Overview

On 11 June 2025 Amazon will add a new shipment status called PendingSchedule for Easy Ship orders. The status appears in the SP‑API getOrder and getOrders responses whenever an Easy Ship order has been placed but a carrier has not yet been assigned. Sellers and developers need to update their order‑processing logic to recognize this value, or risk misclassifying early‑stage Easy Ship shipments.

Key Points

• New enum entry — The ShipmentStatus field will return the literal string “PendingSchedule” for Easy Ship orders that are waiting for carrier assignment.
• Automatic state change — As soon as Amazon’s logistics system assigns a carrier, the status flips to “ReadyForPickUp” without any additional API request from the seller.
• Marketplace coverage — The rollout will be simultaneous across all North American (US, CA, MX) and European (DE, FR, IT, ES, UK) marketplaces, meaning every seller with Easy Ship enabled will see the same value.
• Compliance deadline — All integrations must be able to parse and handle “PendingSchedule” by 11 June 2025; otherwise parsing errors may cause orders to be routed to the wrong fulfillment queue.
• Clear early‑stage signal — The new status eliminates the need for developers to infer the early Easy Ship stage from a combination of FulfillmentChannel and missing later statuses.
• No extra polling required — Because the transition to “ReadyForPickUp” is automatic, sellers do not need to call a separate endpoint to learn when a carrier has been scheduled.

How the New PendingSchedule Status Works

1. Order creation — When a buyer selects Easy Ship at checkout, Amazon records the order but does not yet assign a carrier.

   • Example: A seller receives an order for a set of silicone baking mats; the getOrder payload now contains "ShipmentStatus":"PendingSchedule" indicating the order is in the scheduling queue.