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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions changelog.d/store-submit-params.chore.md
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The Store submission no longer fails on the installer switches the Store itself returned with a stray leading space.
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion scripts/store_api_wizard.sh
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stage "Partner Center — Cadent's product ID"
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

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🏁 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.

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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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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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step " with XP."
note "It is also the last path segment of the app's Store link,"
note "apps.microsoft.com/detail/<this>."
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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion scripts/store_submit.py
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return None

print(f"Package URL: {package.get('packageUrl')} -> {url}")
client.call("PUT", f"{base}/packages", {"packages": [{**package, "packageUrl": url}]})
updated = {**package, "packageUrl": url}
# The Store hands the switches back with a space in front that was never
# typed, then counts it against its own 40-character limit - which the
# three Inno switches meet exactly, so the draft it returned is one it
# refuses to take back.
if isinstance(updated.get("installerParameters"), str):
updated["installerParameters"] = updated["installerParameters"].strip()
client.call("PUT", f"{base}/packages", {"packages": [updated]})
client.call("POST", f"{base}/packages/commit")

print("Waiting for the Store to fetch and scan the installer...", flush=True)
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_store_submit.py
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run(store)
assert store.packages == [package(NEW_URL)]

def test_drops_the_space_the_store_puts_before_the_switches(self):
# What the API really returns, and one character over what it accepts.
padded = {**package(), "installerParameters":
" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART"}
store = FakeStore(packages=[padded])
run(store)
assert store.packages[0]["installerParameters"] == \
"/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART"

def test_sends_the_seller_id_and_token(self):
store = FakeStore()
run(store)
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