# GET /catalog/v0/categories stops working

Calls to GET /catalog/v0/categories on Amazon Selling Partner API stopped working on August 26, 2026.

Amazon Selling Partner API retired GET /catalog/v0/categories on August 26, 2026. Calls to this endpoint fail since that date. The change was announced on May 21, 2025.

## What to use instead

Use the Catalog Items API v2022-04-01 instead.

- API: Amazon Selling Partner API (sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: May 21, 2025
- Takes effect: August 26, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `GET /catalog/v0/categories`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/sp-api-deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Amazon Selling Partner API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/amazon-selling-partner-api-north-america/breaking-changes/get-catalog-v0-categories-stops-working/

## Amazon Selling Partner API's words

> Catalog Items API v0 listCatalogCategories May 21, 2025 August 26, 2026

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