Updated: Comment #25
I've been implementing locked fields on Drupal Commerce entities in modules to do things like have default price fields on products and a default line item reference field on orders. This is great, because I don't want these fields to be deletable.
However, I then discovered the side effect that these fields' settings could not be altered. I figured I'd deal with that when I discovered that yea though settings can't be adjusted, the widget for the locked field can be changed. The problem is different widgets have different settings for the same field, and one widget's default settings won't make any sense to another widget.
I can see maybe three quick solutions here (I'm sure there are other options) but need input from those in the know:
Patch needs review.
As mentioned above.
None.
Needs work
9.5
The change is currently missing an automated test that fails when run with the original code, and succeeds when the bug has been fixed.
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It's likely this issue predates Contrib.social: some issue and comment data are missing.
This is certainly touching similar aspects with 🐛 Do not allow to alter Locked field via UI Needs work but this isn't a duplicate. The other issue is about the field storage configuration, this is about the field widget settings.