---
title: "VTEX FastStore WebOps previews deactivate after inactivity: 2026-09-17 | Harbyn"
description: "VTEX FastStore WebOps previews deactivate after inactivity, announced Sep 17, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/vtex/2026-09-17-faststore-webops-previews-deactivate-after-inactivity"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# VTEX FastStore WebOps previews deactivate after inactivity

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/vtex/2026-09-17-faststore-webops-previews-deactivate-after-inactivity>.

Behavior change - VTEX. low severity. Announced.

Idle FastStore preview URLs are automatically deactivated and reactivate on the next access; a redeploy is no longer required to keep them usable.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [VTEX](https://harbyn.com/vendors/vtex.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | low |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| 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 VTEX, 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://developers.vtex.com/updates/release-notes> (changelog, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `813aa745625ee1862e9e0fbb26af1e13fb003e60720206bb257aa45ff0ca64c6`)

## Related changes

### More from VTEX

- [VTEX Master Data API v2: schema saves return 423 Locked for 12 hours after a full reindex](https://harbyn.com/changes/vtex/2026-09-30-schema-saves-blocked-after-a-full-reindex.md) (Behavior change, announced Sep 30, 2026)
- [FastStore 4.9.1 returns the original StoreProduct.releaseDate value again](https://harbyn.com/changes/vtex/2026-10-02-faststore-restored-the-original-product-release-date-format.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 2, 2026)
- [FastStore 4.9.2 fixes session and cart validation failures after region changes](https://harbyn.com/changes/vtex/2026-10-05-faststore-fixed-session-and-cart-validation-after-region-changes.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 5, 2026)
- [FastStore 4.10.0 keeps catalog and preview carts on the correct sales channel](https://harbyn.com/changes/vtex/2026-10-22-faststore-4-10-0-keeps-catalog-and-preview-carts-on-the-correct-sales-channel.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 22, 2026)

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- [NFS-e Nacional: vAjusteBC group added in restricted production](https://harbyn.com/changes/nfse-nacional/2026-10-20-criacao-do-grupo-vajustebc.md) (announced Oct 20, 2026)
- [Conta Azul: New client\_id format for new applications](https://harbyn.com/changes/contaazul/2026-10-01-novo-formato-de-client-id-para-novas-aplicacoes.md) (announced Oct 1, 2026)
- [Asaas: Alteração na estrutura de URLs públicas do Asaas](https://harbyn.com/changes/asaas/2026-09-25-alteracao-na-estrutura-de-urls-publicas-do-asaas.md) (effective Sep 28, 2026)

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