BigCommerce incident
Increase in 401 status responses to Storefront GraphQL API
BigCommerce experienced a minor incident on April 3, 2026 affecting API & Webhooks, lasting 25m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
API & Webhooks
Update timeline
- identified Apr 03, 2026, 03:55 PM UTC
Starting at 12:30PM UTC, there is an increase of 401 responses to the Storefront GraphQL API. This issue is intermittent and impacts Stencil storefronts utilizing GraphQL
- investigating Apr 03, 2026, 03:56 PM UTC
We are currently investigating this issue.
- resolved Apr 03, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.