---
title: "BigCommerce 301 redirects will apply only to storefront channels: 2026-11-10 | Harbyn"
description: "BigCommerce 301 redirects will apply only to storefront channels, effective Nov 10, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/bigcommerce/2026-10-07-301-redirects-now-apply-to-storefront-channels-only"
last-updated: 2026-10-08
---

# BigCommerce 301 redirects will apply only to storefront channels

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/bigcommerce/2026-10-07-301-redirects-now-apply-to-storefront-channels-only>.

Behavior change - BigCommerce. low severity. Announced. Upcoming.

Starting on November 10, 2026, automatic 301 redirects will be created only for channels with a storefront type. Existing redirects will remain, including those already created for non-storefront channels.

16 days left: the deadline is Nov 10, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [BigCommerce](https://harbyn.com/vendors/bigcommerce.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | low |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Effective | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Lead time | 33 days of warning |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses BigCommerce, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/changelog.md> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-08 17:16 UTC, sha256 `ae3b40fa107f36384eb280a930b724f422b40bbe01df2857699de46f7d5e330e`)

## Related changes

### More from BigCommerce

- [Duplicate Worldpay Access checkout payments now return duplicate\_transaction with HTTP 400](https://harbyn.com/changes/bigcommerce/2026-10-07-clearer-error-for-duplicate-worldpay-access-payments-at-checkout.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 7, 2026)
- [Japanese prefecture names now use English spelling](https://harbyn.com/changes/bigcommerce/2026-10-07-japanese-prefecture-names-now-use-english-spelling.md) (Breaking change, announced Oct 7, 2026)
- [Storefront GraphQL returns zero, not null, for price list sale and retail prices of 0](https://harbyn.com/changes/bigcommerce/2026-10-06-price-list-sale-and-retail-prices-of-zero-now-return-zero.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 6, 2026)
- [Authorize.net order description format change](https://harbyn.com/changes/bigcommerce/2026-10-05-authorize-net-order-description-fix.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 5, 2026)

### Changes at other vendors

- [Amazon Selling Partner API: ORDER\_CHANGE notifications add PreFulfillmentStatusChange for Amazon Autos](https://harbyn.com/changes/amazon-sp-api/2026-10-14-sp-api-updates-new-listings-items-api-ivp-values-in-eu5-jp-and-ca-stores-oct-3.md) (effective Oct 28, 2026)
- [GitHub: Secret scanning audit log business field changes to enterprise slug](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-20-updates-to-github-secret-scanning-7.md) (effective Nov 12, 2026)
- [Jira / Atlassian Cloud: New IP address ranges in use from January 1, 2027](https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-10-16-atlassian-cloud-adds-new-ip-address-ranges.md) (effective Jan 1, 2027)
- [Let's Encrypt: Default certificate lifetime changes to 64 days](https://harbyn.com/changes/letsencrypt/2026-10-07-64-day-certificate-lifetimes-coming-feb-2027.md) (effective Feb 10, 2027)

[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)
