Magento2: "Customer > Address > State/Province" in admin backend does not honour the "State is Required for" setting, is always required

[heldchen]

the "State/Province" (attribute region_id) selectbox in "Customers > Customer > {edit} > Addresses" is always marked as "required" when the selected country has states - even when the option "State is Required for" in "Stores > Configuration > General > State Options" is not enabled for this country.

this prevents saving the customer.

Preconditions

1. CE 2.1.0

   Steps to reproduce

2. in "Stores > Configuration > General > Country Options" enable a country that has regions/states, we'll use "Switzerland" for the rest of the steps.

3. in "Stores > Configuration > General > State Options" ensure option "State is Required for" is not enabled for "Switzerland"
4. save, clear config cache
5. create or edit a customer, add or edit this customers address

6. select "Country: Switzerland"

   Expected result

7. The "State/Province" selectbox is popuplated and not mandatory

   Actual result

8. The "State/Province" selectbox is popuplated and marked as required

[heldchen]

in www/vendor/magento/module-customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml the region_id is marked with an unconditional required validator:

        <field name="region_id">
            <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
                    <item name="dataType" xsi:type="string">text</item>
                    <item name="formElement" xsi:type="string">select</item>
                    <item name="source" xsi:type="string">address</item>
                    <item name="customEntry" xsi:type="string">region</item>
                    <item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
                        <item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
                    </item>
                    <item name="filterBy" xsi:type="array">
                        <item name="target" xsi:type="string">${ $.provider }:${ $.parentScope }.country_id</item>
                        <item name="field" xsi:type="string">country_id</item>
                    </item>
                </item>
            </argument>
        </field>

removing this validator "fixes" the issue - obviously the region is then also not required for countries where no "State is Required for" opt-out exists.

[sevos1984]

Hi! This is a known issue, internal ticket MAGETWO-56962. Thanks for reporting

[heldchen]

thank you for the update!

[heldchen]

problem seems still present in 2.1.1

[rzwinge]

@heldchen
Hi, i want to remove the validation. Can i override the customer_form.xml with a module?
I tried some possibilities, but with no success. I don't find something about overriding ui components of adminhtml.

[heldchen]

@rzwinge unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to remove stuff from ui components in the adminhtml (in the frontend, you can manipulate it through an observer, but even that seems rather questionable).

you _can_ hack it with a plugin on \Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Generator\Structure::generate() and manipulate the $data array, but it is quite ... erhm ... unorthodox. that said, I have successfully used such a plugin to move around and remove some ui components in the adminhtml.

for this issue, I ended up creating a core patch for our installations until this is fixed in the source.

[rzwinge]

@heldchen Thank you for your hint. Then i backup the file and change it in the core.

[ghost]

still happening in 2.1.2 as well.

Also when i try to remove the default countries (Austria, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and United States) from State Options in Congig -> General -> General it says You saved the configuration. but the options are still selected?

[rdiazc]

To the official support team of Magento: any idea of when this bug will be fixed?

[bh-ref]

this issue is still present in 2.1.4

[sma09sjb]

We're experiencing this issue after upgrading to 2.1.5, can we have some confirmation of when this will be fixed in the core? This is a fairly big issue for us as we have a number of international customers and we're unable to correctly save their details.

[EliasKotlyar]

Hello everyone,

I have made a Module, which provides a temporary fix for this Problem:
https://github.com/EliasKotlyar/RegionFix

Greetings
Elias

[maksek]

@sma09sjb, @EliasKotlyar just validated on fresh installation for 2.1.5 and 2.2-develop, and it test case is not reproducible.

[heldchen]

I think the test case was not properly followed as it is reproducible in a 2.1.5 installation.

heck, even the latest development code has still the bogus <item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">true</item> validation on the region_id field.

[eerorika]

This bug reproduces in 2.1.9.

[routbiplab]

I am facing the same issue in Magento 2.1.7 and 2.1.9.
Also I could see in www/vendor/magento/module-customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml

text
select
address
region

true


${ $.provider }:${ $.parentScope}.country_id
country_id

The validation is always true.

[jaykobi]

Still present in 2.2.6.