This code exemplifies the issue: import { extension } from "@shopify/ui-extensions/customer-account"; return extension(target, (root, api) => { console.log(api.appMetafields.current) // => Returns undefined while inside the editor, but returns expected value in prod. setTimeout(() => console.…

App Metafields are asynchronous in customer account editor but synchronous in prod

remy727 August 25, 2025, 6:48pm 2

Hope this helps.

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