Dev Center Updates

Chrome's SameSite changes have been temporarily reverted by Google

by BigCommerce
In a previous changelog entry, we warned you about changes to Chrome's handling of cookies via the new SameSite attribute, which affects the behavior of cookies in iframes, and thus affects the loading of BigCommerce apps. Google has...
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API and Theme Updates for April 2, 2020

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API GraphQL API documentation expanded to include more information on making Customer Impersonation Token authenticated requests and querying the API from an external system store/shipment/created Webhook now sends orderID as an integer...
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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

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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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