# Shopify's REST inventory_levels/connect keeps existing quantities instead of resetting them, as of 2026-04

- **Provider:** Shopify
- **Endpoint:** `POST /admin/api/{version}/inventory_levels/connect.json`
- **Effective:** 2026-04-01
- **Severity:** medium
- **Change:** version-sunset
- **Status:** unverified (secondary reports only; SHAPI does not open fix PRs for it)

## What changed

As of Admin API version 2026-04, POST inventory_levels/connect.json keeps an inventory level's earlier quantities instead of resetting them to zero.

## What to do

Set the available quantity explicitly after connecting a location if your app relied on it starting at zero.

## Sources

- Provider notice (2026-04-17): https://shopify.dev/changelog/inventoryactivate-now-preserves-available-quantity

## Machine-readable

- Advisory: https://github.com/SriVarshini09/shapi-advisories/blob/main/advisories/shopify-rest-inventory-connect-preserves-quantities.json
- OSV: https://shapi.dev/osv/shopify-rest-inventory-connect-preserves-quantities.json