# POST /post-order/v2/return/check_eligibility stops working

Calls to POST /post-order/v2/return/check_eligibility on eBay API stopped working on January 20, 2026.

- 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/check_eligibility`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.ebay.com/develop/api/post-order-api/release-notes)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/ebay-api/breaking-changes/post-post-order-v2-return-check-eligibility-stops-working/

## What to use instead

eBay names no replacement for this Post-Order call; handle the step on eBay or drop it.

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

## 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