Liquid {% if customer %} Condition Not Triggered When Logged in as Admin

[Lily_Feng]

In Liquid:

liquid

{% if customer %}

When using an admin account to log in, it often fails to be recognized — this condition doesn't execute, meaning it is treated as if no user is logged in.

[Muhammad_Junaid]

Even after a successful login, customer remains null on the storefront.

This issue has been reported by multiple developers. A similar case was discussed in the following topic on the Shopify Community forum:

{{ customer }} is null on storefront after login via shopify.com/account

Hey everyone, We’re seeing a strange issue with customer sessions on stores using new customer accounts. Basically, when a user logs in via shopify.com/account, everything looks fine there — but when they return to the storefront (*.myshopify.com) after some time (like 24h+), they show up as logged out. {{ customer }} is null, so any Liquid-based logic or loyalty widgets treat them as guests. But at the same time, the checkout still recognizes them as logged in and pre-fills their info. Cook…

It appears to be a platform-side session inconsistency or limitation.

[Liam-Shopify]

We’re working on resolving this now - thanks for flagging!