Automatic Restocking/Inventory Checkbox for Simple and Variable Products

Prerequisites

[x] I have searched for similar issues in both open and closed tickets and cannot find a duplicate
[x] The issue still exists against the latest master branch of WooCommerce on Github
[x] I have attempted to find the simplest possible steps to reproduce the issue
[ ] I have included a failing test as a pull request (Optional)

Hi Claudio,

Please implement a simple Automatic Restocking/Inventory Checkbox for Simple and Variable Products in WooCommerce.

Real World Example: You have in stock 100 red T-Shirts of size M. A customer buys 10 such T-Shirts which leads to a remaining stock of 90 such T-Shirts. So far so good. If the customer now either cancels the order or if you have to issue a refund the stock should automatically go back up to its original quantity level of 100 T-Shirts as soon as you click on Cancel Order or Issue Refund.

We’re surprised that this basic feature is not yet an integral part of WooCommerce considering the fact that in case of several thousand (or ten thousand!) simple and/or variable products it generates a ton of unnecessary work and costs! since all cancelled and refunded orders must currently be updated manually when it gets to any sort of stock/inventory corrections/updates.

Thanks, Patrick

Expected/actual behavior

When I follow those steps, I see... ...No change in stock quantity

I was expecting to see... ...Change in stock quantity

Isolating the problem

[x] This bug happens with only WooCommerce plugin active
[x] This bug happens with a default WordPress theme active, or Storefront
[x] I can reproduce this bug consistently using the steps above

WordPress Environment

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