It seems that the product update webhook is not triggered when only a variant metafield is updated. Based on expected behavior, I believe the webhook should be triggered even when changes are made solely to variant-level metafields. Currently, the webhook is triggered for general product or variant…

Hey all. I’ve done some digging in here and I can confirm that currently, it’s not expected for variant metafields to trigger product update webhooks. Alan previously investigated this here as well: Webhooks and variant metafields - #4 by Alan_G It is on the radar of our product teams, but no conc…

Product Update Webhook Not Triggered When Updating Variant Metafield

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KyleG-Shopify May 15, 2025, 3:28pm 6

Hey @Viral_Mandaliya, you will need to specify the metafields and metafieldNamespaces you want returned in the input WebhookSubscriptionInput - GraphQL Admin

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Shopify product update webhook not triggered on clearing variant metafield object

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