# /v2/labor/shifts is deprecated

Square API deprecated /v2/labor/shifts* without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Square API (connect.squareup.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: May 21, 2025
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/v2/labor/shifts*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/labor-api/what-it-does)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/square-api/breaking-changes/v2-labor-shifts-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Use the Timecard endpoints under /v2/labor/timecards (CreateTimecard, SearchTimecards, RetrieveTimecard, UpdateTimecard, DeleteTimecard).

## Square API's words

> all Shift endpoints ( /v2/labor/shifts/...) are replaced by Timecard endpoints ( /v2/labor/timecards/...) that provide the same functionality.