# POST /post-order/v2/return/{}/initiate_shipping_label stops working

Calls to POST /post-order/v2/return/{id}/initiate_shipping_label on eBay API stopped working on January 20, 2026.

On January 20, 2026, the POST /post-order/v2/return/{id}/initiate_shipping_label endpoint was decommissioned and removed from the documentation. Calls made to this endpoint fail after that date.

## What to use instead

eBay names no replacement for this Post-Order call, so you must handle the step on eBay or drop it. Because it was removed without a direct replacement, deciding how to adapt your application workflow is a product decision.

eBay removed the call without a replacement: what the code did with it is a product decision.

- API: eBay API (api.ebay.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: January 20, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /post-order/v2/return/{id}/initiate_shipping_label`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.ebay.com/develop/api/post-order-api/release-notes)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against eBay API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/ebay-api/breaking-changes/post-post-order-v2-return-initiate-shipping-label-stops-working/

## eBay API's words

> Decommissioned on January 20, 2026: API calls and types The following deprecated calls were decommissioned and removed from the documentation: - Cancel Return Request - Check Return Eligibility - Check Shipping Label Print Eligibility - Create Return Draft - Delete Return Request Draft File - Get Return Draft - Get Return Request Draft Files - Initiate Return Shipping Label

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent