Why does the GraphiQL app keep crashing?

Topic summary

Issue: Shopify’s GraphiQL app (Shopify-created tool for running GraphQL queries) repeatedly crashes and becomes unusable, forcing frequent uninstall/reinstall cycles.

Recent reports: Two merchants confirm identical failures. One now receives an unspecified error (screenshot attached) and says support claimed no one else is affected; another confirms the same problem and is still awaiting support’s response.

Impact: Operational delays, including a reported 3-day holdup in website updates.

Actions taken: Merchants contacted Shopify support; workaround has been uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but the issue recurs. No alternative fix shared in the thread.

Attachments: An error screenshot is central to illustrating the failure, but the exact message isn’t transcribed in the posts.

Status: Unresolved/ongoing. No official acknowledgement of a widespread issue or concrete remediation steps are provided in the discussion.

Summarized with AI on January 19. AI used: gpt-5.

The subject says it all. We have to uninstall and re-install this app every few days. And now we are getting this error:

This is a shopify-created app. I’ve called and talked to shopify. They keep telling me no one else is having problems which is a total lie. I can browse this forum and find out I’m not the only one.

Does anyone have a solution to this? If shopify can’t write a proper app, it makes me wonder…

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Same problem contacted support and still waiting for an answer.. it dealayed 3 days of updating the website… really annoying