Shopify have adjusted the limit for line items per order from 100 to 40

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Topic summary

Shopify has reduced the GraphQL API limit for line items per order from 100 to 40, causing significant issues for merchants and third-party applications.

Impact:

  • Third-party apps (such as invoice apps) can no longer fetch complete order details for orders exceeding 40 line items
  • This limitation affects merchants who regularly process orders with many line items

Potential Solutions:

  • Shopify Plus subscription ($2,300+/month) removes this restriction, but this is cost-prohibitive for many businesses
  • The original poster is seeking alternative workarounds or solutions from the community

Status: The issue remains unresolved, with no viable alternatives identified yet for merchants unable to upgrade to Shopify Plus.

Summarized with AI on October 31. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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With the recent updates to the GraphQL API Shopify have adjusted the limit for line items per order from 100 to 40. Which is really disappointing because 3rd party apps are not able to fetch full order details for example invoice app.
Does anyone facing the same issues and have anyone find a solution?

Of course the solution is simply migrate to Shopify Plus 2300+USD per month… which is not an option for our business at the moment, so any other ideas?