---
title: More safeguards against accidental order confirmation emails
date: 2026-09-03
description: Order imports now warn when a file would email customers, and the MCP connector asks before it sends any order confirmation emails.
tags: ["Orders","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-09-03-warning-before-order-imports-email-customers/
---
Order imports have never emailed your customers unless you asked for it: `Send Receipt` defaults to `FALSE`, and exported files keep it that way. This update adds more safeguards, so a stray `TRUE` in a migration file can't send confirmation emails by accident.

### What's New

- **Customer email warning** - file analysis flags a `Send Receipt` column set to `TRUE` and tells you how many rows would email customers (see [ALYS038](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490216-error-and-warning-codes#ALYS038)).
- **All four email columns** - covers `Send Receipt`, `Cancel: Send Receipt`, `Fulfillment: Send Receipt`, and `Refund: Send Receipt`, one warning per column.
- **AI assistant confirmation** - the MCP connector won't start an orders import that would email customers until you confirm in the chat.

### Improvements

- **Shop app guidance** - the order fields reference explains Shop app notifications and how to ask Shopify to pause them before a migration (see [Customer notifications](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490221-order-fields#customer-notifications)).