Feature change to honor job-hostnames during custom job run Image URL Generation for e.g down stream feed jobs like marketing feed of product data

Change summary. Script API methods that generate image URLs now honor the site Aliases JSON job-hostnames when invoked inside a job context. Previously, these methods ignored the job-hostnames entry for the site + locale and fell back to the default instance hostname (for example, *.demandware.net).

Please refer to the job hostname examples at https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=cc.b2c_hostname_aliases.htm&type=5.

"job-hostnames":
   {
     "default":"www.my-default-host.com",
     "de":"www.my-de-host.com",
     "en":"www.my-en-host.com"
   }

End outcome and impact. Image generation operations that run outside a standard storefront request, such as catalog exports, automated messaging, and product feed generation, will use the correct customer-defined hostname. The operations will no longer fall back to default instance hostnames such as *.demandware.net.

Benefits for development and operations.

• Consistency. Ensures image URLs follow the same hostname behavior as standard pipeline URLs.
• Efficiency. Removes the need for developers to implement and maintain regex fixes to correct URLs produced during job runs.
• Reliability. Provides the correct host context for imaging operations, reducing broken image links in external communications or third-party integrations.

Applicable Script API methods within a job context.

• MediaFile.getHttpsImageURL(): Generates a secure (HTTPS) URL for the media file.
• MediaFile.getAbsImageURL(): Generates an absolute URL for the media file.
• MediaFile.getHttpImageURL(): Generates a standard HTTP URL for the media file.
• URLUtils.httpsImage(...): Generates a secure DIS image URL for a product image.
• URLUtils.imageURL(...): Generates a DIS image URL for a product image.

How to enable. This feature is controlled by a domain-specific feature toggle to avoid unexpected changes to public APIs for existing implementations.

• Toggle name. JobHostnameForImagingUrlGenerationEnabled
• Default state. Disabled (false)

To enable the feature for your environment, contact Salesforce Support and request enablement of the JobHostnameForImagingUrlGenerationEnabled feature toggle.