WooCommerce Blocks JS (wc-settings.js) being called even when plugin is not installed

[cintacks]

Quick summary

Came across a user's site where their sidebar wasn't loading for Woo pages. It seemed related to this issue:

woocommerce/woocommerce-blocks#6260

There's a 404 for /packages/woocommerce-blocks/build/wc-settings.js, but woocommerce-blocks was not installed on the store. I'm not sure where that reference is coming from in the first place so more investigation needed.

Steps to reproduce

This may be intermittent

1. Install Woo 6.4
2. Check Woo pages and see if sidebar is not loading (check console errors for missing JS file)
3. Install WooCommerce Blocks plugin to alleviate issue (workaround)

What you expected to happen

Presumably, Woo shouldn't be dependent on WooCommerce Blocks being installed/activated - Sidebar should load normally.

What actually happened

Sidebar was blank due to missing JS file.

Context

No response

Simple, Atomic or both?

Atomic

Theme-specific issue?

No response

Browser, operating system and other notes

No response

Reproducibility

Intermittent

Severity

Some (< 50%)

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

Workaround details

Install WooCommerce Blocks https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-gutenberg-products-block/ and activate.

[Robertght]

I'm not able to replicate this anymore.

@kettultim can you see if this is still an issue on your end?

[cecilearkay]

@Robertght Pretty sure this got fixed with: woocommerce/woocommerce-blocks#6260 so I'll close it.