A page of the organization's backorder queue

GET /backorders

A page of the organization's backorder queue: the orders still waiting on stock — status open, awaiting-stock or partially-shipped with outstanding shortfalls — sorted oldest wait first, limit per page (1–200, 50 when omitted) from offset, with the queue's total.

Served from a per-SKU backorder index written with each order, so a page never loads the organization's order history. Each entry carries the per-SKU shortfall quantities, createdAt, waitingSince (when the current shortfall state began: the moment of the latest allocation run that left the order short, or the order's creation), and queuePosition — the order's 1-based rank, by creation sequence, among backordered orders shorted on any of the same SKUs. ?sku= narrows the list to orders short of that SKU; positions are still computed against the whole queue. Allocation policy (documented here on purpose): stock is granted strictly oldest-order-first by creation sequence per SKU — the earliest-created order short of a SKU is offered everything it still needs before the next order in line gets anything; there is no partial-fairness or pro-rata split across competing orders, and no priority rules. Appends nothing: a read of the backorder index.

Access

Requires orders:read.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as fulfillment_backorders (Fulfillment: Backorders), in the orders toolset. It only reads.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X GET 'https://fulfillment.getmanifold.io/backorders?limit=50' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN"

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://fulfillment.getmanifold.io/backorders?limit=50", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "items": [
    {
      "orderId": "ord_01a15960-bec0-7fd1-8ae2-93a4b5c6d7e8",
      "number": "SO-01046",
      "reference": "PO-7810",
      "status": "awaiting-stock",
      "shortfalls": [
        {
          "sku": "BOWL-SALT-L",
          "quantity": 3
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-10-20T07:45:12.001Z",
      "waitingSince": "2026-10-20T07:45:12.001Z",
      "queuePosition": 1
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 0
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: fulfillment-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://fulfillment.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Try again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Selling stock you do not have yet, step 5: Read the backorder queue