Events subscription query complexity limit drops from 250 to 100 points

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4 Oct 2026

We’re reducing the query complexity limit for Events subscriptions from 250 to 100 points. This change does not affect Classic Webhooks. Shopify assigns each Events query a complexity score based on the fields it selects, the types of data those fields return, and the number of items requested in connections using first or last, following the GraphQL query cost calculation . The limit applies to each subscription query, and queries executed by Events subscriptions don’t count toward your app’s API rate limits . What to do Review subscription queries that exceed 100 points and shape each subscription around the changes your app handles: Split subscriptions by the work they do : You can configure multiple subscriptions for the same topic, each with its own triggers and query. Query the changed resource directly : For example, for a variant price change, query the affected variant’s price, SKU, and parent Product ID instead of fetching the Product’s first 250 variants. This avoids re

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