Error while creating a profile: " 'Kuwait' must have at least one province associated. "

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Topic summary

A Shopify API error is preventing the creation of shipping zones for Kuwait. The error message states that ‘Kuwait’ must have at least one province associated with it.

Key Issue:

  • The problem began yesterday when attempting to create shipping profiles via the API
  • Kuwait appears to have no provinces listed in Shopify’s system

Technical Context:

  • According to Shopify’s API documentation for provinces/resources (admin REST API 2023-01), Kuwait should not require provinces
  • This creates a conflict between the API’s validation requirements and the actual geographic structure of Kuwait

The issue remains unresolved, with the API rejecting valid requests for a country that legitimately has no provincial subdivisions.

Summarized with AI on November 22. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Since yesterday the API refuses to create shipping zones for Kuwait with this error: ‘Kuwait’ must have at least one province associated.

The thing is Kuwait doesn’t seem to have provinces as the doc says: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest/2023-01/resources/province