Hi, I’m trying to run local development for an existing public app already listed in the Shopify App Store: `npx shopify app dev` The unchanged `shopify.app.toml` only requests: ``` [access_scopes] scopes = "read_themes" ``` The app does not use Shopify Events and has no `[events]` section. …

Hi, there is already an open thread on this, closing. [image] Getting error: Validation errors in shopify.app.toml: Shopify CLI and Libraries Validation error in shopify.app.toml: [events]: Required

[events]: Required when running shopify app dev on an existing public app

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Luke August 24, 2026, 8:25am 2

Hi, there is already an open thread on this, closing.

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[events]: Required when running shopify app dev on an existing public app

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