Deleted Catalog data Attribute Becomes Empty

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Hi Square Team,

When I query deleted catalogs via the Square Catalog API, I noticed that the data attribute for deleted catalogs is now empty.

Previously, the data attribute of deleted catalogs still contained the full catalog information, but now it only returns an empty node.

Could you please confirm whether this change was introduced in the 2025 API version upgrade—specifically, that the data attribute for deleted catalogs has been changed from containing full data to being empty?

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Thanks,

Murphy

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When you set the Square-Version to a previous version does it show in the API response? Also what’s an item_id your seeing this with and your application ID? :slight_smile:

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Thank you for your support.

When I queried catalogs via the Sandbox API, I noticed that the deleted catalog objects now contain the full data attribute.

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Could you please confirm if this is the expected behavior?

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Whats the item_id your seeing this behavior with and what are the steps to reproduce. :slight_smile:

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Thank you for your support.

May I ask if the Square team recently updated the behavior of deleted catalog objects?I noticed that the results I queried today are different from what I observed before.

Could you please confirm if there was an update on this behavior yesterday? This change impacts how our system handles logic related to deleted catalogs.

  • Item ID: 2QVQ6NXSRRQ5PNLV6J4GDYGQ
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Hi Square Team:

Could you please confirm if there was an update on this behavior? This change impacts how our system handles logic related to deleted catalogs.

Thanks,

Murphy

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What are the exact fields that are missing? :slight_smile:

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Thank you very much for your support.

While reviewing the Deleted Category CatalogObject, I observed that all category_data fields were missing.

Although the current API responses now return the expected category_data, it appears that between August 15 and August 20 the responses were incomplete or inconsistent.

Could you please confirm whether this was a known issue during that period?

  • On August 18, the deleted catalog objects did not include the data attributes.

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  • On August 20, the deleted catalog objects did include the full data attributes

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  • Item ID: 2QVQ6NXSRRQ5PNLV6J4GDYGQ
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So your currently seeing the data returned for the deleted objects? :slight_smile:

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Yes, the current API responses now return the expected category_data, but it appears that between August 15 and August 20 the responses were incomplete or inconsistent.

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Okay, I’ve let the team know but glad to hear the data is now correctly being returned. :slight_smile:

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Thank you very much for your support.

If you have any updates, please feel free to let me know at any time.

Thanks,

Murphy