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# August 21, 2026

> Installment agreements can now report a filed request the IRS has not answered

Installment agreements gained a state that comes before the IRS has acted on them.

* **New `status` value: `Requested`.** A request for the agreement has been filed with the IRS and it has not
  answered yet. It becomes `Pending` or `Active` once the IRS acts, and existing values are unchanged. See
  [Installment agreements](/api-reference/lookup-results#installment-agreements).
* **Read `startDate` and `coveredPeriods` differently on a `Requested` agreement.** `startDate` is the date the
  request was filed rather than a date the IRS posted, and `coveredPeriods` are the periods the request *asks*
  the agreement to cover rather than periods the IRS has established. On every other status both keep their
  existing meaning.
* **No breaking change.** Agreements you already receive are unaffected. If your integration switches on
  `status`, add `Requested` to it — a client that treats unknown values as an error will otherwise reject a
  taxpayer who has one.