AC-14049: Missing Billing Address Error in Admin Dashboard When Creating Order via REST API with Only Payment Information

Author: wip44850

app/code/Magento/Sales/Plugin/Model/OrderRepositoryPlugin.php

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class OrderRepositoryPlugin
      * @param OrderInterface $entity
      * @return array
      * @throws LocalizedException
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
      */
     public function beforeSave(OrderRepository $subject, OrderInterface $entity): array
     {
@@ -60,12 +61,5 @@ private function validateOrderItems(OrderInterface $entity): void
         if (!$items || count($items) === 0) {
             throw new LocalizedException(__('Please specify order items.'));
         }
-
-        // Validate each item has required data
-        foreach ($items as $item) {
-            if (!$item->getProductId() || !$item->getSku()) {
-                throw new LocalizedException(__('Order items must have valid product information.'));
-            }
-        }
     }
 }

app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/webapi_soap/di.xml

@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@
         <plugin name="add_existing_product_options"
                 type="Magento\Sales\Plugin\Model\ResourceModel\Order\Relation\AddExistingItemProductOptions"/>
     </type>
+    <type name="Magento\Sales\Model\OrderRepository">
+        <plugin name="validate_billing_address_on_save"
+                type="Magento\Sales\Plugin\Model\OrderRepositoryPlugin"
+                sortOrder="10"/>
+    </type>
 </config>