waiting until August 15th to make this transition could result in downtime or loss of location-based functionality.
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