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The first real Store submission (0.7.0) authenticated, read the draft, and was refused on the update:

PUT /submission/v1/product/.../packages failed (400): badrequest: Packages, maximum length allowed for InstallerParameters is 40.

The API returns installerParameters with a leading space that was never typed, and counts it against a 40-character limit that /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART meets exactly. The script now strips it before sending the package back.

Also corrects the wizard, which described an EXE app's Store ID as twelve characters; it is fourteen.

Verification

  • New test reproduces the padded value the API really returns.
  • store-submit.yml was dispatched from this branch for 0.7.0 and succeeded: the draft was repointed, the Store scanned the installer, and the submission was accepted for certification.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Store submissions no longer fail because of stray whitespace at the beginning or end of installer parameters.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the Store setup instructions to specify that an EXE app’s Store ID is 14 characters and starts with XP.

The first real submission got as far as updating the draft and was
refused: the API returns installerParameters with a leading space, and
counts it against a 40-character limit the three Inno switches meet
exactly. Also corrects the wizard, which described the Store ID as
twelve characters when an EXE app's is fourteen.

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Store submission now trims whitespace from string installerParameters before writing the package. The Store API wizard also states that an EXE app’s Store ID has fourteen characters.

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Store submission parameter cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Trim installer parameters
scripts/store_submit.py, tests/test_store_submit.py, changelog.d/store-submit-params.chore.md
The submission code trims whitespace from string installerParameters before writing the package. A test checks a leading-space value, and the changelog records the behavior.

EXE Store ID guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update EXE Store ID length
scripts/store_api_wizard.sh
The wizard instruction changes the EXE Store ID length from twelve to fourteen characters. The XP prefix requirement remains.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 84305

The wizard may lead users to enter an invalid EXE Store ID and encounter a failed Store API request. Correct the stated length; users can otherwise recover by using the 12-character ID.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 84305

The submission still uses the same credentials, checks, and sequence of Store operations. No new access path or material security risk was identified, but behavior in some Store edge cases remains unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The changed write is limited by the existing credential-selected product and single-package check. The reviewed change does not show broader Store authority or a new caller.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The script copies package data returned by the Store before writing it back through an authenticated Store request. The new transformation is confined to string installerParameters.
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open_url "$PARTNER_CENTER/apps-and-games/overview"
step "Open Cadent > Product management > Product identity."
step "Copy the Store ID. For an EXE app it is twelve characters and starts"
step "Copy the Store ID. For an EXE app it is fourteen characters and starts"

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

git diff --unified=25 25770ab96437fa32f545df22505dd8ea9edd402b 843050a85f815f2acb774edc8686534a21a0fac0 -- scripts/store_api_wizard.sh
sed -n '255,310p' scripts/store_api_wizard.sh
rg -n 'XP[A-Z0-9]+|Store ID|store.?id|product.?id' scripts tests docs README* 2>/dev/null

Repository: mikeallisonJS/cadent

Length of output: 6719


🌐 Web query:

Microsoft Store EXE app Store ID XP prefix 14 characters accepted format official documentation

💡 Result:

For a **Microsoft Store app submitted as an EXE/MSI**, don’t treat an `XP…` value as a 14-character Store ID. Microsoft’s documentation describes a product **Store ID as 12 alphanumeric characters** (for example, `9NBLGGH4R315`); the Store ID is shown in Partner Center. ([learn.microsoft.com](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/monetize/in-app-purchases-and-trials?utm_source=openai))

There’s a separate ID distinction for unpackaged EXE/MSI apps: Microsoft’s Store Developer CLI documentation says their **product ID is a GUID**. ([learn.microsoft.com](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/publish/msstore-dev-cli/commands?utm_source=openai))

So the official formats found are **12-character Store ID** or, in that EXE/MSI CLI context, a **GUID**—not an `XP`-prefixed 14-character ID. Check the exact field you’re populating in Partner Center or your integration; “Store ID” and “product ID” may refer to different identifiers.

Citations:

- 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/monetize/in-app-purchases-and-trials?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/publish/msstore-dev-cli/commands?utm_source=openai

The 14-character instruction is incorrect.

The repository uses the value as the {productId} path segment in submission/v1/product/{productId}. Repository tests define the accepted EXE Store ID shape as XP plus 10 characters, for 12 characters total. The new instruction can cause users to enter a 14-character ID that does not match the repository's established Store ID format and may be rejected by the Store API.

Suggested fix
-step "Copy the Store ID. For an EXE app it is fourteen characters and starts"
+step "Copy the Store ID. For an EXE app it is twelve characters and starts"
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step "Copy the Store ID. For an EXE app it is fourteen characters and starts"
step "Copy the Store ID. For an EXE app it is twelve characters and starts"
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Review comment at @scripts/store_api_wizard.sh at line 284:
Update the Store ID instruction in the `step` call to state that an EXE app
Store ID is twelve characters, preserving the existing wording and other
guidance.

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