Medusa v1.18.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

<!--  # Version 1.18.1 This version introduces Workflows – a powerful primitive to build complex flows spanning multiple services. CMS_BREAK --> ## Highlights ### Workflows (beta) This release introduces Workflows to Medusa's toolbox for creating digital commerce applications. Our new Workflows tooling is published under `@medusajs/workflows-sdk`. > _Workflows is in beta. Please help us improve the product and squash bugs by filing issues for the errors you encounter._ A workflow is a series of queries and actions that complete a task. You can think of Medusa as being made up of many workflows. For example, when adding line items to carts, we perform several actions: 1. Get the product’s title 2. Calculate the price of the product 3. Create a line item 4. Add the line item to a cart All these actions are steps in a workflow. Workflows can also be more advanced - like managing a return or processing an inbound purchase order. You can explore and try our new Workflow tooling in [our documentation](https://docs.medusajs.com/development/workflows/). Read more about [Workflows on our blog](https://medusajs.com/blog/announcing-medusa-workflows-sdk). ### Pricing Module This release marks the completion of the first iteration of our Pricing Module - a standalone pricing service that enables granular pricing configurations. The Pricing Module is published under `@medusajs/pricing`. You can use the Pricing Module separately from Medusa to enable advanced pricing logic for any resource specific to your needs. The module is integrated into our core `@medusajs/medusa` behind the feature flag `medusa_v2`. All features behind this flag are deemed highly experimental as we move toward Medusa 2.0, so please use it with caution. **The feature flag `medusa_v2` is not stable for production environments.** Read more about [the Pricing Module](https://docs.medusajs.com/experimental/pricing/overview) and our [plans for Medusa 2.0](https://medusajs.com/blog/toward-medusa-2/). ### Product Variant pricing updates The introduction of the Bulk Editor made it easy to update product variant prices. With this release, we are centralizing product variant pricing in the Bulk Editor and removing all other entry points for operations related to pricing. As a result, you can no longer modify prices of product variants in the following flows: - Creating a product - Adding a variant to a product - Editing a variant of a product You should use the "Edit Prices" option in the dropdown of the variants section: <img width="928" alt="CleanShot 2023-11-26 at 17 46 47@2x" src="https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/assets/59018053/089a709e-28a8-487f-b5d7-f5c9e6512356"> ## Features * feat(medusa,types,workflows,utils,product): PricingModule Integration of PriceLists into Core by @pKorsholm in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5536 * feat(workflows): Workflow DX by @carlos-r-l-rodrigues in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5607 * feat(admin-ui): Delete pricing forms from edit + create variant modals by @pKorsholm in #5676 * feat(workflows-sdk): get name method by @carlos-r-l-rodrigues in #5714 ## Bugs * fix(pricing,types): remove is_dynamic from model + types by @riqwan in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5664 * fix(workflows): compensation handling by @adrien2p in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5691 * fix(ui): code block styles in @kasperkristensen in #5692 * fix(product, types, workflows): Update product variant workflow by @pKorsholm in #5668 * fix(medusa): Normalize subscriber paths by @kasperkristensen in #5703 * fix(pricing, medusa): resolve minor pricing-module bugs by @riqwan in #5685 * fix(medusa): Update default relations in admin for list-product from module by @pKorsholm in #5708 * fix(admin-ui): Fix issue with null product categories by @kasperkristensen in #5707 * fix(admin-ui): Edit prices requires at least one product by @kasperkristensen in #5710 * fix(medusa,pricing,types): rules only gets updated/deleted upon passing an explicit object by @riqwan in #5711 * fix(pricing, types): update calculatePrices return type to match actual type by @pKorsholm in #5709 * fix(medusa): pricing module list prices return type by @pKorsholm in #5715 * fix(admin-ui): Fix Y-axis scroll in bulk editor by @kasperkristensen in #5726 * fix(medusa,pricing): Fix migrations for existing databases by @riqwan in #5730 * fix(admin-ui): inventory item deletion when removing product by @pKorsholm in #5727 * fix(link-modules, utils): remove limits on queries when primary-key is provided by @pKorsholm in #5732 * fix(admin-ui): fix height of Bulk Editor cells to always be 40px by @kasperkristensen in #5737 ## Chores * chore: update tsdocs of pricing module by @shahednasser in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5648 * chore: added TSDoc for workflow utility functions by @shahednasser in #5674 * chore(workflows, core-flows): Split workflows tooling and definitions by @adrien2p in #5705 ## Documentation * docs: Add missing link to admin-guide on translations by @MedusaNick in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5665 * docs: added migration action to upgrade guide by @shahednasser in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5669 * docs: updated medusa develop command by @OmarMHawash in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5698 * docs: redesign tabs by @shahednasser in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5687 * docs: redesigned admonitions by @shahednasser in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5689 * docs: added a new document for available languages by @shahednasser in #5667 * docs: update Next.js starter main image by @shahednasser in #5702 ## New Contributors * @OmarMHawash made their first contribution in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/5698 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/compare/v1.18.0...v1.18.1