Shopify CLI theme dev key shortcuts not working anymore

Shopify CLI and Libraries
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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?

Theme

Expected behavior

When running theme dev, the command is executed and results in an output of some links useful for development, like theme preview and theme editor. Those links can be opened at any time by using the indicated key ([p] for preview, [e] for theme editor) while the terminal is focussed.

Actual behavior

When pressing a shortcut key, the link is not opened but the key is printed to the console instead. This issue first appeared after updating to the latest CLI version somewhere in december 2025. This is only a quality of life issue but the feature was always very useful.

Reproduction steps

  • Run “shopify theme dev --environment main --theme-editor-sync” in any windows terminal, standalone or VS Code integrated does not make a difference
  • Resolve potential file conflicts
  • Wait for success message with the desired links
  • Press the preview [p] or theme editor [e] key

Verbose output

Due to many file conflicts always occuring for some reason (resolving leads to no actual file changes) the --verbose output is really very long and I will not provide it here, I expect the output to be not necessary for investigation.

Operating system

Windows 11

CLI version

3.88.1

Shell

Windows CMD

Nodejs version

v22.20.0

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Also seeing this issue and fairly frustrating.

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Hello! Thank you for the report. I will look into it.

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@Finn_VM @nbsimmons , I’m having a bit of difficulty replicating the issue. I’m testing on a windows 11 machine, with version 3.88.1. I’ve tried a few different terminals as well but when I hit the shortcut keys, they work.

Is there any more details you can give me? What browser normally pops up when it would work? Is there anything specific about where you’re running windows (vm, WSL).

If you were to downgrade your version to, 3.87.4 does it work?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi Josh, thanks for looking into it that fast!

I am running Windows 11 as the default OS on my machine, I am not using a VM or WSL. My default browser is Chrome.

Downgrading my CLI to 3.87.4 resolves the issue, so the problem was really introduced with version 3.88.

I hope that helps investigating, I am not quite sure which other infos to reproduce I could give.

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Thanks @Finn_VM! This is enough to go on. I’ll update here when there’s something to report.

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@Josh-Shopify

I am also experiencing this issue. I noticed that it only occurs with the --theme-editor-sync flag.

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Thanks @Ivan_Yu! This is a great piece of information.

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Quick update, I can replicate on my end now. Will update again when we have a fix working.

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Thanks Josh!

Sorry, I’ve been fairly snowed under.