diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts
index d83e575846c..8b249a1a960 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export async function loadConfigurationFileContent(
 
   try {
     const configurationContent = await readFile(filepath)
+    // console.log('Initial undecoded config from TOML file', {configurationContent})
     return decode(configurationContent)
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   } catch (err: any) {
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export function parseConfigurationObject<TSchema extends zod.ZodType>(
   const fallbackOutput = {} as zod.TypeOf<TSchema>
 
   const parseResult = schema.safeParse(configurationObject)
+  // console.log('Config after comparing with schema (includes remote contract)', {parseResult})
   if (!parseResult.success) {
     return abortOrReport(
       outputContent`\n${outputToken.errorText('Validation errors')} in ${outputToken.path(
@@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ export async function loadOpaqueApp(options: {
       const rawConfig = await loadConfigurationFileContent(configurationPath)
       const parsed = TemplateConfigSchema.parse(rawConfig)
       const packageManager = await getPackageManager(appDirectory)
-
+      // console.log('WE ARE NOT GETTING HERE', {rawConfig})
       return {
         state: 'loaded-template',
         rawConfig,
@@ -856,6 +858,7 @@ export async function loadAppConfiguration(
   options: AppConfigurationLoaderConstructorArgs,
 ): Promise<AppConfigurationInterface> {
   const specifications = options.specifications ?? (await loadLocalExtensionsSpecifications())
+  console.log('SPECIFICATIONS', {specifications})
   const state = await getAppConfigurationState(options.directory, options.userProvidedConfigName)
   const result = await loadAppConfigurationFromState(state, specifications, options.remoteFlags ?? [])
   await logMetadataFromAppLoadingProcess(result.configurationLoadResultMetadata)
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/extension-instance.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/extension-instance.ts
index 3a37dd9aaf8..170aabb77e5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/extension-instance.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/extension-instance.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {PosSpecIdentifier} from './specifications/app_config_point_of_sale.js'
 import {PrivacyComplianceWebhooksSpecIdentifier} from './specifications/app_config_privacy_compliance_webhooks.js'
 import {WebhooksSpecIdentifier} from './specifications/app_config_webhook.js'
 import {WebhookSubscriptionSpecIdentifier} from './specifications/app_config_webhook_subscription.js'
+import {HostedAppHomeSpecIdentifier} from './specifications/app_config_hosted_app_home.js'
 import {
   ExtensionBuildOptions,
   buildFunctionExtension,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export const CONFIG_EXTENSION_IDS: string[] = [
   AppHomeSpecIdentifier,
   AppProxySpecIdentifier,
   BrandingSpecIdentifier,
+  HostedAppHomeSpecIdentifier,
   PosSpecIdentifier,
   PrivacyComplianceWebhooksSpecIdentifier,
   WebhookSubscriptionSpecIdentifier,
@@ -366,6 +368,9 @@ export class ExtensionInstance<TConfiguration extends BaseConfigType = BaseConfi
           this.specification.buildConfig.filePatterns,
           this.specification.buildConfig.ignoredFilePatterns,
         )
+      case 'static_app':
+        await this.copyStaticAssets()
+        break
       case 'none':
         break
     }
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/load-specifications.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/load-specifications.ts
index 77e37fae7f6..bdab1370ca0 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/load-specifications.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/load-specifications.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import uiExtensionSpec from './specifications/ui_extension.js'
 import webPixelSpec from './specifications/web_pixel_extension.js'
 import editorExtensionCollectionSpecification from './specifications/editor_extension_collection.js'
 import channelSpecificationSpec from './specifications/channel.js'
+import hostedAppHomeSpec, {HostedAppHomeSpecIdentifier} from './specifications/app_config_hosted_app_home.js'
 
 const SORTED_CONFIGURATION_SPEC_IDENTIFIERS = [
   BrandingSpecIdentifier,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const SORTED_CONFIGURATION_SPEC_IDENTIFIERS = [
   AppProxySpecIdentifier,
   PosSpecIdentifier,
   AppHomeSpecIdentifier,
+  HostedAppHomeSpecIdentifier,
 ]
 
 /**
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ function loadSpecifications() {
     appPrivacyComplienceSpec,
     appWebhooksSpec,
     appWebhookSubscriptionSpec,
+    hostedAppHomeSpec,
   ]
   const moduleSpecs = [
     checkoutPostPurchaseSpec,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/specification.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/specification.ts
index b0eab79677d..bc5e18e690c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/specification.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/specification.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export interface Asset {
 }
 
