# The Web Tools API platform stops working

Calls to the Web Tools API platform on USPS Web Tools stopped working on January 25, 2026.

On January 25, 2026, the USPS Web Tools API platform was retired and service disruptions began. Calls directed to the host secure.shippingapis.com now fail. The retirement affects all requests relying on the legacy Web Tools API platform.

## What to use instead

Migrate to the USPS APIs on apis.usps.com (OAuth 2.0) by mapping each Web Tools API to its equivalent: Addresses v3, Domestic and International Prices v3, Labels v3, Tracking v3r2, or Locations v3. Switching requires more than updating an endpoint, as developers must create a new account, configure OAuth credentials, and set up payment authorization on the USPS Developer Portal for labels.

The USPS APIs need a new account, OAuth credentials and, for labels, a payment authorization on the USPS Developer Portal.

- API: USPS Web Tools (secure.shippingapis.com)
- Kind: Removal
- Takes effect: January 25, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Source: [Announcement](https://www.usps.com/business/web-tools-apis/welcome.htm)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against USPS Web Tools's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/usps-web-tools/breaking-changes/the-web-tools-api-platform-stops-working/

## USPS Web Tools's words

> The USPS Web Tools API platform was retired on January 25, 2026 and service disruptions are underway.

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