Invisible product on item library after updating or creating via api

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When creating / updating catalog items via the API the item sometimes becomes invisible in the webapp item library. No, i do not have any active filters in the search.

Searching for the item using any data metric doesnt work. The only way I can view the item in the library is directly by copying the id and pasting in the url.

This is one of the products in question, is there something in here preventing visibility? :

{
  "object": {
    "type": "ITEM",
    "id": "ZESFMWOVCE24DWNYPVFFESA6",
    "updated_at": "2024-10-03T04:09:15.055Z",
    "created_at": "2024-10-03T00:58:37.38Z",
    "version": 1727928555055,
    "is_deleted": false,
    "present_at_all_locations": true,
    "item_data": {
      "name": "Simple product",
      "description": "Simple 1",
      "is_taxable": true,
      "visibility": "PRIVATE",
      "variations": [
        {
          "type": "ITEM_VARIATION",
          "id": "MWAL2K3NXLA62VIKXMMXIBM5",
          "updated_at": "2024-10-03T04:09:15.055Z",
          "created_at": "2024-10-03T00:58:37.38Z",
          "version": 1727928555055,
          "is_deleted": false,
          "present_at_all_locations": true,
          "item_variation_data": {
            "item_id": "ZESFMWOVCE24DWNYPVFFESA6",
            "name": "Regular",
            "sku": "simple",
            "ordinal": 1,
            "pricing_type": "FIXED_PRICING",
            "price_money": {
              "amount": 9900,
              "currency": "AUD"
            },
            "track_inventory": true,
            "sellable": true,
            "stockable": true
          }
        }
      ],
      "product_type": "REGULAR",
      "skip_modifier_screen": false,
      "ecom_visibility": "UNINDEXED",
      "pickup_fulfillment_preferences_id": "fprefs_1284onmev52wrcg2et6jwf2g9",
      "delivery_fulfillment_preferences_id": "fprefs_1284onmetr8ldaofn0vs24xt5",
      "description_html": "<p>Simple 1</p>",
      "description_plaintext": "Simple 1",
      "shipping_fulfillment_preferences_id": "fprefs_1284onmevp9tma4vq7cmvrh2h",
      "dine_in_fulfillment_preferences_id": "fprefs_1284onmeukp6fplx30kiyg4rt",
      "is_archived": false
    }
  }
}

FYI, cant attach images to this post, http error 422

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3

I’ve reached out to the team about this. :slightly_smiling_face:

4

All items are showing correctly now. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. :slightly_smiling_face: