4.4.0

This version focuses primarily on issues relating to stock changes and entity discovery in sync, as well as providing additional diagnostic information and improvements to extensibility.

Issues relating to stock status changes not being reflected in entity discovery - for example, where a product changed to or from being in stock - which may previously have required a Klevu entity update or discovery operation have been addressed.

Note: there remain some scenarios which will still do not cause a product to be queued for sync, primarily revolving around configurable products using Multi Source Inventory, where the last variant moves out of stock; or edge cases where variants exist in a different website to the parent. Additional improvements will be rolled out in future versions of the 4.4.x branch

To address difficulties determining stock and status changes during database transactions, and to better support customisations to stock status logic, some discovery operations are now deferred.

This means that the indexing records will be marked as "requiring update", with the applicable status flag stored for reference.

A cron job has been added to process records requiring update, setting the Next Action if applicable. Job code: klevu_indexing_process_require_update_entities; Default schedule */15 * * * * (though this can be modified via the bin/magento config:set klevu:indexing:process_require_update_entities_cron_expr [CRON_EXPR] CLI command)

A new module has been included to provide improved compatibility with Magento MSI. Package name: klevu/module-m2-indexing-msi; this module is required by klevu/module-indexing-products, though is designed to be replaceable via composer if MSI has been removed from your installation.

This module also adds a new setting to Stores > Configuration > Klevu > Developer Settings > Indexing - Products > Append Reservations Action, which allows you to determine how we respond to reservations - for example, when a sale is made through the storefront.



Available Options

Note: if you are experiencing high traffic through the checkout, Calculate Requires Update is the most processing-intensive and may cause slowdown; Mark All For Update is quicker, bu will cause additional load on the Klevu sync process; No Action has negligible impact on checkout speed but may lead to inaccurate data in Klevu's indexes.

The logic to determine whether a product is out of stock, or disabled, has been moved to two independent services, which can be plugged into; preferenced; or replaced using standard Magento development practices

Reference

Additionally, the native Stock Status provider now supports multiple calculation methods, configurable via Stores > Configuration > Klevu > Developer Settings >Indexing - Products > Stock Status Calculation Method



Available Options:

Prior to 4.4.0, the stock status value used for entity discovery and the value included in the sync payload may have differed due to independent calculations. It is now possible to use the provider (above)'s logic to generate the sync payload value.

To support backward compatibility, this is disabled by default and must be turned on via Stores > Configuration > Klevu > Developer Settings > Indexing - Products > Use Provider for Stock Status Value

NOTE: Once enabled (and the Magento config cache flushed), you will need to regenerate the indexing pipeline overrides to ensure the changes are applied

The overal metapackage version (eg 4.4.0) and the standalone Klevu library (SDK and Pipeline) versions are now available in Stores > Configuration > Klevu > Information > Module Versions



Schedule and execution information for all Klevu cron jobs can now be found under Stores > Configuration > Klevu > Information > Cron Information



In addition to the existing sync entity information found in the backend products grid under Action > Klevu Sync Info, a new section has been added to display live calculated data for the record for all integrated keys - regardless whether an indexing entity is present - and all store views using that key (if multiple stores share a key).



Information Includes

A new terminal command has been added to provide a holistic overview of an individual product (including where it exists as a variant) across all integrated websites.

This information can be viewed by running the following command via the console

The output contains the same information as the products grid (above) as well as

This release also contains a number of minor bug fixes and technical improvements. See changelog below for more details.