Remove validation error check from classic checkout before pm creation (#4556)

Author: Mayisha

changelog.txt

@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 * Tweak - Update checkout error message for invalid API key to be more generic and user-friendly
 * Tweak - Disable Amazon Pay in the merchant's Payment Method Configuration object if it is still behind a feature flag
 * Fix - Only clear customer cache when an action has been performed
+* Fix - Remove validation error check from classic checkout before payment method creation
+* Dev - Clean up LPM (Local Payment Method) feature flags and related code
 * Dev - Move some testing and compiler node dependencies to devDependencies
 * Dev - Minor CSS change to comply with a SASS rule deprecation
-* Dev - Remove LPM feature flags
 * Dev - Update SCSS to replace @import with @use and @forward
 
 = 9.7.1 - 2025-07-28 =

client/classic/upe/deferred-intent.js

@@ -41,22 +41,6 @@ jQuery( function ( $ ) {
 	} );
 
 	$( 'form.checkout' ).on( generateCheckoutEventNames(), function () {
-		const $form = $( 'form.checkout' );
-		// Lose focus for all fields to trigger validation
-		$form
-			.find( '.input-text, select, input:checkbox' )
-			.trigger( 'validate' )
-			.trigger( 'blur' );
-
-		const hasValidationErrors =
-			$form.find( '.woocommerce-invalid' ).length > 0 &&
-			$form.find( '.woocommerce-invalid' ).is( ':visible' );
-
-		// Return if there is a validation error on the checkout fields
-		if ( hasValidationErrors ) {
-			return;
-		}
-
 		return processPaymentIfNotUsingSavedMethod( $( this ) );
 	} );
 

readme.txt

@@ -133,9 +133,10 @@ If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the [Plugin Forum](https://wordpress.o
 * Tweak - Update checkout error message for invalid API key to be more generic and user-friendly
 * Tweak - Disable Amazon Pay in the merchant's Payment Method Configuration object if it is still behind a feature flag
 * Fix - Only clear customer cache when an action has been performed
+* Fix - Remove validation error check from classic checkout before payment method creation
+* Dev - Clean up LPM (Local Payment Method) feature flags and related code
 * Dev - Move some testing and compiler node dependencies to devDependencies
 * Dev - Minor CSS change to comply with a SASS rule deprecation
-* Dev - Remove LPM feature flags
 * Dev - Update SCSS to replace @import with @use and @forward
 
 [See changelog for full details across versions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/trunk/changelog.txt).