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+* Don't attempt to read Shopify environment variables when the generators are running, since they may not be present yet [#1144](https://github.com/Shopify/shopify_app/pull/1144)
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 17.0.0 (January 13, 2021)
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 * Rails 6.1 is not yet supported [#1134](https://github.com/Shopify/shopify_app/pull/1134)