 type BuildConfig =
-  | {mode: 'ui' | 'theme' | 'function' | 'tax_calculation' | 'none'}
+  | {mode: 'ui' | 'theme' | 'function' | 'tax_calculation' | 'none' | 'static_app'}
   | {mode: 'copy_files'; filePatterns: string[]; ignoredFilePatterns?: string[]}
 /**
  * Extension specification with all the needed properties and methods to load an extension.
@@ -239,11 +239,13 @@ export function createExtensionSpecification<TConfiguration extends BaseConfigTy
 export function createConfigExtensionSpecification<TConfiguration extends BaseConfigType = BaseConfigType>(spec: {
   identifier: string
   schema: ZodSchemaType<TConfiguration>
+  buildConfig?: BuildConfig
   appModuleFeatures?: (config?: TConfiguration) => ExtensionFeature[]
   transformConfig: TransformationConfig | CustomTransformationConfig
   uidStrategy?: UidStrategy
   getDevSessionUpdateMessages?: (config: TConfiguration) => Promise<string[]>
   patchWithAppDevURLs?: (config: TConfiguration, urls: ApplicationURLs) => void
+  copyStaticAssets?: (config: TConfiguration, directory: string, outputPath: string) => Promise<void>
 }): ExtensionSpecification<TConfiguration> {
   const appModuleFeatures = spec.appModuleFeatures ?? (() => [])
   return createExtensionSpecification({
@@ -256,8 +258,10 @@ export function createConfigExtensionSpecification<TConfiguration extends BaseCo
     transformRemoteToLocal: resolveReverseAppConfigTransform(spec.schema, spec.transformConfig),
     experience: 'configuration',
     uidStrategy: spec.uidStrategy ?? 'single',
+    buildConfig: spec.buildConfig ?? {mode: 'none'},
     getDevSessionUpdateMessages: spec.getDevSessionUpdateMessages,
     patchWithAppDevURLs: spec.patchWithAppDevURLs,
+    copyStaticAssets: spec.copyStaticAssets,
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/specifications/app_config_hosted_app_home.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/specifications/app_config_hosted_app_home.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9fc33f5c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/specifications/app_config_hosted_app_home.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {BaseSchemaWithoutHandle} from '../schemas.js'
+import {TransformationConfig, createConfigExtensionSpecification} from '../specification.js'
+import {copyDirectoryContents} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/fs'
+import {dirname, joinPath} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/path'
+import {zod} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/schema'
+
+const HostedAppHomeSchema = BaseSchemaWithoutHandle.extend({
+  static_root: zod.string().optional(),
+})
+
+const HostedAppHomeTransformConfig: TransformationConfig = {
+  static_root: 'static_root',
+}
+
+export const HostedAppHomeSpecIdentifier = 'hosted_app'
+
+const hostedAppHomeSpec = createConfigExtensionSpecification({
+  identifier: HostedAppHomeSpecIdentifier,
+  buildConfig: {mode: 'static_app'} as const,
+  schema: HostedAppHomeSchema,
+  transformConfig: HostedAppHomeTransformConfig,
+  copyStaticAssets: async (config, directory, outputPath) => {
+    if (!config.static_root) return
+    const sourceDir = joinPath(directory, config.static_root)
+    const outputDir = dirname(outputPath)
+
+    return copyDirectoryContents(sourceDir, outputDir).catch((error) => {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to copy static assets from ${sourceDir} to ${outputDir}: ${error.message}`)
+    })
+  },
+})
+
+export default hostedAppHomeSpec
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/services/dev/app-events/app-event-watcher.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/services/dev/app-events/app-event-watcher.ts
index 5a760de6332..313869f0cc6 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/services/dev/app-events/app-event-watcher.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/services/dev/app-events/app-event-watcher.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ export class AppEventWatcher extends EventEmitter {
     this.fileWatcher.onChange((events) => {
       handleWatcherEvents(events, this.app, this.options)
         .then(async (appEvent) => {
+          console.log({appEvent})
           if (appEvent?.extensionEvents.length === 0) outputDebug('Change detected, but no extensions were affected')
           if (!appEvent) return
 
@@ -169,6 +170,13 @@ export class AppEventWatcher extends EventEmitter {
             await this.app.generateExtensionTypes()
           }
 
+          if (appEvent.appWasReloaded) {
+            const appHomeExtension = this.app.realExtensions.find((ext) => ext.specification.identifier === 'app_home')
+            if (appHomeExtension) {
+              await appHomeExtension.copyStaticAssets(this.buildOutputPath)
+            }
+          }
+
           // Find deleted extensions and delete their previous build output
           await this.deleteExtensionsBuildOutput(appEvent)
           this.emit('all', appEvent)
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/services/generate/fetch-extension-specifications.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/services/generate/fetch-extension-specifications.ts
index 37544a1c672..2087e73763c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/services/generate/fetch-extension-specifications.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/services/generate/fetch-extension-specifications.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ export async function fetchSpecifications({
   const extensionSpecifications: FlattenedRemoteSpecification[] = result
     .filter((specification) => ['extension', 'configuration'].includes(specification.experience))
     .map((spec) => {
+      if (spec.identifier === 'hosted_app') {
+        console.log('Hosted app home spec', spec)
+      }
       const newSpec = spec as FlattenedRemoteSpecification
       // WORKAROUND: The identifiers in the API are different for these extensions to the ones the CLI
       // has been using so far. This is a workaround to keep the CLI working until the API is updated.
@@ -78,7 +81,6 @@ async function mergeLocalAndRemoteSpecs(
 
     const merged = {...localSpec, ...remoteSpec, loadedRemoteSpecs: true} as RemoteAwareExtensionSpecification &
       FlattenedRemoteSpecification
-
     // If configuration is inside an app.toml -- i.e. single UID mode -- we must be able to parse a partial slice.
     let handleInvalidAdditionalProperties: HandleInvalidAdditionalProperties
     switch (merged.uidStrategy) {