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# asc subscription localization

Use this skill to bulk-create or bulk-update display names and, where supported,
descriptions for subscriptions, subscription groups, and in-app purchases across
all App Store Connect locales. This eliminates the tedious manual process of
clicking through each language in App Store Connect to set the same display
name.

## Preconditions
- Auth configured (`asc auth login` or `ASC_*` env vars).
- Know your app ID (`ASC_APP_ID` or `--app`).
- Subscription groups and subscriptions already exist.

## Choose the API scope first

API 4.4.1 adds discrete versions for IAPs, subscriptions, and subscription
groups. A version ID is different from its product, subscription, or group ID.

- Use `asc ... versions localizations ...` for all new localization work.
- Do not use the product- or group-scoped v1 localization commands. API 4.4.1
  deprecates those resources, and the CLI now emits migration warnings for
  their compatibility commands.
- Never pass a product, subscription, or group ID to a version-scoped command.

Resolve or create versions before localizing them:

```bash
asc iap versions list --iap-id "IAP_ID" --state PREPARE_FOR_SUBMISSION --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions versions list --subscription-id "SUB_ID" --state PREPARE_FOR_SUBMISSION --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions groups versions list --group-id "GROUP_ID" --state PREPARE_FOR_SUBMISSION --paginate --output table
```

Branch independently on each list result: zero matches means create, one means
reuse that version ID, and more than one means stop and require an explicit
version ID. Run each command below only for its zero-match branch:

```bash
# If and only if the IAP version list returned zero matches:
asc iap versions create --iap-id "IAP_ID" --output json
# If and only if the subscription version list returned zero matches:
asc subscriptions versions create --subscription-id "SUB_ID" --output json
# If and only if the group version list returned zero matches:
asc subscriptions groups versions create --group-id "GROUP_ID" --output json
```

None of the three version families has a version delete command. List and
reuse the single `PREPARE_FOR_SUBMISSION` version; create only for zero matches,
and stop for an explicit ID when multiple matches exist. Live parent deletion
did not cascade IAP or subscription versions, so do not assume parent deletion
cleans up versions created for testing.

## Supported App Store Locales

These are the locales supported by App Store Connect for subscription and IAP localizations:

```
ar-SA, ca, cs, da, de-DE, el, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US,
es-ES, es-MX, fi, fr-CA, fr-FR, he, hi, hr, hu, id, it,
ja, ko, ms, nl-NL, no, pl, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro, ru, sk,
sv, th, tr, uk, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant
```

## Import many locales from one file

For bulk writes, map each locale to its fields in one JSON file and import it
into the resolved version ID. Import creates missing locales, updates only
differing fields, never clears or deletes, and reports per-locale failures.

```bash
asc subscriptions versions localizations import --version-id "VERSION_ID" --file "./localizations.json" --dry-run
asc subscriptions versions localizations import --version-id "VERSION_ID" --file "./localizations.json" --confirm
```

`asc iap versions localizations import` takes the same `name` and
`description` fields. `asc subscriptions groups versions localizations import`
takes `name` and `customAppName`. Give every new subscription or IAP locale a
non-empty `description`; see the create rules below.

## Workflow: Bulk-localize a subscription version (v2)

List existing localizations, create only missing locales, then verify:

```bash
asc subscriptions versions localizations list --version-id "VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions versions localizations create --version-id "VERSION_ID" --locale "LOCALE" --name "Display Name" --description "Description"
asc subscriptions versions localizations list --version-id "VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
```

Updates distinguish omitted values, non-empty strings, and JSON `null`:

```bash
asc subscriptions versions localizations update --id "LOC_ID" --name "New Name" --description "Updated description"
```

Do not combine a value flag with its matching `--clear-name` or
`--clear-description` flag. The 4.4.1 schema permits JSON `null`, but Apple's
live service currently rejects both an empty `--description` and
`--clear-description` for subscription-version localizations because the
description must contain at least one character.

Creating a missing subscription-version localization therefore requires a
non-empty description. A display-name-only run may update the name of an
existing localization, but must not create a missing locale until the user
provides a non-empty locale-specific or shared fallback description.

## Workflow: Bulk-localize a subscription group version (v2)

```bash
asc subscriptions groups versions localizations list --version-id "VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
asc subscriptions groups versions localizations create --version-id "VERSION_ID" --locale "LOCALE" --name "Group Display Name" --custom-app-name "My App"
asc subscriptions groups versions localizations update --id "LOC_ID" --name "Updated Group Display Name" --custom-app-name "My App"
asc subscriptions groups versions localizations list --version-id "VERSION_ID" --paginate --output table
```

Clearing metadata is a separate, explicit opt-in operation. After confirming
that the user wants to remove an existing custom app name, run:

```bash
asc subscriptions groups versions localizations update --id "LOC_ID" --clear-custom-app-name

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