---
title: Better discount imports and exports
date: 2026-04-23
description: Broader subtype coverage, cleaner round trips, and safer validation when importing discounts.
tags: ["Discounts","Imports","Exports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-04-23-better-discount-imports-and-exports/
---


We've put a lot of work into discounts this week. Here are some of the highlights.

### What's New

- **Automatic Free Shipping imports** - closes the last gap in discount subtype coverage.
- **Subscription cycle limits** - now round-trip correctly on Code Basic and Automatic Basic discounts.

### Improvements

- **Smarter file type detection** - we now inspect a file's columns when auto-detecting its type, even when the filename suggests a different data type.
- **Cleaner exports** - consistent boolean casing, decimal precision, and country code formatting.

### Fixes

- **Scope lookups fail loudly** - missing product, variant, or collection handles now raise a more clear error.
- **Safer subscription handling** - non-subscription discounts import cleanly on stores without a subscriptions app.