Setting ChangedBy by code is overwritten by logged in users usern

Setting ChangedBy by code is overwritten by logged in users username?

Kristoffer Lindén

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Hi!

On purchase we are unpublishing products if there are no items left in stock using this code:

var productClone = product.CreateWritableClone<Product>();
productClone.ChangedBy = "ProductEOL";
productClone.StopPublish = DateTime.Now;
_contentRepository.Service.Save(productClone, SaveAction.Publish, AccessLevel.NoAccess);

The product is unpublished but the ChangedBy is set to the username of the person that purchased the last item, why is that?

We have some other functions like importing that sets ChangedBy and that works just fine. In the sync function there are no logged in user so I guess i might have something to do with that?

/Kristoffer

#268111

Dec 09, 2021 12:48

Quan Mai

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Very strange. I just checked the code and ChangedBy is only set to the current user if it is null. I don't have a good answer for you however, so you should contact developer support service - there might be something else in your code that changed that

#268482

Dec 16, 2021 9:39

Kristoffer Lindén

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Thanks, I will try this in Foundation and contact the devloper support if it is the same there.

#268509

Edited, Dec 16, 2021 21:08

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I got curious and did a test:

If I try to set ChangedBy to "MJ" on a product I get the following results:

As anonymous: ChangedBy = "installer"
As logged in user: ChangedBy = logged in username

If I do the same on a CMS page I get

As anonymous: ChangedBy = "MJ"
As logged in user: ChangedBy = logged in username

#268741

Dec 21, 2021 7:22

Kristoffer Lindén

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I alse see alot of changed by "installer" in our Commerce instance, don't know where that is coming from.

So this really is something to report. I will send this to Optimizely and have them sort things out.

Thanks Mari for your test.

/Kristoffer

#268745

Dec 21, 2021 8:29

Quan Mai

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I believe installer is a system convention for "empty" ChangedBy property.

#268747

Dec 21, 2021 11:50

Kristoffer Lindén

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It is reported as COM-14467 if you want to follow up.

#268749

Dec 21, 2021 11:52

Kristoffer Lindén

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Now it is a public bug and can be followed here:

https://world.optimizely.com/support/bug-list/bug/COM-14816

#270454

Jan 24, 2022 9:23

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Setting ChangedBy by code is overwritten by logged in users username?