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USPS Web Tools API Retirement Jan 2026 #39991

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@jaminion

Hello, we have been receiving notifications from USPS that they are retiring their current Web Tools API platform on Jan 25, 2026. This is similar to how UPS and Fedex have retired their older SOAP-based APIs, such as with issue #37534. This includes the RateV4, IntlRateV2 and TrackV2 APIs which are currently in use by the magento/module-usps package.

They have provided a reference to their "Industry Alert" at https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2025-02/INFORMATIONAL%20-%20Web%20Tools%20Retirement%20and%20Migration%20Dates.pdf identifying this.

Documentation for their REST APIs is available at https://developers.usps.com/.

According to https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/commerce-operations/release/planning/schedule there are two more releases currently planned before this date: August 12th, 2025 and October 14th, 2025. I cannot seem to find any information concerning efforts to update the USPS shipping module to support this new API endpoint, and I have also tried to search for another raised github issues in this project concerning this. I figured this request should go here rather than the feature-requests project because at the end of January 2026 it will become a serious bug for merchants who use the USPS shipping methods.

I am hoping to get some understanding into Adobe/Magento's position on this - if we can expect an update to that module before the impact date and which Magento versions will be supported.

Thank you!

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m2-assistant commented on Jun 12, 2025

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m2-assistant commented on Jun 13, 2025

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hostep

hostep commented on Jun 30, 2025

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Looks like Magento internal devs have fixed this in: 963fe57 in scope of AC-13257::Migrate USPS integration from outdated Web Tools APIs to new RESTful USPS APIs

engcom-November

engcom-November commented on Jul 1, 2025

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Thank You @hostep for the contribution.

Hello @jaminion ,

Thank you for your report and collaboration.

Could you please review the above comment and let us know if you're still experiencing any issues?

Hence we will proceed with closing this ticket.

Thank you once again!

hostep

hostep commented on Jul 1, 2025

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@engcom-November: can you try to figure out how Magento will release this fix? If it's supposed to be fixed before January 2026 then if we only put this fix only in Magento 2.4.9, it will be too late.
So are there plans to release this in one of the upcoming security releases? Or maybe as a seperate patch?

jaminion

jaminion commented on Jul 1, 2025

@jaminion
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Thank you, this is great information, looks like there has already been substantial work done on it. Thank you very much for communicating through this @hostep. I anticipate there will be patches for prior supported versions similar to how UPS and FedEx changes ended up releasing when those services went to REST.

engcom-November

engcom-November commented on Jul 1, 2025

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Hello @hostep,

As per the latest Jira update, the issue has been resolved in version 2.4.9-alpha2. This fix is scheduled to be included in the August release. We will continue to keep you updated on any further developments here.

Thank you for your continued support!

hostep

hostep commented on Jul 1, 2025

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Thanks @engcom-November, you understand that alpha versions aren't considered stable and to be use in production right? Or do you mean by August release that this fix will also be included in 2.4.8-p2, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.6-p12 & 2.4.5-p14?

engcom-November

engcom-November commented on Jul 1, 2025

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Hello @hostep ,

We are currently in discussions with the Product Owner to determine the release version for this fix, including whether it will be part of 2.4.8-p2, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.6-p12, and 2.4.5-p14. We will provide an update as soon as we have more clarity.

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          USPS Web Tools API Retirement Jan 2026 · Issue #39991 · magento/magento2