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title: "Shopify ends Global Catalog REST API | Agent Ready Checkout"
description: "9 Oct 2026: Shopify announced the Global Catalog REST API stops serving traffic on 2 November 2026, pushing agent developers onto the Catalog API and UCP MCP."
canonical: https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-10-09-shopify-sets-2026-11-02-shutdown-for-the-global-catalog
site: "Agent Ready Checkout"
last_updated: 2026-11-04
date: 2026-10-09
section: "News"
---

# Shopify ends Global Catalog REST API | Agent Ready Checkout

> 9 Oct 2026: Shopify announced the Global Catalog REST API stops serving traffic on 2 November 2026, pushing agent developers onto the Catalog API and UCP MCP.

Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-10-09-shopify-sets-2026-11-02-shutdown-for-the-global-catalog
Site: Agent Ready Checkout
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

News, 9 Oct 2026

# Shopify sets 2026-11-02 shutdown for the Global Catalog REST API

In short

Shopify announced the Global Catalog REST API stops serving traffic on 2 November 2026, pushing agent developers onto the Catalog API and UCP MCP endpoints. The matrix entry to read next for this 9 Oct 2026 item is UCP on Shopify, which is live as of 4 Nov 2026.

## What was reported

Shopify announced the Global Catalog REST API stops serving traffic on 2 November 2026, pushing agent developers onto the Catalog API and UCP MCP endpoints.

Primary source: [shopify.dev](https://shopify.dev/changelog/posts/global-catalog-rest-api-stops-serving-traffic-on-november-2-2026), read 4 Nov 2026.

## Where it sits in the matrix

-   [Shopify](https://agentreadycheckout.com/platforms/shopify): 1 live, 0 pilot, 1 announced and 0 not supported in the matrix.

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## Sources

1.  [shopify.dev/changelog/posts/global-catalog-rest-api-stops-serving-traffic-on-november-2-2026](https://shopify.dev/changelog/posts/global-catalog-rest-api-stops-serving-traffic-on-november-2-2026), read 4 Nov 2026

Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026

## Edition

Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026.

Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [1 sources](#sources-h).

## Method

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