# The Commerce Charge API stops working

Calls to these calls on Coinbase Commerce API stopped working on March 31, 2026.

On March 31, 2026, the Commerce Charge API will stop working, and requests sent to api.commerce.coinbase.com will fail. Developers are instructed to migrate to the Checkouts API for modern authentication and additional capabilities. After this date, existing charge integrations will no longer be supported.

## What to use instead

Switch to the Coinbase Business Checkouts API using a CDP API key with Bearer JWT authentication instead of X-CC-Api-Key charges. This change requires more than updating an identifier, as the Checkouts API requires a Coinbase Business account, which is open only to US and Singapore businesses.

The Checkouts API requires a Coinbase Business account, open only to US and Singapore businesses, and a new CDP API key.

- API: Coinbase Commerce API (api.commerce.coinbase.com)
- Kind: Version retirement
- Takes effect: March 31, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Source: [Announcement](https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/coinbase-business/checkout-apis/migrate-from-commerce/overview)
- Verified: October 26, 2026, against Coinbase Commerce API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/coinbase-commerce-api/breaking-changes/the-commerce-charge-api-stops-working/

## Coinbase Commerce API's words

> Migrate from Commerce Charge API to the Checkouts API for improved reliability, simplified integration, modern authentication, and additional capabilities including settlement details.

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