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What does confirmed mean?

Relevant codebases · 7
front-endordersusercartspaymentshippingqueue-master
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How the relevant services interact
  1. 01
    front-end → ordersCheckout submits the order; confirmation returns here.
  2. 02
    orders → user + cartsCustomer details and cart items are fetched in parallel.
  3. 03
    orders → payment, then shippingOrders authorizes payment, then requests shipping.
  4. 04
    shipping → queue → queue-masterQueue delivery is a separate step from the HTTP response.
Confirmed does not mean queued.

Shipping catches publish failures and still returns success.
Orders can save and confirm without a queued shipment.

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ordersOrdersController.java46–125
shippingShippingController.java36–49