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Events subscription query complexity limit is changing to 100 points
doc:019fb619-9b4a-74ac-a83e-3ffa98844fb4::feed/https://shopify.dev/changelog/events-subscription-query-complexity-limit-is-changing-to-100-points- Product
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"excerpt": "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 AP…",
"identity": "https://shopify.dev/changelog/events-subscription-query-complexity-limit-is-changing-to-100-points",
"link": "https://shopify.dev/changelog/events-subscription-query-complexity-limit-is-changing-to-100-points",
"published_at": "2026-09-22T18:00:00Z",
"title": "Events subscription query complexity limit is changing to 100 points"
}
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The evidence describes a deterministic change to Shopify's Events subscription query complexity limit, reduced from 250 to 100 points, with explanation of how complexity is calculated and that Classic Webhooks are unaffected. No explicit action required from users beyond awareness of a lower per-query limit.
Events subscription query complexity limit is changing to 100 points 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 AP…
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