[Bug]: Shopify Theme Package Excludes MetaObject Templates

[mindingdata]

Please confirm that you have:

• [x] 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.)
• [x] Reproduced the issue in the latest CLI version.

In which of these areas are you experiencing a problem?

Theme

Expected behavior

Custom templates for a metaobject should be output with the theme package command.

Actual behavior

It does not include the metaobject templates.

Presumably because : https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/theme/theme-package

"Only folders that match the default Shopify theme folder structure are included in the package."

Verbose output

╭─ success ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ │ │ Your local theme was packaged in MyTheme Theme-v3.1.6.zip │ │ │ ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

2025-10-06T01:59:44.069Z: Running system process: · Command: npm prefix · Working directory: F:/Backup Projects/XXX/src/shopify-theme/My Theme

2025-10-06T01:59:44.464Z: Obtaining the dependency manager in directory ..... 2025-10-06T01:59:44.851Z: Getting current session ID... 2025-10-06T01:59:44.853Z: Getting current session ID... 2025-10-06T01:59:45.289Z: Request to https://monorail-edge.shopifysvc.com/v1/produce completed in 428 ms With response headers:

• x-request-id: 90ce21fb-52e7-4c52-a1cf-2139065fcd55

2025-10-06T01:59:45.291Z: Analytics event sent: { "command": "theme package", "time_start": 1759715983587, "time_end": 1759715984021, "total_time": 434, "success": true, "cli_version": "3.85.4", "ruby_version": "", "node_version": "24.0.2", "is_employee": false, "uname": "windows amd64", "env_ci": false, "env_plugin_installed_any_custom": false, "env_plugin_installed_shopify": "["@shopify/cli"]", "env_shell": "powershell", "env_device_id": "768069f4d907301bbed10e83f2b0f934dfe10a72", "env_cloud": "localhost", "env_package_manager": "npm", "env_is_global": true, "env_auth_method": "none", "env_is_wsl": false, "env_build_repository": "Shopify/cli", "cmd_app_warning_api_key_deprecation_displayed": false, "cmd_all_timing_network_ms": 0, "cmd_all_timing_prompts_ms": 0, "cmd_all_launcher": "unknown", "cmd_all_topic": "theme", "cmd_all_plugin": "@shopify/theme", "cmd_all_verbose": true, "cmd_all_path_override": true, "cmd_all_path_override_hash": "11893f3f41cfb8ebc83c6c88ec48b2ab07f9ebef", "cmd_all_timing_active_ms": 434, "cmd_all_exit": "ok", "user_id": "unknown", "request_ids": [], "args": "--verbose", "env_plugin_installed_all": "["@shopify/cli"]", "metadata": "{"extraPublic":{},"extraSensitive":{}}" } 2025-10-06T01:59:45.296Z: Completed command theme package

Reproduction steps

I have created a custom template for a metaobject. Following guidance here : https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/architecture/templates/metaobject I have created a custom liquid file under /templates/metaobject/{myMetaObject}.

I'll note I also tried renaming the file to be .json incase that was the issue, made no difference.

shopify theme dev works fine.

shopify theme package does not package the metaobject template as part of the zip.

Operating System

Windows 10

Shopify CLI version (shopify --version)

@shopify/cli/3.85.4 win32-x64 node-v24.0.2

Shell

psh

Node version (run node -v if you're not sure)

v24.0.2

What language and version are you using in your application?

HTML/CSS

[philkendallsimba]

We are suffering from this bug too. For now we have switched from using the package command and moved over to a solution where we create our own zip file.

[patrick-mcdougle]

We are running into this issue even when using the duplicate theme link in the admin UI. Something clearly going on deeper than just in the CLI.