Winter25

Topic summary

  • Central concern: A merchant criticizes the timing of Shopify’s “Winter25”/’25 platform update during the busiest holiday shopping period.
  • Reported impact: Intermittent page-loading problems and other performance issues observed since the update, raising shop-performance concerns.
  • Requested action: Delay major version releases until after the New Year to avoid disruptions in peak sales windows.
  • Status: Single-user report with no official response or resolution mentioned; discussion remains open.
  • Key question: Why deploy significant platform changes during critical retail periods, and how will Shopify mitigate performance risks?
Summarized with AI on December 12. AI used: gpt-5.

I honestly don’t understand why platform updates and “improvements” are rolled out during the busiest shopping season of the year. I’m having intermittent issues with page loading and other issues. Such a poor time to release new versions. Shopify…wait until after the new year to release a '25 version.