5. Fix these first
#1 HIGH — Returns authority conflict
FIX NOW · 8 products / 48 variants · 13.3% (48 / 360) of applicable records
Buyers receive conflicting return terms.
Owner: Policy / Legal review · Effort: CONTENT UPDATE
Exact action: Confirm the applicable return window for this market and product scope. Update the incorrect policy text and product-linked return representation; review exceptions and regenerate feeds.
Success criterion: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for returns in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Retest: NOT RETESTED. Reimport fresh complete catalog and public evidence; compare these exact affected records and detect newly affected records. Missing, stale, changed-identity or incomparable evidence cannot resolve the issue.
#2 HIGH — Price authority conflict
FIX NOW · 13 products / 42 variants · 11.7% (42 / 360) of applicable records
Buyers see a selected price that differs from merchant intent.
Owner: Ecommerce Operations · Effort: SMALL CONFIGURATION
Exact action: Export the affected selected-variant prices from the authoritative market price list. Decide which representation is correct, update the incorrect price list or storefront price transform, and invalidate the product/feed cache.
Success criterion: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for price in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market and explicit matching currency.
Retest: NOT RETESTED. Reimport fresh complete catalog and public evidence; compare these exact affected records and detect newly affected records. Missing, stale, changed-identity or incomparable evidence cannot resolve the issue.
#3 HIGH — Availability authority conflict
FIX NOW · 3 products / 18 variants · 5% (18 / 360) of applicable records
A buyer may select an offer whose stock representation conflicts with merchant intent.
Owner: Ecommerce Operations · Effort: OPERATIONAL REVIEW
Exact action: Review sales-channel publication, inventory locations and sell-when-out-of-stock settings for affected variants. Correct the public availability representation and regenerate structured offers.
Success criterion: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for availability in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Retest: NOT RETESTED. Reimport fresh complete catalog and public evidence; compare these exact affected records and detect newly affected records. Missing, stale, changed-identity or incomparable evidence cannot resolve the issue.
6. Systemic catalog issues
HIGH · Returns authority conflict · 48 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Confirm the applicable return window for this market and product scope. Update the incorrect policy text and product-linked return representation; review exceptions and regenerate feeds.
Owner: Policy / Legal review. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for returns in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 13.3% (48 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"returns","result":"CONTRADICTS","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: 30 days · Observed: 14 days
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: 30 days · Observed: 14 days
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: 30 days · Observed: 14 days
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixHIGH · Price authority conflict · 42 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Export the affected selected-variant prices from the authoritative market price list. Decide which representation is correct, update the incorrect price list or storefront price transform, and invalidate the product/feed cache.
Owner: Ecommerce Operations. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for price in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market and explicit matching currency.
Applicable scope: 11.7% (42 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"price","result":"CONTRADICTS","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: 79 · Observed: 89
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: 79 · Observed: 89
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: 79 · Observed: 89
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixHIGH · Availability authority conflict · 18 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Review sales-channel publication, inventory locations and sell-when-out-of-stock settings for affected variants. Correct the public availability representation and regenerate structured offers.
Owner: Ecommerce Operations. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for availability in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 5% (18 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"availability","result":"CONTRADICTS","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 20 · {"variant_id":"120","sku":"WT-020-0"} · Merchant intent: available · Observed: unavailable
- 20 · {"variant_id":"121","sku":"WT-020-1"} · Merchant intent: available · Observed: unavailable
- 20 · {"variant_id":"122","sku":"WT-020-2"} · Merchant intent: available · Observed: unavailable
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixINFORMATIONAL · Gtin evidence gap · 360 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Provide current gtin values and unambiguous selected-variant identifiers for every listed record from the merchant source and the relevant public representation. Correct stale timestamps or market context; do not copy missing observations from merchant intent.
Owner: Catalog Management. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for gtin in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 100% (360 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"gtin","result":"NOT VERIFIED","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixINFORMATIONAL · Options evidence gap · 360 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Provide current options values and unambiguous selected-variant identifiers for every listed record from the merchant source and the relevant public representation. Correct stale timestamps or market context; do not copy missing observations from merchant intent.
