gatsbyjs/gatsby · error

Your GraphQL query in createPages took ${totalMS / 1000} sec

Error message

Your GraphQL query in createPages took ${totalMS / 1000} seconds which is an unexpectedly long time. See https://gatsby.dev/create-pages-performance for tips on how to improve this.

What it means

Error "Your GraphQL query in createPages took ${totalMS / 1000} seconds which is an unexpectedly long time. See https://gatsby.dev/create-pages-performance for tips on how to improve this." thrown in gatsbyjs/gatsby.

Source

Thrown at packages/gatsby/src/services/create-pages.ts:40

  assertStore(store)
  const activity = reporter.activityTimer(`createPages`, {
    parentSpan,
  })
  activity.start()
  const timestamp = Date.now()
  const currentPages = new Map<string, IGatsbyPage>(store.getState().pages)

  // Wrap the GraphQL function so we can measure how long it takes to run.
  const originalGraphQL = gatsbyNodeGraphQLFunction
  // eslint-disable-next-line
  async function wrappedGraphQL() {
    const start = Date.now()
    // @ts-ignore not sure how to type the following
    const returnValue = await originalGraphQL.apply(this, arguments) // eslint-disable-line
    const end = Date.now()
    const totalMS = end - start
    if (totalMS > 10000) {
      reporter.warn(
        `Your GraphQL query in createPages took ${
          totalMS / 1000
        } seconds which is an unexpectedly long time. See https://gatsby.dev/create-pages-performance for tips on how to improve this.`
      )
    }
    return returnValue
  }

  createPagesCount += 1
  const traceId = isInitialCreatePages
    ? `initial-createPages`
    : `createPages #${createPagesCount}`
  await apiRunnerNode(
    `createPages`,
    {
      graphql: wrappedGraphQL,
      traceId,
      waitForCascadingActions: true,

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Solutions

1. Follow https://gatsby.dev/create-pages-performance: reduce the amount of data queried in createPages
2. Paginate or filter queries instead of fetching all nodes at once
3. Move expensive work out of createPages into onPreBuild or async work outside the critical path
4. Profile the wrappedGraphQL timing to find the specific slow query in gatsby-node.js

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/gatsby/src/services/create-pages.ts:40 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of gatsbyjs/gatsby@e85d62f177 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a8056881f78af9d3. Report an issue: GitHub.