Cart Statuses

There are several cart statuses supported by Broadleaf out-of-box. They are described below.

Table 1. Cart Statuses
Status	Description	Who can modify the cart
`IN_PROCESS`	The default state for a cart. The cart can be modified by adding, updating, and deleting items and other information tied to the cart (such as shipping/payment info). Nothing is finalized.	The user
`SUBMISSION_IN_PROGRESS`	The cart is in the process of being checked out. It will be changed to `SUBMITTED` if completed successfully, or back to `IN_PROCESS` if not. It’s important that only the Broadleaf checkout process can modify the cart in this state.	Broadleaf checkout process
`SUBMITTED`	The cart has been submitted successfully. At this point, the cart should be considered finalized, and no further changes should be made.	Nobody
`NAMED`	The cart has been given a name and saved for later use. This should not be treated as the active/default cart for the user. Some custom process may reinstate this cart or pull information from it, but nothing out-of-box.	Nobody (OOB)
`CANCELLED`	The cart has been cancelled for some reason. Out-of-box, this happens when a CSR manually cancels a cart.	Nobody
`CSR_OWNED`	A CSR has created this cart. This is used during CSR impersonation of a customer, and the owner of the cart should still reflect that customer, not the CSR. Carts in this status may be a clone of the customer’s `IN_PROCESS` cart, but should not be accessible to the customer- only the CSR impersonator. This cart may eventually be changed to `IN_PROCESS` by the CSR to give the user the cart. While in this state, the cart is effectively the same as `IN_PROCESS`, but exclusively for the CSR impersonator.	CSR Impersonator
`IN_TRANSFER`	The cart is in a transitioning state, typically from a CSR to an anonymous customer. The cart shouldn’t be accessible to the user while in this state. It needs to be transferred (to `IN_PROCESS`) first.	Broadleaf cart transfer process
`TEST`	A cart that has been created in admin preview mode. This should be treated as `IN_PROCESS` for that admin, but blocked from the checkout process.	The admin using the preview mode

Typical cart lifecycle:

Cart is created in IN_PROCESS. Note that carts are typically created by adding an item when a cart does not already exist. Any additional changes to the cart will also be executed (add/update/delete items, adding shipping, and contact info) while in this state.
Cart Operations changes the status to SUBMISSION_IN_PROGRESS as the first step of submitting the cart (checkout).
Cart Operations finishes checkout successfully and changes the status to SUBMITTED.