The Graph Discontinued Studio Traffic Support
Developers must migrate query traffic for Polygon and BNB Chain to the decentralized network.
Updated on Oct. 8, 2026 in Data Centers
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The Graph has officially discontinued production traffic support on Subgraph Studio for both Polygon and BNB Chain. Developers are now required to transition query traffic to the decentralized The Graph Network to ensure continued service.
Why it matters
The shift away from centralized infrastructure removes a critical dependency for applications that are marketed as decentralized. By moving to the network, developers rely on independent indexers rather than hosted services.
The change affects production traffic for two major blockchain ecosystems. Subgraph Studio will continue to operate solely as a development and staging environment for ongoing projects.
The players
The Graph
The Graph is a decentralized protocol designed for indexing and querying data from blockchains.
Polygon
Polygon is a widely used Ethereum scaling platform that facilitates faster and cheaper transactions.
BNB Chain
BNB Chain is a high-performance blockchain network that supports a vast ecosystem of decentralized applications.
The details
To maintain production traffic, developers must now publish subgraphs to The Graph Network and configure billing for network gateway endpoints. Queries on this decentralized architecture are served by independent indexers that earn fees in GRT.
Timeline
October 8, 2026: The Graph shut off Subgraph Studio staging traffic for affected chains.
The Tech Race
This transition reflects the industry-wide move toward decentralized infrastructure and away from centralized query services. It positions The Graph Network as the primary standard for production-grade blockchain data retrieval.
Developers using these networks must immediately reconfigure their billing and endpoints to prevent service disruptions. Application users may experience outages if project maintainers have not completed the required migration.
The takeaway
Developers should treat decentralized infrastructure migration as a permanent shift in deployment standards. Maintaining production traffic now requires active management of network gateway billing and indexer interactions.
Further reading
Learn more about infrastructure trends in our Data Centers section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Bitcoinist.
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