Name

Description

Duration

_ab

Used to control when the admin bar is shown on the storefront.

1y

_abv

Persist the collapsed state of the admin bar.

1y

_checkout_queue_token

Used when there is a queue during the checkout process.

1y

_cmp_a

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

1d

_identity_session

Contains the identity session identifier of the user.

2y

_master_udr

Permanent device identifier.

session

_pay_session

The Rails session cookie for Shopify Pay

session

_secure_account_session_id

Used to track a customer's session for new customer accounts.

30d

_session_id

Used for providing reporting and analytics.

2y

_shopify_country

Used for Plus shops where pricing currency/country is set from GeoIP by helping avoid GeoIP lookups after the first request.

30min

_shopify_essential

Contains essential information for the correct functionality of a store such as session and checkout information and anti-tampering data.

1y

_storefront_u

Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

1min

_tracking_consent

Used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region.

1y

auth_state_<<id>>

Stores state for customer authentication.

25min

card_update_verification_id

Used to support verification when a buyer is redirected back to Shopify after completing 3D Secure during checkout.

20min

cart

Contains information related to the user's cart.

2w

cart_currency

Used after a checkout is completed to initialize a new empty cart with the same currency as the one just used.

2w

cart_sig

A hash of the contents of a cart. This is used to verify the integrity of the cart and to ensure performance of some cart operations.

2w

cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

cart_ver

Set every time a cart is updated and used to track cart version mismatches.

2w

checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

21d

checkout_one_remember_me

Used to prefill checkout with the details from the previous checkout.

1y

checkout_prefill

Encrypts and stores URL parameters containing PII which are used in cart permalink URLs.

5min

checkout_session_lookup

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

checkout_session_token_<<id>>

Used when a checkout session is established on the server.

3w

checkout_token

Captures the landing page of the visitor when they come from other sites.

session

customer_account_locale

Used to keep track of a customer account locale when a redirection occurs from checkout or the storefront to customer accounts.

1y

customer_payment_method

Stores what payment method is being updated for subscriptions.

1h

customer_shop_pay_agreement

Used to help verify a new Shop Pay payment instrument.

20min

device_fp_id

Device fingerprint identifier to help prevent fraud.

session

device_id

Session device identifier to help prevent fraud.

session

discount_code

Stores a discount code (received from an online store visit with a URL parameter) in order to the next checkout.

session

dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart

Adjusts checkout experience for buyers that proceed with regular checkout versus dynamic checkout.

30min

hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout

Set when a buyer dismisses the Shop Pay login modal during checkout, informing display to buyer.

session

keep_alive

Used when international domain redirection is enabled to determine if a request is the first one of a session.

session

locale_bar_accepted

Preserves if the modal from the geolocation app was accepted.

session

locale_bar_dismissed

Preserves if the modal from the geolocation app was dismissed.

1d

localization

Used to localize the cart to the correct country.

2w

logged_in

Identity logged-in hint.

12w

login_with_shop_finalize

Used to facilitate login with Shop.

5min

master_device_id

Permanent device identifier.

1y

order

Used to allow access to the data of the order details page of the buyer.

3w

pay_update_intent_id

Stores an ID of a Shop Pay billing agreement update intent, required for a callback after verifying a new Shop Pay payment instrument.

20min

preview_theme

Used to indicate whether the theme is being previewed.

session

previous_checkout_token

Used to prefill checkout with the details from the previous checkout.

1y

previous_step

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

profile_preview_token

Used for previewing checkout extensibility.

5min

receive-cookie-deprecation

A cookie specified by Google to identify certain Chrome browsers affected by the third-party cookie deprecation. More information about this cookie can be found here.

session

remember_me

Used to prefill checkout with the details from the previous checkout.

1y

secure_customer_sig

Used to identify a user after they sign into a shop as a customer so they do not need to log in again.

1y

shop_pay_accelerated

Indicates if a buyer is eligible for Shop Pay accelerated checkout.

1y

shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settings

Stores changes merchant does in the editor to update the preview.

16h

shopify_pay

Used to log in a buyer into Shop Pay when they come back to checkout on the same store.

1y

shopify_pay_redirect

Used to accelerate the checkout process when the buyer has a Shop Pay account.

1y

storefront_digest

Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected.

1y

tracked_start_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

user

Used in connection with Shop login.

1y

user_cross_site

Used in connection with Shop login.

1y

wpm-domain-test

Used to test Shopify's Web Pixel Manager with the domain to make sure everything is working correctly.

session

Name

Description

Duration

_landing_page

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites.

2w

_orig_referrer

Allows merchant to identify where people are visiting them from.

2w

_shopify_ga

Contains Google Analytics parameters that enable cross-domain analytics measurement to work.

session

_shopify_s

Used to identify a given browser session/shop combination. Duration is 30 minute rolling expiry of last use.

30min

_shopify_sa_p

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites to support marketing analytics.

30min

_shopify_sa_t

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites to support marketing analytics.

30min

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

checkout_one_experiment

Used when a checkout is eligible to Checkout One and has been assigned to an experiment (control group or test group).

session

shop_analytics

Contains the required buyer information for analytics in Shop.

1y

unique_interaction_id

Used for checkout metrics.

10min