Unlisted Shopify App with OAuth Review Required Before Installation?

Authentication & Access
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Hi everyone,

I’m currently developing a public Shopify app that uses OAuth for installation. The app is not intended for the Shopify App Store merchants install it directly via a custom install URL (unlisted/non-public distribution).

During a test installation, I got a message saying Shopify needs to review the app before it can be installed. I was not expecting this, since I’m not submitting to the App Store.

My questions:

  1. Is this review process mandatory even for unlisted apps that are not going through the App Store?
  2. How long does this review typically take?
  3. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process or avoid the review for development/testing purposes (e.g. using a development store or test partners)?

Any experience or advice from people who have gone through this would be really appreciated.

Thanks

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An unlisted app is still ‘public’ just not visible on the app store. You will need to do go through the review process for this.

You can create a custom app and install to shops all within the same organisation. But I’m pretty certain you cannot go creating duplicates of the same app as custom apps to distribute to stores, this is against the partners agreement.