note on the properties of an item and its cart state

[witekdev]

Not so much of an issue per say but wanted to note down this behavior.

Let's say I add some item to the cart, then I update it's properties (like shipping weight) before checking the cart out. The checkout process does not take note of this updated property
and in my specific use case when I changed the shipping weight from 0 to 2 while I had some of those items sitting in the cart, I did not get taken to the shipping form (which I kind of expected since now the weight of each of those items was non-zero) but instead went directly to checkout.

I know that it is highly unlikely that a user will encounter such a scenario as they wont be checking out something and updating it's properties in mid process, nevertheless, something to be aware of.

[davisagli]

My thought was that we should honor the price (etc) that was configured when the item was added to the cart. But you could also argue that if someone leaves an item in their cart for a long time, we should use the current price. What do you think?

[witekdev]

Hmm, you are right, changing the weight would affect the shipping price etc.
Well I would say honor the price that they got but as they are not yet on the shipping form (they have not begun to checkout process), if other properties like weight of the item change, update dynamically, or is that too much effort?

[witekdev]

Amazon for instance lets you know that the price of the items in your cart has changed. Which I think is the best and acceptable way forward?

[davisagli]

That's a feature that we can add if we have a client that is interested in paying for it, I'd say.

[witekdev]

Sound good to me