*** title: Release Notes description: Stay updated with the latest improvements, bug fixes, and new features. last-updated: February 24, 2026 --------------------- For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. For a complete documentation index, see https://developer.shipbob.com/llms.txt. For full documentation content, see https://developer.shipbob.com/llms-full.txt. ## February 2026 ### 🚀 Release of 2026-01 API Version #### New Endpoints Introduced **Inventory History:** * `POST /2026-01/inventory/history:query` – Query historical inventory movement events that affect on-hand quantities. Track receiving, stowing, order picks, adjustments, restocks, and attribute updates across the ShipBob network. **Sandbox Simulations:** * `POST /2026-01/simulate/shipment` – Trigger shipment state transitions in sandbox environments to test webhooks and order lifecycle workflows. * `GET /2026-01/simulate/status/{simulationId}` – Check the status of a running simulation to verify completion and results. *** #### 🛠 Improvements * **Documentation UX:** Enhanced navigation and search experience across all endpoint references [View Migration Guide →](/migration/2026-01) ## January 2026 #### 🚀 MCP Server Launch Introducing the ShipBob MCP Server - enabling AI assistants to interact with ShipBob's API through natural language. * **27 AI-powered tools** for Orders, Products, Inventory, and Channels * **Compatible with** Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP clients * **Available now** in Sandbox and Production environments [View Documentation →](/mcp-server) ## November 2025 #### 📘 New Endpoint Introduced **Receiving:** * `POST /receiving/{id}/distributions` – Retrieves the distribution details for a specific receiving order within ShipBob’s Inventory Placement Program (IPP). #### 🛠 Improvements * Added Interactive Authorization URL Builder on the [Authentication](/auth) page to make it easier to generate url when creating OAuth app. ## July 2025 ### 🚀 Release of 2025-07 API Version #### New Endpoints Introduced **Billing:** * `GET /invoices` – Returns a paginated list of invoices. Introduced in this version to support invoice visibility and filtering. * `GET /invoices/{invoiceId}/transactions` – Fetches transaction-level detail for a given invoice. * `GET /transaction-fees` – Lists available transaction fee types within the billing system. * `POST /transactions:query` – Enables advanced querying of transactions with support for filters and pagination. **Products:** * `GET /product/{productId}/variants` * `POST /product/{productId}/variants` * `PATCH /product/{productId}/variants` – New set of endpoints for managing product variants in bulk. * `POST /product:moveVariants` – Allows moving multiple variants to a different product in one operation. * `POST /product/{productId}:moveVariants` – Enables merging variants into an existing product. * `POST /variant/{variantId}:convertToBundle` – Converts a standard variant into a bundled product. * `POST /variant/{variantId}:merge` – Combines multiple variants into a single entity. * `DELETE /product/{productId}` – Deletes a product by ID. This method is now officially supported. **Receiving:** * `POST /receiving:setExternalSync` – New operation to toggle the `externalSync` flag on receiving orders. *** #### 📤 Endpoints Removed **Returns:** * `GET /return/{id}/statushistory` **Orders:** * `PUT /shipment/{shipmentId}` These endpoint has been deprecated and is no longer available in the latest version. *** #### 🔁 Renamed or Updated Endpoint Paths To maintain consistency and follow modern naming conventions, several existing endpoints have been updated. Most of these changes involve switching from slashes (`/`) to colon-style actions (`:action`) or applying hyphenated names. | **Old Path (2.0)** | **New Path (2025-07)** | | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | `/order/estimate` | `/order:estimate` | | `/order/{orderId}/cancel` | `/order/{orderId}:cancel` | | `/order/{orderId}/shipment/{shipmentId}/cancel` | `/order/{orderId}/shipment/{shipmentId}:cancel` | | `/order/{orderId}/storeOrderJson` | `/order/{orderId}/store-order-json` | | `/shippingmethod` | `/shipping-method` | | `/shipment/:bulkUpdateTrackingUpload` | `/shipment:batchUpdateTrackingUpload` | | `/shipment/cancelbulk` | `/shipment:batchCancel` | | `/shipment/{shipmentId}/cancel` | `/shipment/{shipmentId}:cancel` | | `/receiving/{id}/cancel` | `/receiving/{id}:cancel` | | `/fulfillmentCenter` | `/fulfillment-center` | | `/return/{id}/cancel` | `/return/{id}:cancel` | *** #### 📘 Documentation Added 'Billing' use case for guidance on Billing API