With respect to custom associations that I create, my understanding of the following three concepts: Label: the business-fac…

@PCronin9 - I understand this is just a personal perspective, but ever since I started using the V4 API I have been happy to …

This approach is fine if UI users cannot alter the association type label names. Unfortunately that is not the case in my sit…

Hey @PCronin9 , HubSpot’s v4 Associations API removed type names to separate what developers use from what users see in the …

The type name is also not editable by UI users, and isn’t shown to UI users, so also falls into the category of “what develop…

Hi there @PCronin9 , Thank you for your insightful observations about the differences between HubSpot’s v3 and v4 Association…

Associations: why does v4 API drop support for type names?

chighsmith October 3, 2025, 10:11pm 2

Hi @PCronin9,
Thank you for posting to the Community!
I will reach out to our team and keep you updated on this thread
Cassie, Community Manager

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