July 2024

SCAPI release, SCAPI fixes, and SLAS Release with the B2C Commerce 24.8 release:

For more detailed release information, see B2C Commerce API Release Notes.

SCAPI Release

With B2C Commerce version 24.8.0

• Server-side Web0Tier Caching is automatically turned on for:
  • All (1) SBX and ODS instances
  • PRD instances that don't use use hooks in their Shopper Search API productSearch and getSearchSuggestions endpoints. For details, see: Server-Side Web-Tier Caching.

SCAPI Release

With B2C Commerce version 24.7.2

• Preferences API
  • Returns the value of the most recent custom preference ID version if the preference ID definition is changed.

SLAS Release

With B2C Commerce version 24.7.2

• SLAS infrastructure updated in preparation for the holiday season.
• To enhance security for the Shopper Login API Access Service (SLAS), a channel_id (site) parameter is now required when requesting a guest access token with a grant_type of client_credentials . This change prevents unauthorized access across different storefronts. Existing customers must update their implementation to include the channel_id parameter in the client credential call in guest flows by 7/31/2024. For details, see Guest Tokens.
• Total number of scopes is now limited to 85 entries, which is enforced in both the SLAS API and SLAS Admin UI.
• Added client credentials to the POST body when refreshing an access_token from IDP. You can control this using a flag in the SLAS-IDP configuration. For details, refer to the documentation for the SLAS Admin IdentityProvider endpoint.