---
title: "eBay APIs GetAdFormatLeads decommissioned: 2026-09-21 | Harbyn"
description: "eBay APIs GetAdFormatLeads decommissioned, effective Sep 21, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/ebay/2026-09-21-getadformatleads-decommissioned"
last-updated: 2026-10-15
---

# eBay APIs GetAdFormatLeads decommissioned

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/ebay/2026-09-21-getadformatleads-decommissioned>.

Retirement - eBay APIs. high severity. In effect. History: recorded after the fact.

GetAdFormatLeads has been decommissioned. Users should migrate to the REST Leads API.

The deadline passed on Sep 21, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [eBay APIs](https://harbyn.com/vendors/ebay.md) |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Effective | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Lead time | Recorded after the fact: added 24 days after the deadline |
| Symbols | `GetAdFormatLeads` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses eBay APIs, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://developer.ebay.com/develop/api-deprecation-status> (deprecations, fetched 2026-10-15 17:07 UTC, sha256 `b0568d9ae80985771d99b98ac0c1f2b411a6c6e105412eaba0d21b7b5d030d05`)

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