RSS Feed Missing "Action Required" Category Tags from Developer Changelog

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Hi Shopify Developer Community,

I’ve noticed a significant discrepancy between the Developer Changelog web page and its RSS feed that could cause developers to miss critical updates.

The Problem

The RSS feed at https://shopify.dev/changelog/feed.xml does not include the “Action Required” category tag, even though these entries appear with this tag on the web page at Recent changes to Shopify’s platform .

Specific Example

The changelog entry “Removing visible_to_storefront_api field on metaobject field definitions” (published September 30, 2025):

On the web page:

  • Tagged with “Action Required” + “Deprecation Announcement”

In the RSS feed:

<category>API</category>
<category>Deprecation Announcement</category>
  • Missing the “Action Required” category entirely

Why This Matters

Many developers rely on RSS feeds for automated monitoring of API changes. Without the “Action Required” tag in the feed:

  1. We cannot filter or prioritize critical updates that need immediate attention
  2. Breaking changes get buried among routine updates
  3. We’re forced to manually check the web page regularly, defeating the purpose of RSS automation

Current RSS Categories

The feed currently includes:

  • API
  • Update
  • New
  • Breaking API Change
  • Deprecation Announcement
  • (and others)

But notably missing: Action Required

Request

Could the Shopify team please:

  1. Add “Action Required” as a category in the RSS feed XML
  2. Ensure all entries tagged “Action Required” on the web page are also tagged in RSS
  3. Consider adding a priority/severity level to help developers triage updates

Temporary Workaround

For others facing this issue, I’ve found that monitoring both:

  • The RSS feed for general updates
  • https://shopify.dev/changelog?tags=action-required for critical items

Has anyone else noticed this? Are there better ways to track action-required changes via automation?

Thanks for looking into this!

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Thanks for reporting this. I can see that would be really useful and will pass that suggestion on. I’ll update you here when I know more :slight_smile:

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Hey @Toshiyuki_Tanaka, closing the loop here, we have created an issue to have that added to the changelog. I don’t have a timeline at this point but I will update this thread once it’s been completed.