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Understanding Inventory Statuses

Not all non-sellable inventory is the same. Archived, quarantined, and expired represent distinct states with different causes and implications. Understanding the difference is important when interpreting inventory data returned by the API.

Archived​

An item or batch is marked archived when a user — either a brand or retailer, but not Nabis — explicitly removes it from a sellable state within the platform. This is a manual action taken in the application. Archived items are not sellable on the Nabis platform and unavailable in the inventory results of this API.

Quarantined​

Quarantine is an operational state managed by Nabis. Product is typically quarantined when it is awaiting lab testing results, or when a brand requests that product be pulled from a sellable state. Unlike archived, quarantine is not initiated by the brand or retailer directly — it is a byproduct of Nabis platform operations.

Expired​

A product is marked expired when its certificate of analysis (COA) has passed its expiration date. Nabis enforces guardrails to prevent expired product from appearing as sellable, regardless of other status flags.

Expired is not an explicit status but a state and is not conceptually exposed within this API.

For a full reference on inventory fields, see CA Inventory or NY Inventory.