---
title: "Shopify CustomerPhoneNumber gets smsMarketingConsent; flat SMS consent fields deprecated: 2026-10-01 | Harbyn"
description: "Shopify CustomerPhoneNumber gets smsMarketingConsent; flat SMS consent fields deprecated, announced Oct 1, 2026; replacement: smsMarketingConsent."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/shopify/2026-10-01-sms-marketing-consent-now-available-on-the-customerphonenumber-object"
last-updated: 2026-10-03
---

# Shopify CustomerPhoneNumber gets smsMarketingConsent; flat SMS consent fields deprecated

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/shopify/2026-10-01-sms-marketing-consent-now-available-on-the-customerphonenumber-object>.

Deprecation - Shopify. low severity. In effect.

The CustomerPhoneNumber object has a new smsMarketingConsent field that uses the same structured consent model as WhatsApp. The existing flat SMS marketing consent fields on CustomerPhoneNumber are deprecated but remain available, with no removal date given. New integrations should use smsMarketingConsent and existing ones should plan to migrate.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Shopify](https://harbyn.com/vendors/shopify.md) |
| Kind | Deprecation |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Replacement | `smsMarketingConsent` |
| Vendor page | <https://shopify.dev/changelog/sms-marketing-consent-now-available-on-the-customerphonenumber-object> |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Shopify, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://shopify.dev/changelog/feed.xml> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-03 05:27 UTC, sha256 `8fa8550cc939244de80fdd1db7e7b30d257c21fa84af76ee054e9fa6f647c3e5`)

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