Centra 3.112
Released to QA: May 4, 2026
Production rollout: May 18, 2026
Overview
This release introduces variant image browsing in Showroom's product listing page and expands AI Content Studio access to all Centra users without requiring CSM activation. Authentication improvements for wholesale buyers include Centra Auth support in the Checkout API and more consistent migration confirmation messaging. Several bug fixes address tax calculation issues in Avalara-connected stores, Google Merchant feed instability, and voucher application failures at checkout.
Availability Legend
- QA: Available in QA environments for testing
- Production: Live in production environments
Release Flow Reminder: Updates are released to QA first. Production rollout follows approximately two weeks later unless otherwise stated.
Direct-to-Consumer (DTC)
Direct-to-Consumer includes storefront APIs, checkout flows, native payment integrations, native email integrations, and all customer-facing commerce functionality for online retail.
Improvements
PayPal Pay Later Messaging
Availability: QA
Audience: Customers, Partners
PayPal Pay Later messages can now be displayed in the Checkout and Basket. These are dynamic banners and text that inform shoppers about available financing options early in the buying journey, giving brands a way to surface installment payment options before the final checkout step. Messaging on the product detail page is not yet supported.
Partner notes: Partners must provide a container for the messaging in the frontend to enable Pay Later messages. Availability of specific Pay Later payment methods and related messages may vary and is determined by PayPal.
Learn more: PayPal Commerce integration
Core
Platform-wide backend functionality shared across DTC and Wholesale, including tax and discount calculations, accounting workflows, and third-party integrations.
Improvements
Admin Panel UI Enhancements
Availability: QA
Audience: Customers
Several improvements to the new admin panel have shipped in this release:
- New components in multiview layout for list pages, including categories multiview
- Global search is now available in the new UI
- Integration API rate limits are now visible in the new UI
- New layout for the Customers page
- Autoscroll added to the Orders page
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where the "View" button on cancelled bundle lines in the Cancelled Products section of an order did not expand or display bundle details; the button now correctly shows bundle contents for cancelled order lines.
- Fixed issue where the Google Merchant feed intermittently returned 503 errors during generation; the timeout issue affecting large feed files has been resolved.
- Fixed issue where saving a category translation in Store Management > Translations > Categories redirected users to the Dashboard instead of returning them to the category translation page; users now remain on the correct page after saving.
- Resolved incorrect tax calculation during shipment creation where products exempt from tax in Avalara were correctly treated as tax-free at order creation but charged tax when a shipment was created for the same order; the shipment flow now sends consistent product number and SKU formatting to the external tax engine, ensuring exemptions apply correctly at both stages. Stores in US states including Vermont and Minnesota were confirmed affected.
- Fixed issue where categories with four or more layers of subcategories were not displayed in the voucher criteria selection popup when configuring the "Products are in selected categories" criterion; the popup now supports up to six layers of subcategories.
- Fixed issue where auto-generated subvouchers tied to a customer's email address were not applied automatically at checkout even when the logged-in user's email matched the voucher; the root cause was in how the voucher code reference was stored when generating email-based subvouchers.
Wholesale
Wholesale includes the digital Showroom for buyer ordering, B2B account and order management, delivery window configuration, and administrative tools for managing wholesale operations.
Note: Showroom updates are released on Wednesdays with separate timing:
- QA: May 6, 2026
- Production: May 20, 2026
New Features
Variant Image Browsing on Product List Page
Availability: QA
Audience: Customers
Buyers can now browse all variant images directly on the product listing page without navigating to the product detail page. Clicking through images on the listing page lets buyers compare variants and make selections without leaving the product grid.
Improvements
Centra Auth Login Support in Checkout API for Wholesale
Availability: QA
Audience: Partners
The Checkout API now supports Centra Auth (Ory-based) authentication for wholesale buyers. Brands with external wholesale storefronts built on the Checkout API can authenticate migrated buyers using the same credentials used in Showroom. Non-migrated buyers continue to authenticate as before.
Partner notes: This is relevant for partners maintaining custom wholesale storefronts that use the Checkout API for buyer authentication. No changes are required for existing non-migrated buyer flows.
Migration Success Confirmation Timing
Availability: QA
Audience: Customers
The "account migrated successfully" confirmation now appears consistently after the first successful Showroom login following migration, regardless of which migration or account recovery path was used.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where exporting a selection produced duplicate rows per size, inflating quantity totals; exports now produce one row per product-variant-size combination with quantities matching the original selection.
- Fixed issue where preorder products temporarily displayed as "sold out" in Showroom during background recaching or when custom allocation rules were applied; preorder product availability is now preserved throughout the recache process.
- Fixed issue where admin users previewing CMS pages saw preorder products displayed as "out of stock" because buyer context (pricelist and market) was not set for admin sessions; admin previews now correctly resolve buyer context, showing accurate stock and availability.
- Fixed issue where buyers linked to removed wholesale accounts could still attempt Showroom login, resulting in 403 errors; login now validates that both the account and user are active before proceeding.
- Fixed issue where non-migrated buyers received 401 errors on Showroom login; the frontend now checks migration status before calling the roles endpoint and skips the request for non-migrated users.