# Shopify: Major incident: Storefront, Admin and Checkout down for some stores

**Summary:** Shopify reported a major outage affecting Storefront, Admin and Checkout for some stores, starting at 2019-10-22 01:03 UTC and resolved at 2019-10-22 01:27 UTC; the computed duration was 23 min. A fix was implemented at 01:25 UTC, but no cause was stated. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2019-10-22 01:03 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: http://stspg.io/gr28x9wttlw3](http://stspg.io/gr28x9wttlw3)
- [Company: Shopify](https://rewindex.com/company/shopify.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:119/nv0sr1jfsqn8@2c8bed0a0465
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Storefront, Admin and Checkout down for some stores
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2019-10-22 01:03 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2019-10-22 01:27 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Admin, Checkout, Storefront
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2019-10-22 01:03 UTC

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+ We are experiencing an interruption in service affecting Storefront, Checkout and Admin. We are investigating and will keep you updated.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2019-10-22 01:25 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2019-10-22 01:27 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-10-22 01:03 UTC | Major incident: Storefront, Admin and Checkout down for some stores (this change) | outage |

All Shopify changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/shopify/changes.md)
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