usage. ## April 2025 #### 📘 Documentation * Launched new API docs. * Added [2.0](https://developer.shipbob.com/api/2.0/webhooks/get-webhooks) and [experimental](https://developer.shipbob.com/api/experimental/) versions to API docs. ## December 2024 #### 🚀 New Features Introduced the`PUT 1.0/shipment`endpoint to indicate when tracking information has been uploaded. Use this endpoint to acknowledge that tracking details have been successfully synced to your system. Here is example use case: * Poll orders with tracking using `GET 1.0/order?HasTracking=true&IsTrackingUploaded=false` to retrieve orders where tracking has been provided but not yet confirmed as uploaded. * Once tracking is uploaded, call the `PUT 1.0/shipment` endpoint to mark it as uploaded. ## March 2024 #### 🚀 New Features * Introduced a new section for API Guides. #### 🛠 Improvements * Implemented retry logic for Webhooks to enhance resilience. Failed webhooks are now retried over 24 hours with an exponential backoff strategy to increase delivery success rates. ## February 2023 #### 🚀 New Features * Enabled self-service generation of Auth Tokens (Personal Access Tokens) directly from the ShipBob dashboard. ## November 2022 #### 🛠 Improvements * Added `GET 2.0/simulate/status/{simulation_id}` endpoint in the Sandbox Environment to fetch the status of a registered simulation. ## October 2022 #### 🚀 New Features * Introduced `POST 2.0/simulate/shipment` endpoint in the Sandbox Environment to request simulation for processing a shipment to 'Shipped' and 'Delivered' statuses. ## August 2022 #### 🚀 New Features * Added `GET 2.0/receiving` endpoint to request multiple Warehouse Receiving Orders (WROs), supporting various query parameters like fulfillment center ID and WRO insert date. #### ⚠️ Deprecations * Deprecated `1.0/receiving` endpoints. Users are encouraged to migrate to `2.0/receiving`. Note: The models returned by `2.0/receiving` will no longer contain box info; this will be moved to a separate endpoint before `/receiving` is removed permanently. ## April 2022 #### 🛠 Improvements * Added `purchase_order_number` attribute to the Receiving API's request and response structures. ## May 2021 #### 🛠 Improvements * Introduced `total_sellable_quantity` attribute to Inventory API endpoints, calculated by subtracting the total exception quantity from the fulfillable quantity. ## March 2020 #### 🚀 New Features * Enabled auto-creation of Products when sending Orders that use the product `reference_id`. * Added a new authentication method - Personal Access Token (PAT) - for single-merchant applications. #### 📘 Documentation * Updated 'Getting Started' section for clearer guidance on API usage. * Added an example integration diagram to the Tools section. ## February 2020 #### 🛠 Improvements * Added 'On Hand' and 'Committed' quantity calculations to the Inventory Resource. * Moved the Shipments endpoints under the Orders API resource, ensuring no interruptions of service. * Added Shipment information to the 'Get Order' and 'Get Orders' endpoints. ## January 2020 #### 🚀 New Features * Introduced the Returns API, including endpoints to create, edit, cancel, and retrieve returns. * Added `referenceId` field as a filter to the 'Get Orders' endpoint. ## December 2019 #### 🚀 New Features * Enabled developers to request multi-channel applications with read-only access to all of a user's channels. #### 🛠 Improvements * Added `packaging_attribute` field to Inventory API endpoints. * Fixed issue with missing inventory items in Bulk POST Products response. * Added 'Cancel Warehouse Receiving Order' endpoint. * Fixed incorrect `Next-Page` headers returned by endpoints with multiple pages. * Added company name to recipient info in Orders endpoints. * Added packaging type to Shipments endpoints. * Fixed bug where Shipments endpoints did not return more than one lot date and lot number for inventory. ## November 2019 #### 🛠 Improvements * Added 'Company Name' to the shipment object in the Fulfillment API. * Introduced an additional 'On Hold' status reason - "Missing Packaging Preferences". Merchants should resolve this by logging into their ShipBob account. #### 🚀 New Features * Released Warehouse Receiving API for creating orders to receive inventory into ShipBob’s fulfillment center. #### 📘 Documentation * Fixed inconsistencies and combined all APIs into a single document. * Introduced new endpoints for 'GET Timeline Logs For One Shipment' and 'GET Timeline Logs For One Shipment Without Order'. #### 🛠 Improvements * Shipments with 'On Hold' status for missing tariff information now display the inventory ID causing the hold.