In reply to Steve Truman.

Well said. Maybe Woocommerce should test their updates on the 20 – 30 top-selling / used themes and plugins (especially the woo themes plugins and other top plugins that relate to Woocommerce) before releasing updates.
These are easy enough to identify. Whether they argue that theme and plugin developers have time to test with beta releases or not, the fact is that they are causing massive disruption with their present systems and procedures and have a duty to find better ways to work with the WordPress community to minimize this. I am sure that many people are now looking closely at all alternatives to Woocommerce and maybe even WordPress because of this.