---
title: Variant option matching now ignores letter casing
date: 2026-07-14
description: Imports now match existing variants even when option names or values differ only by letter casing, preventing duplicate variants.
tags: ["Products","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-07-14-variant-option-matching-ignores-letter-casing/
---


If your import file said `large blue` but your store said `Large Blue`, product imports used to treat that as a brand-new variant. Now they match.

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### 🔧 Improvements

- **Option matching** - MERGE imports now match existing variants when option names or values differ from the store only by letter casing, instead of adding duplicates.
- **File casing wins** - when casing differs, the option name and value on the store are renamed to match your file, and an informational note is added to the import results (see [PRD075](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490216-error-and-warning-codes#PRD075)).