Minor incident
BigCommerce: Search is returning server errors for a subset of stores
Oct 5, 2026, 16:40 UTC
started
19:11 UTC
resolved
2 h 30 min
duration
Affected: Storefront
Current status of BigCommerce: Operational — live BigCommerce status
Timeline
- Oct 5, 2026, 16:40 UTCinvestigatingWe are currently investigating this issue.
- Oct 5, 2026, 16:45 UTCidentifiedThe issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- Oct 5, 2026, 16:47 UTCmonitoringA fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- Oct 5, 2026, 17:50 UTCmonitoringSearch 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.
- Oct 5, 2026, 19:11 UTCresolvedThis incident has been resolved.
Updates as published by BigCommerce (original).
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