Orders: latest exception during checkout retry

[PagelsR]

Summary

Latest exception reported by the Orders service. Likely cause: null customer id during retry.

What happened

• Time: 2025-10-02 14:03 UTC
• Service: Orders
• Top frame: CheckoutController.PlaceOrder
• Message: Null customer id during retry
• Log link: https://logs.example.org/o/octocat/s/orders/e/abc123

Steps to check

1. Open the log link above and confirm the stack frame and message.
2. Reproduce with a checkout retry where the customer id may be missing or cleared.
3. Capture the exact request path and any middleware that might drop the id on retry.

Expected vs. actual

• Expected: Checkout retry preserves the customer id and completes order placement.
• Actual: Retry path hits CheckoutController.PlaceOrder with a null customer id and throws.

Environment

• Env: Production
• Service: Orders
• Region:
• Build/commit:

Notes

• Add labels: bug, orders
• Correlation id: CR-2025-10-02-001 (if available)