# Contentful: Introduction of Limit for Expanded GraphQL Fragment Spreads

> Contentful maintenance “Introduction of Limit for Expanded GraphQL Fragment Spreads” on 2026-10-12: impact maintenance (vendor’s label), 0 min, 3 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/contentful/incidents/lyn7fnpwmtg6
Last updated: 2026-10-12T15:00:09Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): maintenance (maintenance)
- Status: completed
- Started: 2026-10-12 15:00 UTC · Resolved: 2026-10-12 15:00 UTC · Duration: 0 min
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: EU data residency - GraphQL Content API, GraphQL Content API, GraphQL Content API
- [Vendor status page: https://www.contentfulstatus.com/incidents/lyn7fnpwmtg6](https://www.contentfulstatus.com/incidents/lyn7fnpwmtg6)
- [Company: Contentful](https://rewindex.com/company/contentful.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **scheduled** 2026-10-12 12:59 UTC: To improve GraphQL API reliability, Contentful will introduce a limit of 40,000 expanded fragment spreads per request. Expanded fragment spreads count fragment usages after resolving nested fragment references. Queries at or below the limit are unaffected. Starting on the effective date, queries exceeding 40,000 expanded fragment spreads will return HTTP 400 with the error message: "Query cannot be executed. The maximum allowed expanded fragment spreads is 40000. Simplify the query by reducing repeated nested fragment spreads." This change affects applications that generate GraphQL queries containing extensive repetition across nested fragments. Most applications will not require changes. The fragment spread expansion limit is independent of your space’s query-complexity allowance.
- **in progress** 2026-10-12 14:00 UTC: Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
- **completed** 2026-10-12 15:00 UTC: The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

## Cite this

Maintenance posted by Contentful, started 2026-10-12 15:00 UTC, resolved after 0 min, 3 update(s).

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- Citation: Contentful, “Introduction of Limit for Expanded GraphQL Fragment Spreads” (2026-10-12 15:00 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/contentful/incidents/lyn7fnpwmtg6 (CC BY 4.0).
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