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Order Expiration

Saleor allows finalizing checkout without payment. This can be achieved in two ways:

If the order remains unpaid for some time, it is possible to set automatic stock releases and remove the order. Saleor will first mark orders as expired and later will remove those orders.

Configuration​

To set the expiration of orders, specify the number of minutes after which the orders should expire by setting expireOrdersAfter. Additionally, the deleteExpiredOrdersAfter value can be modified. By default, this is set to 60 days, but it can be changed to anywhere between 1 and 120 days.

mutation ChannelUpdate {
  channelUpdate(
    id: "Q2hhbm5lbDoyMjQz"
    input: {
      orderSettings: { expireOrdersAfter: 360, deleteExpiredOrdersAfter: 30 }
    }
  ) {
    channel {
      id
      orderSettings {
        expireOrdersAfter
        deleteExpiredOrdersAfter
      }
    }
    errors {
      field
      code
      message
    }
  }
}
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{
  "data": {
    "channelUpdate": {
      "channel": {
        "id": "Q2hhbm5lbDoyMjQz",
        "orderSettings": {
          "expireOrdersAfter": 360,
          "deleteExpiredOrdersAfter": 30
        }
      },
      "errors": []
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "cost": {
      "requestedQueryCost": 0,
      "maximumAvailable": 50000
    }
  }
}
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In the above example, orders will expire after 360 minutes (6 hours), and after 30 days Saleor will remove those orders.

How it works​

Once an unpaid order is created (via checkoutComplete or orderCreateFromCheckout), it remains in UNCONFIRMED status. If the customer does not complete the payment within expireOrdersAfter minutes after that, the status will change to EXPIRED and stock allocation will be released. After deleteExpiredOrdersAfter days orders in EXPIRED status will be deleted and disappear from the order list.

How to disable order expiration​

To disable order expiration, set expireOrdersAfter to 0.

When expireOrdersAfter is set to 0, the orders will not expire. Since there will be no orders with the status EXPIRED, Saleor will not automatically delete such orders.