What Happened
Shopify experienced an outage on July 17, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 2 hours 55 minutes.
E-commerce platform enabling businesses to create online stores, manage inventory, process payments, and sell across multiple channels.
Timeline
| Time (UTC) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 04:45 | Monitoring | This issue has been resolved and is being monitored. |
| 04:22 | Identified | We've identified the problem and are seeing recovery from our mitigation efforts. We will continue to monitor and update. |
| 03:02 | Identified | We've identified the problem impacting storefronts and checkouts, and we're working on a solution. |
| 02:17 | Investigating | We're continuing to work on addressing the storefront and checkout issues, and will keep you updated. |
| 02:02 | Investigating | Merchants and buyers may experience issues when trying to access Shopify storefronts, and attempting to check out. We are investigating and working to resolve these issues. |
| 05:02 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 2 hours 55 minutes. Shopify runs on Google Cloud (GCP) — check those status pages if you experienced cascading issues.
Resolution
Shopify has recovered and is now operational.
What To Do Next
- View Shopify live status and outage history
- Set up alerts to get notified instantly next time Shopify has an issue
- Compare Shopify reliability with other services
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