Shopify: Password protection can be removed for newly created development store

Details

Per https://help.shopify.com/en/partners/dashboard/managing-stores/development-stores#the-development-store-password-page, it states that the password can only be removed once the store has been transferred or switch to a paid plan.

You can remove the password page only after you transfer the store to a merchant or switch the store to a paid plan.

However, it is still possible to remove the password by using the GraphQL PreferencesSave operation.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a development store using a partner account
2. From that shop admin, go to Online Store > Preferences
3. Make any change to the page and intercept the request
4. Update the passwordProtection.enabled property to false

The store is now paswordless.

Demo

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Impact

Disable development store password