I am seeing some unexpected behavior when using the content batch api. I have prepared some sample code to explain what I’m doing and the results I’m getting:

[ScheduledPlugIn(DisplayName = "Create sample product", SortIndex = 10000)]
public class CreateSampleProduct : ScheduledJobBase
{
    public Injected<IContentRepository> ContentRepository;
    public Injected<ReferenceConverter> ReferenceConverter;

    public override string Execute()
    {
        var rootLink = ReferenceConverter.Service.GetRootLink();
        var catalog = ContentRepository
            .Service
            .GetChildren<CatalogContent>(rootLink)
            .First();

        var productContentLink = ReferenceConverter.Service.GetContentLink("sample_product");
        WebProduct product;

        if (ContentReference.IsNullOrEmpty(productContentLink))
        {
            product = ContentRepository.Service.GetDefault<WebProduct>(catalog.ContentLink);
            product.Code = "sample_product";
        }
        else
        {
            product = ContentRepository.Service.Get<WebProduct>(productContentLink);
            product = (WebProduct) product.CreateWritableClone();
        }

        product.Name = "Sample product";
        product.DisplayName = "Sample product";
        product.IsPendingPublish = false;
        product.StopPublish = DateTime.Today.AddYears(10);

        var useBatchApi = true;

        if (useBatchApi)
        {
            var products = new List<CatalogContentBase> { product };
            ContentRepository.Service.Publish(products, PublishAction.SyncDraft);
        }
        else
        {
            ContentRepository.Service.Save(product, SaveAction.Publish, AccessLevel.NoAccess);
        }
        
        return string.Empty;
    }
}

I’m using the debugger to test different combinations of the batch api and the standard api.

The problem is that the content api and the commerce catalog ui doesn’t seem to be in sync. If I create a new product through the batch api it’s missing properties such as display name in the commerce catalog ui. I’ve run different tests, but here’s a test sequence that shows the problem:

1. Create through batch api -> display name not set
2. Update through batch api -> display name still not set
3. Update through standard api -> display name is now set
4. Update through batch api -> display name updated 

It looks like something happens when the product is created or updated through the standard api. All subsequent calls to the batch api work as expected. If I don’t create/update the product through the standard api the display name never gets set. I have restarted several times to get around potential caching and I’m still getting the same results.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks