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# Turning rules on and off

> Draft versus Active, and how to verify a rule is doing what you think.

Every rule is either **Active** or **Draft**. Two ways to switch.

## From the list

The **Enabled** toggle in the customizations table. Flipping it takes effect immediately — no save step, no confirmation. This is the fast path for pausing a rule during a sale or turning a seasonal rule back on.

## From the editor

The **Status** dropdown in the right-hand column, applied when you **Save**.

| Status | Behaviour |
| - | - |
| **Draft** | Saved and editable, not running. |
| **Active** | Live on your checkout. |

## Working safely

New rules default to **Draft** in the advanced editor, so you can build across several sessions without exposing a half-finished rule. Take advantage of that: build in Draft, read the Description panel, then flip to Active.

For a change to a rule that is already live, the safer sequence is to switch it to Draft first, edit, then reactivate — rather than saving edits straight onto an Active rule and having every checkout pick up an intermediate state.

## Verifying a rule is doing what you think

There is no preview. Test on the real checkout:

1. Activate the rule.
2. Build a cart that **should** match and confirm the method is hidden, moved, or renamed.
3. Build a cart that should **not** match and confirm the method is still there.

Step 3 is the one people skip, and it is where over-broad conditions show up.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Rules do not apply to draft orders or orders created in the admin. Testing through the admin will show you the unfiltered list every time — always test from the storefront.

## Disable instead of delete

A disabled rule costs nothing and keeps its configuration. When you are unsure whether a rule is still needed, toggle it off and leave it for a billing cycle rather than deleting it.


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