Starting September 15th, 2025, Shopify stopped setting three cookies on merchant storefronts: _landing_page, _orig_referrer, and _tracking_consent. Any custom code or third-party integrations that relied on these internal cookies will no longer have access to them. This change affects how developers track user behavior and consent status on Shopify stores.
These cookies were long considered internal implementation details, but many developers built dependencies on them for analytics, attribution, and consent tracking. The removal forces a shift to documented, supported APIs that are more stable and maintainable long-term. If your store uses custom JavaScript that reads these cookies, your tracking functionality may break unless you migrate to alternative methods immediately.
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