Changing app access scopes without requesting network access

Topic summary

A developer is trying to update their app’s access scopes (write_products, read_orders, customer_read_orders) for a test development store without triggering the full deployment and network access approval process.

Current Challenge:

  • The previous method (npm run shopify app config push) is now deprecated
  • The new process requires creating and deploying a new version, which involves:
    • Requesting and getting approved for network access
    • Going through Shopify’s review process

Developer’s Concern:
They’re still in active development and not ready for review/publishing, making the new workflow seem overly complex for a simple scope change during testing.

Proposed Solution:
Another user suggests enabling network access directly through the Partner Dashboard by navigating to: Apps > {Your App} > API Access section.

Note: The developer also questions whether customer_read_orders is needed alongside read_orders to receive complete customer data in order webhooks.

Summarized with AI on November 6. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

In your app’s configuration page (Partner Dashboard > Apps > {Your App}) you can go to the “API Access” section and enable network access there: