Events & Webhooks

So with the new Events mechanism ( About Events and webhooks ), we are starting to get very configurable triggers for our subscriptions to any sort of Shopify resource update.

My question is this: I remember distinctly that a webhook needs to receive a successful response to its POST request in max 5 seconds. I am looking it up in the documentation, even asked the AI assistant and can’t seem to find it any more in any guide. Does this limitation still exist? And does it apply to Events too?

Hey @WhitestRabbit ! The 5s rule still applies to Events.

Excellent! I remember it documented in the past for webhooks. Where can I find that reference?

For webhooks it’s available here. I’ve marked for an update to the equivalent section for Events to ensure it’s at parity^

It’s actually 6 seconds… just don’t ask me how I know. :rofl: