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
shopify theme check runs without an error
Actual behavior
Shopify theme check results in the following error: Please provide a valid environment.
Reproduction steps
Ensure you have the latest @shopify/cli: npm i -g @shopify/cli@latest (3.89.0 as of now)
Clone latest dawn theme: GitHub - Shopify/dawn: Shopify's first source available reference theme, with Online Store 2.0 features and performance built-in.
Run shopify theme check (note there should be no errors).
Add a shopify.theme.toml to the top level, then add
[environments.default]
store = "xyz.myshopify.com"
In the terminal, run shopify theme check again. Note the error: “Please provide a valid environment.”
Note this did not occur prior to v3.89.0.
Verbose output
shopify theme check --verbose
2026-01-21T18:41:54.814Z: Running command theme check
2026-01-21T18:41:54.816Z: Running system process in background:
· Command: /Users/xyz/.nvm/versions/node/v24.12.0/bin/node /Users/xyz/.nvm/versions/node/v24.12.0/bin/shopify notifications list --ignore-errors
· Working directory: /Users/xyz/Documents/dev-adhoc/dawn
2026-01-21T18:41:54.820Z: Notifications to show: 0
2026-01-21T18:41:54.823Z: Reading the content of file at shopify.theme.toml...
╭─ error ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ Please provide a valid environment. │
│ │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
2026-01-21T18:41:54.845Z: Running system process:
· Command: npm prefix
· Working directory: /Users/xyz/Documents/dev-adhoc/dawn
2026-01-21T18:41:54.970Z: Obtaining the dependency manager in directory /Users/xyz/Documents/dev-adhoc/dawn...
2026-01-21T18:41:55.091Z: Getting current session ID...
2026-01-21T18:41:55.092Z: Getting current session ID...
2026-01-21T18:41:58.796Z: Request to https://monorail-edge.shopifysvc.com/v1/produce completed in 3696 ms
With response headers:
- x-request-id: e875117e-20f5-42a6-92d5-045521461b60
2026-01-21T18:41:58.798Z: Analytics event sent: {
"command": "theme check",
"time_start": 1769020914815,
"time_end": 1769020914843,
"total_time": 28,
"success": false,
"cli_version": "3.89.0",
"ruby_version": "",
"node_version": "24.12.0",
"is_employee": false,
"uname": "darwin arm64",
"env_ci": false,
"env_plugin_installed_any_custom": false,
"env_plugin_installed_shopify": "[\"@shopify/cli\"]",
"env_shell": "zsh",
"env_device_id": "e6a1790d8b3381200d0ddee5503d04027dea4d8b",
"env_cloud": "localhost",
"env_package_manager": "unknown",
"env_is_global": true,
"env_auth_method": "device_auth",
"env_is_wsl": false,
"env_build_repository": "Shopify/cli",
"cmd_app_warning_api_key_deprecation_displayed": false,
"cmd_all_timing_network_ms": 0,
"cmd_all_timing_prompts_ms": 0,
"cmd_all_launcher": "unknown",
"cmd_all_topic": "theme",
"cmd_all_plugin": "@shopify/theme",
"cmd_all_verbose": true,
"cmd_all_path_override": true,
"cmd_all_path_override_hash": "8688f8f845de2227c48abe678e176750c75fb892",
"cmd_all_timing_active_ms": 28,
"cmd_all_exit": "expected_error",
"user_id": "3265f6d0-84fa-487b-b542-c043f69c55be",
"request_ids": [],
"args": "--verbose",
"cmd_all_environment_flags": "{\"store\":\"xyz.myshopify.com\"}",
"error_message": "Please provide a valid environment.",
"env_plugin_installed_all": "[\"@shopify/cli\"]",
"env_shopify_variables": "{}",
"metadata": "{\"extraPublic\":{},\"extraSensitive\":{}}"
}
2026-01-21T18:41:58.832Z: Getting current session ID...
2026-01-21T18:41:58.833Z: Reporting handled error to Bugsnag: Please provide a valid environment.
2026-01-21T18:41:59.096Z: Running system process:
· Command: npm prefix
· Working directory: /Users/xyz/Documents/dev-adhoc/dawn
2026-01-21T18:41:59.214Z: Obtaining the dependency manager in directory /Users/xyz/Documents/dev-adhoc/dawn...
2026-01-21T18:41:59.214Z: Getting current session ID...
Operating system
Mac OS Tahoe
CLI version
3.89.0
Shell
zsh
Nodejs version
v24.12.0
What language and version are you using in your application?
node v24.12.0
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