Shopify announced Events subscription query complexity limit is changing to 100 points on 22 September 2026.
The announcement
Short excerpt from Shopify:
We’re reducing the query complexity limit for Events subscriptions from 250 to 100 points.
Checks for api integrations
- If your integration calls the named API or reads the affected resource, compare its requested fields and assumptions with the exact announcement.
- If a request or response changes, test representative successful and failing calls and their downstream consumers. Use the API version specified by the source when applicable.
These checks are conditional. Confirm relevance and release requirements in the full announcement before changing your implementation.
Read Shopify's complete announcement. Need help with an affected implementation? Explore api integrations services or describe the requirement to Vivek Codes.
Automated brief: Shopify supplies the announcement and date; Vivek Codes supplies the conditional checks. This update has not been tested against your store.



