# Shopify for Developers Invalid metafield queries now return errors in the GraphQL Admin API

- Product: Shopify for Developers (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shopify-developers)
- Vendor: Shopify
- Date: 2026-07-24
- Original notes: https://shopify.dev/changelog/invalid-metafield-queries-now-return-errors-in-the-graphql-admin-api
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shopify-developers/releases/2026-07-24-invalid-metafield-queries-now-return-errors-in-th

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Starting in API version 2026-10, the GraphQL Admin API returns an error when a query filters by a metafield that isn't set up for filtering, instead of silently returning incorrect results. This is a…

- **changed** — GraphQL Admin API now returns an error when a query filters by a metafield that is not set up for filtering, instead of silently returning incorrect results, starting in API version 2026-10