13 people reported

All time, since Mar 19, 2025.

Theme ID mismatch in theme dev

“doesn't start up and throws an error instead, upon retrying (without changing) it suddenly works.”

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/shopify/issues/4691/file
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Quiet. No reports in the last two weeks, down from 2 a week at the early-September 2025 peak.

Theme dev fails with Theme ID mismatch error. Running shopify theme dev stops with an error citing upstream Shopify APIs; retrying sometimes works, sometimes the error persists.

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Where
theme dev command
Error text
This is likely related to an issue in upstream Shopify APIs
Versions
3.78.2 to 9.12.1
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Not quite your bug?

  1. Initial theme sync fails7 people
  2. Theme pull hangs or exits early2 people
  3. Theme pull corrupts binary assets2 people

Original reports13, newest first

  1. Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #7912
  2. theme dev: 6x request multiplier + Theme ID mismatch loop after first hot-reload upload (CLI 3.94.3)On GitHubcli #7494
  3. Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #7344
  4. Theme ID mismatch: expected 184349458697 but got 183258054921On GitHubcli #6816
  5. Theme ID mismatch:On GitHubcli #6644
  6. Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #6610
  7. Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #6552
  8. Error Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #6384
  9. <CLI connection breaks every little>On GitHubcli #6376
  10. Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #6085
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  1. Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #5904
  2. Theme ID mismatch errorOn GitHubcli #5733
  3. Theme ID mismatchOn GitHubcli #5540

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