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Key Takeaways
- API Deprecation Status lists all VeRO API methods as deprecated August 28, 2026 and scheduled for September 30 shutdown. As of September 28, the row remained scheduled.
- VeRO API v2 creates and manages reports for Verified Rights Owner Program members. Ordinary sellers cannot infer eligibility from past legacy calls.
- Inventory report creation, reason codes, report status, and report-item queries; verify permissions, parameters, results, and errors against v2 references.
- Legacy VeRO-related Trading API operations have separate decommissioned entries and must not be assigned this VeRO API September 30 date.
- Acceptance should reconcile authorized creation results, report IDs, status, and subsequent queries. No program account, request-level shutdown proof, or complete field mapping was obtained here.
- Legacy fallback is temporary only before the date while the interface remains available. Once stopped, cease relying on the old route and consult official support.
Who is affected, and what remains unconfirmed?
The current eBay Developers table lists All methods of VeRO API as deprecated August 28, 2026 and scheduled for September 30 decommissioning, with VeRO API v2 as the replacement. It remains in scheduled, not already decommissioned. That confirms a plan and migration direction, not shutdown observed on September 28 or an unpublished hour or time zone.
Classify by actual use. VeRO members creating or managing intellectual-property infringement reports through the legacy API should prioritize migration. Ordinary listing, order, or seller-message integrations are not automatically affected. Older Trading API VeRO calls have a separate decommissioning record. Identify the API family through application logs and code paths.
Confirm program eligibility and inventory existing calls
The official v2 entry is for Verified Rights Owner Program members. Check organizational VeRO membership, application authorization, accessible documentation, and test environment first. If v2 is unavailable or returns permission errors, confirm eligibility and authorization rather than switching accounts or outbound IPs or repeatedly submitting to guess availability.
For each real legacy call, inventory submission, reason codes, status, item lists, polling, and human review, recording entry point, volume, identity, fields, errors, and downstream dependencies. The v2 directory lists those workflows, but no complete official one-to-one v1/v2 field mapping was found here. Similar names do not replace field verification.
Replace business workflows rather than changing URLs in bulk
First retain the read date of the deprecation table and v2 reference and freeze the legacy inventory. Second, within an eligible authorized application, check endpoints, fields, pagination, and state semantics for reason-code queries, submissions, reports, and items, mapping them to business operations rather than old Trading method names. Third, exercise a complete report lifecycle with controlled test data and retain request IDs, report IDs, time, state, and inspectable errors. Do not create test traffic with real infringement reports.
Fourth, switch permitted business traffic in stages and compare creation confirmation, later state, report items, and human administrative results, with business-owner review of differences. v2 documentation is a reference; actual access depends on membership, authorization, and server results. If v2 permission is missing, contact established eBay developer support before the deadline rather than treating the date as automatic eligibility.
Acceptance, failures, and stop conditions
Acceptance should cover authorization, accessible reason codes, a controlled submission producing a traceable ID, status and item queries linked to the same business record, and retries that do not create unreviewed duplicate reports. Retain original timestamps and time zones, API version, request ID, and response state without exposing rights-holder materials or credentials. Without account-level testing, record acceptance as pending.
Stop expansion for 401/403, mismatched reason codes, missing report state, duplicates, unclear field semantics, or disagreement with the administrative result. Short legacy fallback is only appropriate before retirement while the interface remains usable and business permits it; after September 30 it is not reliable. Independently established DNS, TLS, or proxy 407 evidence can use the connection checklist. Stable egress cannot grant VeRO membership or repair the API contract.
Keep the two eBay decommissioning timelines separate
The same table lists Trading API GetVeROReportStatus, GetVeROReasonCodeDetails, and VeROReportItems under already decommissioned. Those states differ from VeRO API All methods scheduled for September 30. Group migration work by the API family actually called.
GetAdFormatLeads also illustrates why a passed date and an official terminal-state confirmation are different evidence; see the eBay Leads API migration guide. This article concerns VeRO reports only; other APIs' shutdowns or successful migrations do not establish VeRO account outcomes.
Evidence and applicability boundaries
The eBay Developers table and v2 reference were read September 28, 2026. They establish the planned date, all-method scope, v2 replacement, and program eligibility. Exact shutdown time, actual legacy responses, member permissions, field mappings, and production report results remain UNKNOWN. Revisions to dates, eligibility, or endpoints should update this page and checklist before renewed acceptance.
PRODUCT_FIT=NONE. VeRO reporting depends on eBay program permissions and an API contract. A proxy or fixed IP cannot provide membership, extend retirement, or substitute for compliance review.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will all VeRO API methods stop on September 30, 2026?
eBay schedules all legacy VeRO API methods for that date and points to v2. As of September 28, the row remained scheduled; an exact switching time and request-level terminal result were not observed.
Can ordinary sellers directly use VeRO API v2?
Do not assume so. The official entry is for Verified Rights Owner Program members. Check application permissions under your organization's membership and authorization.
Can legacy methods be mapped to v2 automatically by name?
No. Verify creation, reason-code, status, and item workflows against actual v2 fields. No complete official one-to-one field mapping was obtained here.
Do old Trading API VeRO operations also wait until September 30?
They follow a separate timeline. Some Trading API VeRO operations are already listed as decommissioned; handle each actual API family separately.
What if v2 returns 403 or different report states?
Stop expansion and retain request ID, version, and response. Check program eligibility, authorization, and field semantics; do not infer permissions by switching IP or keep bulk-submitting unverified results.