EU FBM performance rules, split title schema, External Fulfillment ACCEPTED status
Three changes: from July 15, 2026 FBM sellers in DE/FR/IT/ES face 90% on-time delivery requirements (listing deactivation from Sept 1) with handling time capped at 0-1 days; from July 27, 2026 the Product Type Definitions API splits non-media titles into item_name (75 chars) and title_differentiation (125 chars); External Fulfillment MFN shipments now initialize as ACCEPTED, with CREATED deprecated in late July 2026.
Deadline: 2026-07-27
Action note
Update External Fulfillment status polling to handle ACCEPTED before the late-July CREATED deprecation, submit split title attributes after July 27, and adjust EU FBM handling-time workflows by July 15.
Invoice by Amazon opens to VCS Lite sellers; Brazil Invoices API adds cancellation XML
From July 7, 2026 all eligible VCS Lite sellers can enroll in Invoice by Amazon, so tools must skip invoice uploads when status is InvoiceCreatedByAmazon. From July 15, 2026 the Brazil Invoices API getInvoicesDocument ZIP includes cancellation XML files with a _CANCEL_NFE_XML suffix.
Deadline: 2026-07-15
Action note
By July 15, 2026, update invoice handling to bypass uploads for InvoiceCreatedByAmazon status and extend Brazil ZIP parsing to recognize _CANCEL_NFE_XML files.
May 2026 SP-API release notes and deprecation schedule published
Amazon published the May 2026 SP-API Release Notes together with an updated SP-API Deprecation Schedule. The announcement itself lists no individual deadlines; the linked schedule is where per-API version retirement dates live.
Action note
Review the linked May 2026 Release Notes and Deprecation Schedule to identify which of your integrated SP-API versions are affected.
Listings Items API adds Industry Vertical Pricing audience values (US)
The Listings Items API (v2021-08-01) now accepts new IVP audience values in purchasable_offer.audience (B2B_EDUCATION, B2B_HEALTHCARE, B2B_GOVERNMENT, B2B_INDUSTRIAL) alongside B2B and ALL, US marketplace only. Additive; sellers must be enrolled in Amazon Business Industry Vertical Pricing.
Action note
If your tool supports IVP-enrolled sellers, update listing create/update payloads to allow the new purchasable_offer.audience enum values; otherwise no change needed.