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  • 2022/11/15

    CheckoutThemesStorefrontPaymentsProductsDashboard

    New Features

    • Customer Metadata fields can now be edited on the customer detail view providing more use cases for managing custom customer data.
    • Apple Pay is now an available Payment Method filter on Orders, Transactions, as well as being populated in the Transactions by Payment Method report.

    Improvements

    • Removed tabs and counts on Orders, Customers, Subscriptions, and Tickets for more clear UX improved page load times.
    • Product Categories are now available in storefront theme context for theme developers to create dynamic backend driven layouts with product categories.
    • Dashboard navigation has been streamlined for less clicks and an improved UX flow.
    • User lookup and validation on the Admin API has been improved to lookup existing customers by email (when passed) as the priority and ignoring the phone number to reduce the E.164 formatting requirements for API consumers.
    • Cart Checkout Links expiration has been updated to 90 days extending the amount of time available for automatic cart recovery.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue with Support Emails not maintaining line breaks from the comment editor through to the email notification to users.
    • Fixed an edge case where Attribution for Agents was not shown on orders if no other attribution was present.
    • Fixed an edge case that prevented orders from being canceled if the product class had stock tracking setting changed since the order was created.

  • 2022/10/17

    SettingsDashboardCustomers

    New Features

    • A new timeline oriented Customer Detail view is now optionally available on stores, to improve the UX when working with customers in the Dashboard.
    • Open Carts can now be exported, allowing merchants to leverage this data in external workflows.
    • Store Settings now feature a new SEO & Social Sharing section to configure store homepage SEO meta tags and also provide a preview image when shared on social platforms.
    • Subscription shipping price can now be updated on the Admin Subscriptions API.

    Improvements

    • Customer's default shipping address is now automatically populated in the checkout flow to reduce friction and improve the UX.
    • Dispute handling of subscriptions has been improved with the new ability to provide a trackable Subscription Cancel Reason in the event a subscription is canceled due to the customer filing a dispute.
    • Improved the page load performance of the Orders List view with more query optimizations.
    • Product IDs now show in on Product Detail views making it easier for Dashboard users to reference them when using Checkout Links.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue caused by users using the back button after completing their PayPal order.
    • Fixed an issue with Orders search when the current page does not exist for the current search terms.
    • Added upload file type validation to Branding Settings to display proper error messages for supported file types.
    • Fixed an issue related to non-public products causing an error when attempted to be accessed publicly.

  • 2022/10/3

    CheckoutPaymentsProductsTaxesDashboard

    New Features

    • Introducing Apple Pay as a new payment method available in the storefront checkout flow and on the Admin API.
    • Introducing TaxJar as a new third-party tax calculation and tax reporting App to automate sales tax collection and reporting.
    • Checkout Links now support adding attribution metadata to the cart and order by passing a querystring with the metadata key and value, ie attribution_metadata.KEY=VALUE
    • The WYSIWYG editor now supports adding video embeds as a new toolbar option to easily embed videos into storefront content.

    Improvements

    • Improved the storefront checkout flow order summary totals to make them more clearly display applied discounts.
    • Updated the Product Class Admin APIs to use the product class ID instead of slug as the reference point for consistency across the Admin API.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed issues where user's IP address wasn't automatically saved in the payment redirect flows for APMs.
    • Fixed the order stats on Funnel overview page that weren't showing all orders associated to the funnel.
    • Fixed the Total Spent metrics on the Customers List view to display correctly.
    • Fixed the Subscriptions Dashboard New Subscribers chart to include all subscriptions created within the timeframe.
    • Fixed missing validation for Attribution Metadata on the Carts Admin API to be consistent with the orders Admin API.
    • Fixed a minor display issue for Apps that don't have a public version yet and installed on development stores.

  • 2022/9/19

    Admin APIPaymentsWebhooksDashboard

    New Features

    • It is now possible, when using Auth/Capture payment flows on the Admin API, to authorize a higher value than the initial order amount by passing the authorize_value This allows for upsells to be added to the original order without additional transactions.
    • The core user model now has a user_agent attribute that can be populated for syncing to external systems that leverage browser user agents as part of their attribution matching algorithms.

    Improvements

    • We improved the Carts Admin API to be consistent with the Dashboard > Customers > Open Carts view.
    • We've now added support for the accepts_marketing attribute on the Carts Admin API, for specifying this when creating a user with a cart within a single API call.
    • We've updated all gateway secure credential fields to use an obscured password field type for improved security.
    • We've improved the WYSIWYG editor to have a max height, so long content doesn't overly consume Dashboard page vertical real estate.
    • The Stock Records list view now shows the Subscription Price for improved visibility.
    • Creating webhooks now validates that the target uses SSL on the Admin API and Dashboard, as SSL is required for webhook processing tasks.
    • Added more validation/exception handling to safely handle improperly configured checkout links.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue with failed subscription renewal transactions not properly being flagged as recurring.
    • Fixed a UX edge case that prevented a user from creating a Product Class.
    • Fixed an issue with Tax not showing in order confirmation emails.
    • Fixed an issue where it was possible for a theme to have multiple preview tokens causing an error with theme previews.
    • Fixed an issue with the Stock Record create form Product dropdown selector not properly showing Product Variant titles.
    • Fixed a product image crop inconsistency on the storefront checkout flow.
    • Investigated 500 errors we've been seeing on a few stores' blog views, and fixed pagination.

  • 2022/8/22

    ReportsDashboardApps

    New Features

    • App Framework is now in public beta paving the way for third-party developers to build reusable apps to extend storefronts and core platform logic, see Apps documentation.
    • We now have an App available on Make.com to easily integrate 100s of services and create custom workflows.
    • Transactions list view and reports can now be filtered by Card Brand to improve workflows for card brand transaction reporting.
    • The phone_number field on the Admin API now accepts local numbers and will automatically convert them to E.164 format based on the user's first address country.

    Improvements

    • We've improved the default sorting direction for all reports to default to descending (highest to lowest) which is more in line with user expectations when sorting by report columns.
    • We've updated the layout of Page, Blog Post, and Support article editing views to use a two column layout for more UX consistency for content editing views.
    • We've improved the UX for managing Fulfillment Partner linked integrations.
    • We've improved the Admin API Product Class serializer to include the id, slug, and name so it can be used as a reference point for other APIs.
    • Updated the Order Status Page link from the dashboard to use the store's primary domain.
    • Product Attributes File Input fields now have improved UX formatting.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue with new store creation not completing and getting stuck in the initialization state.
    • Fixed an issue with Omnisend orders not being able to sync when they don't have a shipping address.
    • Added better error handling for an edge case where a user's PayPal address does not match the country of their chosen shipping method.
    • Fixed an edge case where it was possible that PayPal returned more than one user.
    • Fixed an issue with Product Attribute file uploads producing a 500 error.
    • Improved validation logic to better handle postcode validation errors to properly return a 400 level response code.