Invalid IPv6 ip addresses in remote_ip field of order object

larslars Member Posts: 2
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Hi,

When retrieving an IP address using the remote_ip field of an order object we obtain invalid IPv6 addresses. From my observations it seems like every ipv6 address gets cut off at 15 chars, the max length of a ipv4 address. When a customer places the order using ipv4 everything works as expected, the field will contain a XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX ip address. When using ipv6 however the field contains data like XXXX:XXX:XXXX:X or XXXX:XXXX:XXXX: instead of the complete XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX address.

Am I using the wrong field to obtain a IP or is the a bug on lightspeeds end?

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  • LucienVersendaalLucienVersendaal Moderator, Lightspeed Staff Posts: 601 moderator

    Hi @lars,

    Thank you for reaching out to us.

    What you're saying is exactly what is happening. But our devs are saying this isn't a bug since this was never in the system. They also are saying that they're not building this because this will require a huge database migration and downtime.

    I hope you'll understand.

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  • DennisGeusDennisGeus Member Posts: 16 ✭

    Actually, I don't understand why this will not be done.

    You can't deny that everyone is now changing to ipv6, and there comes a time you need to migrate.

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