When does an order item change stock levels?
Understand stock deductions, restored quantities, and fulfilment.
Inventory interacts directly with order items.
Stock updates
For tracked products, stock is deducted when the order or newly added item is saved. Editing an order adjusts stock from the previous saved quantities to the new quantities. Removing an item, cancelling or refunding the order, or transitioning an eligible customer cart to Lost Cart restores the applicable quantity.
Fulfilment is separate from inventory accounting. Marking an item delivered does not perform a second stock deduction, and leaving an item undelivered does not by itself restore stock.
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