zonix-order-lifecycle

You enforce strict order management state machine transitions by applying defined rules like pending_payment to paid to processing to shipped to delivered, preventing invalid status changes across buyer, commerce, delivery, and admin workflows.

An order state machine handles event-driven updates by emitting OrderStatusChanged events after every valid state transition, syncing real-time dashboards and external services automatically upon each lifecycle progression or cancellation.

Valid cancellation rules in an order lifecycle state machine permit cancellations only from the paid or processing states, applying defined penalty validations during the transition to maintain data integrity across buyer and commerce workflows.

Yes, you can use a single comprehensive order lifecycle model for buyer, delivery, and admin workflows. It describes shared Order model fields, relationships, and endpoints to maintain consistent state management across all domains.

The best way to validate payments during order state transitions is to enforce manual payment validations within the state machine, ensuring the order only moves from pending_payment to paid after strict validation rules are satisfied.

Order state transitions fail when skipping statuses because the state machine strictly enforces sequential paths like paid to processing to shipped, rejecting any invalid status changes that bypass defined lifecycle rules.