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 c…

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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:

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. [image] Could you please confirm if this is the expected behavior?

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

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. On August 18, the deleted catalog objects did not include the data attributes. [image] On Aug…

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

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

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 o…

So your currently seeing the data returned for the deleted objects? :slight_smile:

Deleted Catalog data Attribute Becomes Empty

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murphyzhang August 27, 2025, 3:59am 11

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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