Dev Center Updates

PHPSESSID cookie will be removed from storefronts on April 9, 2020

by BigCommerce
On April 9, 2020, the PHPSESSID cookie will no longer be set by BigCommerce on the BigCommerce storefront or control panel.
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Certain V2 API DELETE endpoints are being removed on May 10

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On May 10, the following endpoints will be removed from the V2 API: DELETE /v2/products DELETE /v2/option_sets (sometimes aliased as /v2/optionsets) DELETE /v2/customers This change ONLY affects the "collection delete" capability which...
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Changes to Chrome’s SameSite cookie policies that may affect BigCommerce apps

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Beginning in February, the way Google Chrome handles cross-site cookies is changing to prevent cookies without an explicit SameSite policy from loading in cross-origin requests. More details on Chrome’s upcoming changes are available on...
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Required stencil-cli version is now 1.20.2

by BigCommerce
As mentioned in a previous update, the required stencil-CLI version for local development is now 1.20.2. To update to the latest version of stencil-cli, simply run npm install -g @bigcommerce/stencil-cli. We recommend using the latest...
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API and Themes Updates September 27, 2019

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Embedded Checkout An overview and tutorial for using Embedded Checkout are now available Channels, Sites and Routes Channels, Sites and Routes API Reference is now available API Based on feedback from the beta program, access to the...
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API and Themes Updates September 20, 2019

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Webhooks Functionality Update Blacklisting logic has been updated to improve webhook reliability. Domains will now be blacklisted based on a minimum threshold and percentage success rate within a sliding scale time window. Read more...
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Stencil CLI minimum required version is changing on September 30th

by BigCommerce
On September 30th, 2019, the minimum required version of Stencil CLI will be raised to 1.20.2 from 1.8.0. After September 30th, you will not be able to run stencil start without being on at least the minimum supported version. This...
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API and Themes Updates August 26, 2019

by BigCommerce
API attributes object has been added under rate request item for Shipping Provider API to pass custom metafields to shipping providers Updated Webhooks documentation to include our process for blacklisting destination URIs Theme...
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API and Theme Updates August 16, 2019

by BigCommerce
API include_fields is now an available parameter on products PUT and POST actions type is not mutable, removed from Update Customer Attributes fieldValue description updated to reflect current behavior for Storefront Checkout. Applied...
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