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Search is returning server errors for a subset of stores

Degraded Lasted 2h 30m · started · BigCommerce's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Components
Storefront
Down Index
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What to do

  • Check whether you use BigCommerce Storefront. Check your stack

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  • Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 2h 30m it lasted.

    Anything that failed between 2026-10-05 16:40 UTC and 2026-10-05 19:11 UTC may need a replay.
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Updates from BigCommerce 5

  1. investigating

    We are currently investigating this issue.

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  2. identified

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

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  3. monitoring

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

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  4. monitoring

    Search errors are resolved, but we are addressing an indexing delay stemming from this incident. Recent changes for affected stores may take longer to appear in search.

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  5. resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about DWN-226940b129

Is BigCommerce still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-10-05 19:11 UTC. For BigCommerce's live state, see https://down.guide/bigcommerce.

How long did it last?

2h 30m, from 2026-10-05 16:40 UTC to 2026-10-05 19:11 UTC, by the times BigCommerce posted.

What was affected?

BigCommerce named Storefront.

What caused it?

BigCommerce hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

BigCommerce's official status page, https://status.bigcommerce.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.