I have reproduced the issue on the latest CLI version. Yes, I am on the latest version I have searched existing posts and this report is not a duplicate. Yes, this isn’t a duplicate In which of these areas are you experiencing a problem? Other Expected behavior shopify app dev should start withou…

same problem, on every start [image]

The fix for this has been merged and will be available in the next version of the CLI. Use validated storefront password for theme apps by graygilmore · Pull Request #7662 · Shopify/cli · GitHub

@shopify/cli@4.1.0 keeps asking for store password

Shopify CLI and Libraries

Gray-Shopify May 28, 2026, 8:42pm 2

Thanks, Tom! We’re looking into it.

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@shopify/cli@4.1.0 keeps asking for store password

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