Cannot create more than 5 automatic discount with discountAutomaticAppCreate

[peter-visualsquares]

From doc at most 25 automatic discounts can be active on a Shopify store at the same time. However when I use discountAutomaticAppCreate to create automatic discounts powered by Shopify functions, I can create at most 5 automatic discounts. Beyond that I will see below error msg

The active period overlaps with that of another price rule

It doesn't align with the limit mentioned in the doc.

Ref:

1. https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/discounts/combining-discounts

[cyberabis]

Is there any other API to create discount? We are also facing this issue.

[gpisarski]

Any news when this limit will be increased?

[sergiop14]

Based on the Shopify discord discussion:

we'll be looking into this limitation in the 2nd half of the year. I suggest to also add to this thread: https://github.com/Shopify/function-examples/discussions/198. We'll communicate updates there.

I hope they remove this limitation as most users need more than 5 active discounts at a time.

[cyberabis]

Is there any update here... it was originally announced we can use 25 automatic discounts. But not it's max 5 across all apps.
We also see a loophole here. We can reactivate expired automatic discounts and cross the 5 limit.

[sergiop14]

I've tried it but only activate 5 discounts. And if I try to activate it through the API, it returns the common error. Can you share the process? Thanks

[thosakwe]

This will make a huge impact for apps that give different discounts to customers depending on the buyer identity.

Many merchants have several loyalty program tiers, for example, so they run into this issue frequently.