---
title: inventoryShipmentMarkInTransit - GraphQL Admin
description: Marks a draft inventory shipment as in transit.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryshipmentmarkintransit
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryshipmentmarkintransit.md
---

# inventory​Shipment​Mark​In​Transit

mutation

Requires `write_inventory_shipments` access scope. Also: The user must have permission to manage inventory.

Marks a draft inventory shipment as in transit.

## Arguments

* date​Shipped

  [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/DateTime)

  The date the shipment was shipped.

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  required

  The ID of the inventory shipment to mark in transit.

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## Inventory​Shipment​Mark​In​Transit​Payload returns

* inventory​Shipment

  [Inventory​Shipment](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryShipment)

  The marked in transit inventory shipment.

* user​Errors

  [\[Inventory​Shipment​Mark​In​Transit​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryShipmentMarkInTransitUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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## Examples

* ### inventoryShipmentMarkInTransit reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation inventoryShipmentMarkInTransit($id: ID!, $dateShipped: DateTime) {
  inventoryShipmentMarkInTransit(id: $id, dateShipped: $dateShipped) {
    inventoryShipment {
      # InventoryShipment fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "dateShipped": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "dateShipped": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
}
```