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Changes proposed in this Pull Request:

This PR adds a link to the checkout page in the error message when there are missing required custom fields during Express Checkout on the product or cart page.

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NOTE: Classic and Blocks notices preserve the link while stripping unsafe markup and attributes, and the required-field validation and the existing HTTP 400 response remain unchanged.

Testing instructions

  1. Add this temporary snippet using a snippets plugin:
    add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields', function ( $fields ) {
        $fields['billing']['billing_custom_reference'] = [
            'type'     => 'text',
            'label'    => 'Custom reference',
            'required' => true,
        ];
    
        return $fields;
    } );
  2. Go to a product page.
  3. Click a Express Checkout button (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, etc)
  4. Confirm the required-field error appears and the error message has a link to the default checkout
  5. Add the product to the card and navigate to the Cart.
  6. Click a Express Checkout button (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, etc)
  7. Confirm the required-field error appears and the error message has a link to the default checkout

Repeat with classic and Blocks cart layouts.


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Comparing fix/STRIPE-1434-link-required-field-errors-to-checkoutdevelop

Bundle Base Head Delta Change
📈 express-checkout.js 79.74 KB 80.42 KB +0.68 KB +0.8%
📈 upe-blocks.js 278.44 KB 279.16 KB +0.72 KB +0.3%
Total 1947.80 KB 1949.20 KB +1.40 KB +0.1%

@diegocurbelo diegocurbelo changed the title Fix/stripe 1434 link required field errors to checkout Add a link to the default Checkout page in the required custom field errors message Sep 7, 2026
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Walkthrough

Express Checkout now preserves safe checkout links in missing-required-fields notices. The flow adds a shared formatter, passes link-preservation options through payment error handling, and updates PHP and JavaScript tests.

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Express Checkout notices

Layer / File(s) Summary
Notice formatting and rendering
client/express-checkout/utils/index.js, client/express-checkout/utils/__tests__/index.test.js
formatExpressCheckoutNotice escapes messages by default and preserves only HTTP(S) links when enabled. displayExpressCheckoutNotice accepts the formatting option. Tests cover both layouts and unsafe markup.
Checkout guidance message
includes/payment-methods/class-wc-stripe-express-checkout-custom-fields.php, tests/phpunit/payment-methods/class-wc-stripe-express-checkout-custom-fields-test.php
The missing-required-fields message links to the escaped checkout URL. PHPUnit tests cover query parameters and cases without guidance.
Payment error propagation
client/express-checkout/payment-flow.js, client/express-checkout/__tests__/payment-flow.test.js, client/blocks/express-checkout/hooks.js, client/blocks/express-checkout/__tests__/hooks.test.js, client/entrypoints/express-checkout/index.js, client/entrypoints/express-checkout/__tests__/index.test.js
The missing-required-fields error passes preserveLinks: true through payment flow, hooks, and the Express Checkout entrypoint. Tests verify notice rendering and payment-failure ordering.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e1dea

Required-field errors now link customers to checkout, but the full filtered checkout URL can also be written to logs. This may expose sensitive query parameters and should be separated from the logged error text before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CustomFields as Express Checkout custom fields
  participant PaymentFlow as handlePaymentFlowException
  participant StripeECE as wcStripeECE.abortPayment
  participant Notice as displayExpressCheckoutNotice
  participant Formatter as formatExpressCheckoutNotice
  CustomFields->>PaymentFlow: return missing-required-fields HTML message
  PaymentFlow->>StripeECE: abortPayment(message, preserveLinks)
  StripeECE->>Notice: displayExpressCheckoutNotice(message, error, options)
  Notice->>Formatter: formatExpressCheckoutNotice(message, true)
  Formatter-->>Notice: escaped text with safe HTTP(S) links
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Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the checkout-page link added to required custom-field errors during Express Checkout and includes relevant testing instructions.
Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately identifies the main change: adding a link to the default Checkout page in required custom-field error messages.
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AI Code Review - No issues found. The changes look good.

The new formatExpressCheckoutNotice sanitizer is the security-critical piece, and it is implemented defensively: the message is parsed into an inert <template> (no script execution or image loading), and only <a> elements whose href matches ^https?:// are rebuilt via textContent + property assignment, with every other element dropped while its text is preserved. Since the URL is built server-side with esc_url( wc_get_checkout_url() ) and store-controlled field labels can no longer inject markup, both the XSS surface and the raw-render surface are safe. Both the classic entrypoint and the Blocks hook route through handlePaymentFlowExceptionabortPayment({ preserveLinks: true }), so behavior stays consistent across flows, and the added Jest/PHPUnit coverage exercises the XSS vectors, both flows, and the PHP branch. The displayExpressCheckoutNotice/abortPayment signature additions are backwards-compatible (new trailing optional options param).

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Resolve conflicts with the merged #5914 required-field logging work:
keep both changelog/readme entries, and combine the checkout URL stub and
link assertions with the logger mock, missing-key assertions, and teardown.

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In `@includes/payment-methods/class-wc-stripe-express-checkout-custom-fields.php`:
- Line 99: Update the error handling around $error_messages and its logger call
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its query parameters. Keep the checkout link in the HTTP 400 response, but log a
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$required_field_errors[] = sprintf(
/* translators: 1: opening checkout link, 2: closing checkout link */
__( 'Please go to the %1$scheckout page%2$s, fill in the required fields, and complete your order from there.', 'woocommerce-gateway-stripe' ),
'<a href="' . esc_url( wc_get_checkout_url() ) . '">',

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not include the filtered checkout URL in logged error text.

Line 99 adds the complete checkout URL to $error_messages. The logger persists $error_messages at line 115. A woocommerce_get_checkout_url filter can add sensitive query parameters. Keep the link in the HTTP 400 response, but use a link-free message or a stable error code in the log context. Update the PHPUnit expectation that currently requires the logged message to equal the response message.

As per coding guidelines: “Never expose secrets or sensitive payment/customer data in logs, notes, metadata, or errors.”

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[error] 14-367: The class WC_Stripe_Express_Checkout_Custom_Fields is not named in CamelCase. (undefined)

(CamelCaseClassName)


[error] 14-367: The property $express_checkout_helper is not named in camelCase. (undefined)

(CamelCasePropertyName)


[warning] 67-164: The method process_custom_checkout_data() has a Cyclomatic Complexity of 13. The configured cyclomatic complexity threshold is 10. (undefined)

(CyclomaticComplexity)


[warning] 67-164: The method process_custom_checkout_data() has an NPath complexity of 400. The configured NPath complexity threshold is 200. (undefined)

(NPathComplexity)


[error] 67-164: The method process_custom_checkout_data is not named in camelCase. (undefined)

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In `@includes/payment-methods/class-wc-stripe-express-checkout-custom-fields.php`
at line 99, Update the error handling around $error_messages and its logger call
to ensure the persisted log message never contains the filtered checkout URL or
its query parameters. Keep the checkout link in the HTTP 400 response, but log a
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