Cannot use render tag in app snippets

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Since yesterday, running shopify app dev and shopify app deploy in a theme app extension results in Error while updating drafts: [snippets/snippet-1.liquid] Liquid syntax error: Cannot use render tag in app snippets.
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This occurs on code that was working fine in previous deployments and has not changed since. The code in snippet-1.liquid used to render snippet-2.liquid as such:

{% liquid
  capture my_logic
    capture my_content
      render 'snippet-2', product: my_product
    endcapture
endcapture %}

Perhaps related to [FIXED - may require your action] CLI dev/deployment issues?

2

I have to ask…why are you using a capture inside a capture?

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3

Gotta catch em all -

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4

If you use this in a simpler context in a theme app extension, is it still not working?

5

Yes, here’s a minimally reproducible example:

blocks/block-1.liquid

{% render 'snippet-1' %}

{% schema %}
{
  "name": "Block 1",
  "target": "section",
  "settings": []
}
{% endschema %}

snippets/snippet-1.liquid

{% liquid echo "This is snippet-1" %}
{% render 'snippet-2' %}

snippets/snippet-2.liquid

{% liquid echo "This is snippet-2" %}

In the example above, I’m getting Error while updating drafts: [snippets/snippet-1.liquid] Liquid syntax error: Cannot use render tag in app snippets.

However, if I remove the line {% render 'snippet-2' %}, the draft for the extension is correctly updated.

Re. the nested capture, there was some more code that I didn’t paste here which makes use of only the inner capture.

6

Hi again,

So from digging into this, it does seem that it’s a known limitation that theme app extensions don’t allow nested rendering of snippets - was this possible for you previously?

7

Hi, yes, we’d had this in production since at least 2024-10-20.

8

@Liam-Shopify Will this be possible someday? :smiley:

9

Adding in that this was also possible for me as of 4 months ago but is no longer being allowed by the CLI. Can this please be added back?

10

@Liam-Shopify any update on this, please?

11

you can call a snippet within a snippet using render but you cant state snippets/snippet-1.liquid when doing a render.

Syntax Errors or Theme Misconfigurations: Ensure that the snippet names are correct and do not include the .liquid extension when using {% render %}. For example, {% render ‘child-snippet’ %} is correct, while {% render ‘child-snippet.liquid’ %} will cause an error.

12

I’m not using the erroneous syntax you’re referring to, as per my code snippets above.