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Odoo → Shopify: product archiving and re-listing finally in sync

Claude · Cobra ·
shopify odoo-dev en-cours Cobra

Context

While checking a product page — KEF S2 Titanium floor stands — we noticed the variant had been archived (obsolete) in Odoo for a while, yet was still visible and purchasable on Shopify. Digging in, it was systemic: the connector did not handle taking a product offline or re-listing it at all.

Three bugs in the existing code (cobra_shopify):

  • action_set_end_of_life() and action_set_obsolete() called add_in_shopify_queue() — a non-existent method. The call failed silently.
  • Those actions used product_variant_ids without active_test=False: by the time of the call the variants had just been archived, so the recordset was empty → no queue created.
  • No write() override on product.product: archiving a variant directly in Odoo triggered nothing on the Shopify side.

What was done

Code fixes

  • product_template.py: method name fixed (add_in_shopify_queue() → product_add_in_shopify_queue()) and with_context(active_test=False) added on product_variant_ids in the 3 lifecycle actions.
  • product_product.py: a write() override covering every case of direct variant archiving/reactivation:
    • archive a variant while others stay active → inventoryPolicy: DENY + stock set to 0;
    • archive the last active variant → product set to DRAFT (invisible on the site);
    • reactivate a variant → CONTINUE + product ACTIVE.
    The whole-template case (action_set_obsolete) was already wired via the lifecycle actions (product → DRAFT).

Cleanup script

One-shot audit + fix of the existing data:

  • ~590 records archived in Odoo but still present on Shopify → set to DRAFT;
  • ~105 ghost Shopify GIDs in Odoo (products already deleted on Shopify) → cleaned up;
  • 1 record still ACTIVE while obsolete — NAIM Terracotta grille, Mu-so QB 2 → DRAFT;
  • 1 variant still purchasable (CONTINUE) while archived — Triangle Elara LN01A Aubergine → DENY + stock 0.

Documentation updated in cobra_shopify/README.md with the full behavior matrix.

Decisions and discarded alternatives

  • DENY rather than deleting the variant. The instinct was to delete via productVariantsBulkDelete — discarded: Shopify forbids deleting a product's last variant, and we'd lose SEO history + linked orders. DENY + stock 0 keeps the variant in the database, just no longer purchasable.
  • DRAFT rather than ARCHIVED. ARCHIVED stays visible in some contexts (direct links, Google); DRAFT is completely invisible. Chosen for obsolete products.

Snags and how we fixed them

  • Wrong shop URL: the script targeted cobrason.myshopify.com (404 everywhere). Real domain retrieved via { shop { myshopifyDomain } } → cobrasonfr.myshopify.com.
  • Access denied to shopify.connect over XML-RPC: the API account lacks rights on that model. Worked around by retrieving the token directly.
  • 695 "Product does not exist" + 104 "does not belong to the product" errors: the shopify_id values stored in Odoo pointed to products/variants already deleted on Shopify (stale GIDs). Ghost-GID cleanup added to the script.
  • input() unusable from Claude Code: worked around with echo "oui" | piped into the command.

Result & next steps

  • 2 products/variants made non-purchasable on Shopify on June 10, 2026.
  • Code committed on feat/cobra-docs-update (c3ae9e7, 823da9e), to be cherry-picked onto main at the next deployment.
  • Automatic behavior live as soon as the module ships: any archiving or reactivation in Odoo propagates to Shopify with no manual step.

Next: deploy feat/cobra-docs-update (targeted cherry-pick onto main); verify that productUpdate and productVariantsBulkUpdate are present in shopify_connect's query files (not checked this session); consider a weekly control cron (Odoo-archived variants still purchasable on Shopify → alert rather than silent fix).