Hard-coded storefront route

Detects storefront links that use a fixed path where a Shopify locale-aware route object is expected.

A fixed storefront path can send a customer back to the default locale or bypass route behavior managed by Shopify.

The Runtime inspects supported link attributes in Liquid templates and checks whether a recognized storefront path is hard-coded instead of being produced by a Shopify route object.

Does not match

• Links already produced by a supported Shopify routes object
• Relative anchors, external URLs and paths outside the rule’s recognized storefront-route set
• Dynamic routing whose final value cannot be established statically

• Affected Liquid file and exact source location
• The hard-coded href value
• The applicable route pattern and rule version

The candidate is accepted when the Runtime confirms a literal recognized storefront path in a supported navigational attribute and no locale-aware route object produces that value.

• Only supported storefront route patterns are detected.
• The rule does not execute the storefront or prove every localization outcome.
• Custom routing implemented outside the analyzed theme may require manual review.

• Shopify Liquid routes object

Supported

• Shopify Liquid themes
• Online Store 2.0 themes
• Locale-aware storefronts

Not established

• Headless storefront routing
• Routes injected by apps or client-side scripts
• Live locale configuration outside the theme snapshot