Changes to products, orders, discounts, themes, apps, staff, payments, and store settings now appear in one log. You can see who made each change, filter entries, and compare values before and after the change. Logs are now kept for up to 18 months.
Records of changes were spread across different pages. The old log kept only the 250 most recent events.
Everything is in Settings > General > Store activity log. You can filter by who made the change, and opening a row shows the values before and after. Logs are kept for up to 18 months.
Shown under the staff member or collaborator who made the change.
Changes made by apps are attributed to the app.For some app changes, the person who made them isn't recorded, so the app name is shown.
Changes made by Shopify staff are shown as "Shopify."
| Item | Old log | New Store activity log |
|---|---|---|
| Retention period | Entry limit Up to the 250 most recent events | Time range Up to 18 months |
| Coverage | Not stated | Consolidated Products, orders, discounts, themes, apps, staff, payments, and store settings |
| Filtering | Not stated | 5 dimensions Actor / action type / resource / field / date range |
| Change details | Not stated | Before/after comparison Shows before and after values when available |
| Access from individual pages | Not stated | View activity Opens the log pre-filtered to that item |
| Who can use it | Staff with access to the old log (can keep using it for now) | Restricted Store owner + staff with both Manage settings and Edit permissions |
Store owner, and staff with both "Manage settings" and "Edit permissions"staff permissions (e.g., the Administrator or Organization administrator role).
Other staff with access to the old logwill keep using the old log for now. No migration timeline has been given.
or open it directly from "View activity" on pages such as products and orders.
Filter by actor, action type, resource, field, and date range.
See what changed and, where available, the before and after values.
For some app-made changes, the actor isn't recorded and only the app name is shown.In stores with many integrated or custom apps, "which app made the change" may beas far as you can trace.
The article only describes the feature in the admin. It says nothing about access via the Admin API, CSV export, or webhook integration. Don't design anything that assumes ingestion into an external SIEM or similar tool.
The old log was capped at the most recent 250 events, so high-activity stores lost entries quickly. The new log keeps up to 18 months. However,recording only starts shortly before the release, so older history can't be retrieved retroactively.
Only the owner, or staff with both Manage settings and Edit permissions.If you want frontline staff to see it, you'll need to revisit your permission setup, but keep in mind that granting these permissions has a broad impact.
Shopify explicitly states that not all admin actions are recorded yet. Before and after values are also shown only "where available."For audits and incident investigations, treat the log as the primary source, but assume gaps may exist and cross-check it against other sources (such as app-side logs)as standard practice.