Medusa v1.8.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 2 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Medusa v1.8.1. Source highlight: feat(tests): harmonize and clean-up yarn test commands convention

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)

feat(tests): harmonize and clean-up yarn test commands convention
feat(medusa, admin-ui): add description field to product categories

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

fix(react): Fix input type on useAdminUpdateReservation mutation hook
fix(admin-ui): display SC update notification
fix(medusa-react): update customer hook payload type
fix(admin-ui): "cancel fulfillment" notification text
fix(medusa): export product prices in human-readable format
fix(medusa): Throw on line item generation if variant does not have a price

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

### Features - feat(tests): harmonize and clean-up yarn test commands convention by @patrick-medusajs in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3695 - feat(medusa, admin-ui): add description field to product categories by @riqwan in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3768 ### Bugs - fix(react): Fix input type on useAdminUpdateReservation mutation hook by @StephixOne in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3732 - fix(admin-ui): display SC update notification by @fPolic in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3755 - fix(medusa-react): update customer hook payload type by @fPolic in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3752 - fix(admin-ui): "cancel fulfillment" notification text by @fPolic in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3750 - fix(medusa): export product prices in human-readable format by @fPolic in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3739 - fix(medusa): Throw on line item generation if variant does not have a price by @adrien2p in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3766 - fix(medusa-plugin-economic,medusa-plugin-mailchimp,medusa-plugin-restock-notification,medusa-plugin-sendgrid,medusa-plugin-wishlist): Temporarily remove payload validation in some plugins by @StephixOne in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3763 - fix(medusa): Add totals when retrieving order by cart id by @olivermrbl in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3777 - fix(medusa): validate customer for group discount by @fPolic in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3797 ### Chores - chores(medusa): cleanup registrations life time by @adrien2p in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3699 - chore(medusa): Migrate product type repository by @adrien2p in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3727 - chore(medusa): Migrate product tag repository by @adrien2p in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3726 - chore(medusa): Migrate payment collection repository api by @adrien2p in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3724 - chore(medusa): migrate SalesChannel / ProductCategory repository by @riqwan in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3728 - chore(medusa, utils): rename buildLegacyFieldsListFrom to objectToStringPath by @riqwan in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3738 - chore(medusa): Migrate price list repository by @adrien2p in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3725 - chore(medusa): Upgrade ioredis-mock by @olivermrbl in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3704 - chore: Bump Typeorm by @olivermrbl in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3778 ## New Contributors * @lnxcz made their first contribution in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3707 * @thephpguy made their first contribution in https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/pull/3679

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