Owner: Catalog Management. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for options in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 100% (360 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"options","result":"NOT VERIFIED","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixINFORMATIONAL · Policy evidence gap · 360 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Provide current policy values and unambiguous selected-variant identifiers for every listed record from the merchant source and the relevant public representation. Correct stale timestamps or market context; do not copy missing observations from merchant intent.
Owner: Catalog Management. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for policy in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 100% (360 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"policy","result":"NOT VERIFIED","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixINFORMATIONAL · Selection Clarity evidence gap · 360 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Provide current selection clarity values and unambiguous selected-variant identifiers for every listed record from the merchant source and the relevant public representation. Correct stale timestamps or market context; do not copy missing observations from merchant intent.
Owner: Catalog Management. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for selection clarity in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 100% (360 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"selection_clarity","result":"NOT VERIFIED","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixINFORMATIONAL · Inventory Indicator evidence gap · 360 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Provide current inventory indicator values and unambiguous selected-variant identifiers for every listed record from the merchant source and the relevant public representation. Correct stale timestamps or market context; do not copy missing observations from merchant intent.
Owner: Catalog Management. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for inventory indicator in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 100% (360 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"inventory_indicator","result":"NOT VERIFIED","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
Download complete fictitious evidence appendixINFORMATIONAL · Shipping evidence gap · 360 variants
Not established from snapshot evidence. Investigate the publishing transform, cache and market configuration; these are hypotheses.
Provide current shipping values and unambiguous selected-variant identifiers for every listed record from the merchant source and the relevant public representation. Correct stale timestamps or market context; do not copy missing observations from merchant intent.
Owner: Catalog Management. Success: Every affected record must map unambiguously and return AGREES or justified NOT APPLICABLE for shipping in fresh merchant and live_storefront_snapshot evidence for the same market.
Applicable scope: 100% (360 / 360). Complete affected records: appendix filter {"round":0,"field":"shipping","result":"NOT VERIFIED","source_group":"live_storefront_snapshot"}.
- 0 · {"variant_id":"0","sku":"WT-000-0"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"1","sku":"WT-000-1"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
- 0 · {"variant_id":"2","sku":"WT-000-2"} · Merchant intent: Not supplied · Observed: Not supplied
Download complete fictitious evidence appendix10. Purchase handoff assurance
Representative deep checks only. No production purchase. Observations stop at cart or checkout before submit; no charge or order. Unperformed checks remain NOT VERIFIED.
Selection and reason
- 20 · Detected contradictions · 6 variants
- 21 · Detected contradictions · 6 variants
- 22 · Detected contradictions · 6 variants
- product key
- 20
- variant key
- WT-020-0
- url
- https://willow-thread.example/cart
- captured at
- 2026-10-12T12:23:04+00:00
- stop point
- checkout_before_submit
- stop reason
- Fictitious pre-submit fixture; no browser or purchase
- variant preserved
- AGREES
- price preserved
- AGREES
- currency preserved
- AGREES
- policy consistent
- AGREES
- product key
- 21
- variant key
- WT-021-0
- url
- https://willow-thread.example/cart
- captured at
- 2026-10-12T12:23:04+00:00
- stop point
- checkout_before_submit
- stop reason
- Fictitious pre-submit fixture; no browser or purchase
- variant preserved
- AGREES
- price preserved
- AGREES
- currency preserved
- AGREES
- policy consistent
- AGREES
- product key
- 22
- variant key
- WT-022-0
- url
- https://willow-thread.example/cart
- captured at
- 2026-10-12T12:23:04+00:00
- stop point
- checkout_before_submit
- stop reason
- Fictitious pre-submit fixture; no browser or purchase
- variant preserved
- AGREES
- price preserved
- AGREES
- currency preserved
- AGREES
- policy consistent
- AGREES