Cart page not updating quantity — "There was an error while updating your cart" message

Topic summary

A Shopify store owner is experiencing cart page errors when attempting to update product quantities or add items through upsells. The system displays “There was an error while updating your cart” despite the checkout page showing correct totals.

Key observations:

  • Cart total and quantity indicators fail to update on the cart page
  • Line items appear to update correctly
  • Checkout amounts remain accurate, suggesting the issue is isolated to the cart page display
  • A screenshot demonstrates the error message appearing during quantity changes

Current status:
A developer initially couldn’t reproduce the issue but later confirmed the problem exists. They’ve offered to debug with store access, moving the conversation to private channels for troubleshooting.

Summarized with AI on October 29. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

I have a Shopify store, and I’m facing an issue with my cart page.

When I add a product to the cart and try to update its quantity (or add a new product through an upsell) directly from the cart page, I get the message:
“There was an error while updating your cart. Please try again.”

I noticed that the cart total doesn’t update on the cart page, but when I proceed to checkout, the amount is correct — so it seems the error might be on the cart page itself.

Could you help me identify the issue?

https://brotacompany.com.br

As I am checking now I see the errors gone, the cart page does update well now, the quantity and prices, both of them

Actually, not for me, here. Try changing the products inside the cart page. Ex: adding or removing 1 product

Can you help me, buddy?

Firstly sorry getting back to you this late, actually had a few projects on me but yes, you are right. So the quantity bubble does not change and the total amount as well of the cart page. The line item does update ok at least.

Please reach out via personal links below for a convenient conversation and collaboration as I will need access to the store to debug this.

Best

Shadab