Draft order and transfer/shipment inventory is moving from reserved to committed
Shopify developer change
MerchantDiff detected this entry in Shopify's official developer changelog on August 05, 2026.
This Shopify update is categorized as API, Update, GraphQL Admin API.
What changed
For draft orders, transfers, and shipments, quantities that previously appeared under reserved will now appear under committed. This is a one-time data migration that applies only to active draft orders and open transfers/shipments that are still holding inventory when the change runs. Completed, cancelled, or already-released holds are not modified, because they no longer hold reserved inventory. What's not changing available and on_hand quantities are unaffected. Total inventory is unchanged, and quantities are only moving between two “unavailable” buckets.
Who is affected
Apps using the affected Shopify GraphQL API surface should review this change.
What action may be needed
Review the official Shopify entry, confirm whether the change touches your app, and test the affected workflow before your next relevant deployment.
Use the official Shopify entry below as the source of truth for technical implementation details, affected APIs, migration instructions and deadlines.
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