Issue: We’re a flower shop doing same-day local deliveries. When we complete deliveries, we need to: Mark the order as delivered (so customer’s order status page shows “delivered”) Send ONE email with delivery details (time, notes, etc.) Current Problem: Using GraphQL API, we can’t achieve this…

Found references to being able to do it via API in this issue . [image] [Bug] Local Delivery Notification - Order out for local delivery Fulfillment & Inventory Hi @Lewis , Thanks for reaching out. There is currently no way to trigger the out for delivery email within t…

Thanks but as I mentioned in my post I am using the API and I’ve tried every combination of calls and it appears there’s no way to send only one notification if I both fulfill and mark as delivered. Shopify just isn’t setup well to handle same day local delivery. I don’t want to send a bunch of em…

Ah I see what you mean now. I assumed the fulfillmentEventCreate would trigger the emails based on the docs as that would be logical. But I think you are right there is a bug here because you can’t create a fulfillment for local delivery, without the order being fulfilled and then the events don’t …

Interesting. Thanks again for helping, I appreciate it even if there is likely no good solution. The overall flow is understandable as it does make sense to inform the customer that you’ve received the order, fulfilled, and then delivered the order. But for us, with local delivery, it just happe…

Local Delivery: Can't send single "delivered" email with delivery details via API

GraphQL Admin API Troubleshooting

JordanFinners July 26, 2025, 11:33am 2

Found references to being able to do it via API in this issue
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If you’re using local delivery shipping method in Shopify, it looks like you could use the out for delivery email notification. Then delivered notification, both built into Shopify.
Triggered via API fulfillmentEventCreate - GraphQL Admin

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Local Delivery: Can't send single "delivered" email with delivery details via API

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