USPS Shipping Module [Support Thread]

[njcyx]

I just noticed the following news regarding the USPS rate change in July 2023:

https://savepostage.com/july23-rate-increase.html

Other than the periodical rate update/increase, there is a product name and max limit change for the first-class...

"First Class Package Service Retail and USPS Retail Ground have been combined and renamed USPS Ground Advantage Retail"

[lat9]

Thanks for the heads-up!

[lat9]

I just noticed the following news regarding the USPS rate change in July 2023:

https://savepostage.com/july23-rate-increase.html

Other than the periodical rate update/increase, there is a product name and max limit change for the first-class...

"First Class Package Service Retail and USPS Retail Ground have been combined and renamed USPS Ground Advantage Retail"

FWIW, I've been testing on the USPS development servers and see no such name changes in those methods.

I've got the basis of a K11i change currently captured on GitHub (https://github.com/lat9/usps, mostly additional notifications) and will wait until next weekend to release ... just in case USPS decides to actually change those methods' names.

[lat9]

I've created a tracking issue (https://github.com/lat9/usps/issues/38) on GitHub to reflect updates associated with the USPS Ground Advantage shipping method's introduction.

As of today, the USPS test server still doesn't return quotes for the new USPS Ground Advantage shipping method. Until that time, USPS says that they'll be returning USPS Ground Advantage rates for all First Class and Retail Ground quote requests. As such, I'll hold off with the K11i release of the shipping module until such time that USPS starts recognizing that shipping 'service'.

Note that the K11i update will result in all "First Class" methods' removal and the "Retail Ground" method's renaming to "Ground Advantage". Since there will no longer be any "First Class" methods, "USPS First Class Filter" setting will be removed.

The K11i update will, due to the available methods' restructuring, require that the USPS shipping module be removed and then re-installed via your admin's Modules :: Shipping tool. This is a heads-up to site owners/maintainers using the USPS shipping module so that you can proactively note the current settings!

[lat9]

Noting also that the "HAZMAT" interface to USPS is also changing, such that the type of hazardous material needs to be identified. See section 2.5.4 of the USPS' 2023 release notes (https://www.usps.com/business/web-to...ease-notes.pdf) for more information.

For the initial K11i release, I'll be commenting that out but providing documentation regarding how a site can inject that into a rate-request via the Zen Cart notify/observer interface.

Any sites currently using that HAZMAT soft-setting (it requires that the products table in your database include a field named products_groundonly), please post here so that I've got a clue as to whether this feature should be resurrected in a future release.

[njcyx]

Here is an update. No surprisingly, there is no first-class quote today via the old version plug-in. Let me try the latest github version...

[njcyx]

Here is an update. No surprisingly, there is no first-class quote today via the old version plug-in. Let me try the latest github version...

One more update. The latest github version works fine (K11i-beta1). Both domestic and international rates show up properly (including EMS Intl).

Thanks @lat9.

[sw1138lr]

Where an I download the fix for the Update that was made to USPS on July 9th, 2023? Customer can no longer check out.