We’ve improved how MERGE imports handle product images to better detect duplicates across more scenarios.
Improvements#
- Image deduplication - MERGE imports now check incoming image filenames against a product’s existing media before uploading, catching more cases where the same image was already attached.
- Filename normalization - Image matching now accounts for Shopify’s upload transformations (UUID suffixes, special character replacements) so external URLs correctly match their Shopify CDN counterparts.
If you notice any unexpected behavior with product images after this change, such as images being skipped that shouldn’t be, try using the REPLACE image command instead of MERGE to force a full image refresh.