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critical 8025

Error 8025 — Variation data inconsistent

What this means

Child variants disagree on parent attributes that should be uniform — like brand, manufacturer, or category.

Why this happens

Bulk-uploading variants from a spreadsheet where some rows have different brand names or category mappings even though they're variants of the same product.

How to fix it

  1. Audit child variants for any parent-level attribute that differs.
  2. Brand, manufacturer, item_type_keyword, category should all be identical across siblings.
  3. Variant attributes (color, size) are the only fields that should differ.

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