[Bug]: shopify app deploy doesn't recognize web_directories argument #6518
Description
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- Searched existing issues to see if your issue is a duplicate. (If you’ve found a duplicate issue, feel free to add additional information in a comment on it.)
- Reproduced the issue in the latest CLI version.
In which of these areas are you experiencing a problem?
App
Expected behavior
I should be able to provide web_directories argument so that I can narrow down which shopify.web.toml files need to be used for deploying a new app version.
Or
shopify app deploy should NOT read any shopify.web.toml files as they seem to not be relevant to deploying a new app version. (?)
Actual behavior
> shopify app deploy -c shopify.app.local.toml
╭─ error ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ You can only have one web with the backend role in your app │
│ │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯The above error is caused by having multiple shopify.web.toml files inside of a gitignored directory nested within the project root.
> shopify app deploy -c shopify.app.local.toml --web_directories "frontend"
╭─ error ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ Nonexistent flag: --web_directories │
│ See more help with --help │
│ │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────Verbose output
Provided above
Reproduction steps
Provided above
Operating System
macOS
Shopify CLI version (shopify --version)
3.85.4
Shell
oh my zsh
Node version (run node -v if you're not sure)
v22.12.0
What language and version are you using in your application?
ruby 3.4.4 (2025-05-14 revision a38531fd3f) +PRISM [arm64-darwin24]