So Ive been doing the Walmart grocery thing for literally years now, usually its pretty seamless but Im hitting this wall with the cart sharing feature and its driving me crazy. Were hosting this big housewarming thing in Cincinnati this weekend and Im trying to stay under a $250 budget for the snacks and drinks, so Im building this massive list. I wanted to send the link to my partner so she could double check the brands I picked out because she is super picky about the generic vs name brand stuff.

I go into the app, hit the share icon, get the link, and text it over. But every single time she clicks it on her phone, it just opens the Walmart app to the main home screen. It doesnt actually load the items I picked. I was thinking maybe it was just a glitch with her phone, but I tried sending it to my work phone too and same thing. Its like the deep link is totally broken on mobile right now. My logic was that maybe it works better on desktop, so I tried the web version, but even there, the shared link just takes her to her own empty cart.

Ive already tried the basic stuff like clearing the app cache and making sure we both have the latest update from the app store. I even tried toggling my VPN off because I thought maybe that was messing with the redirect headers or something, but no luck. Is this just a known bug? It is weird because I use similar features on Amazon and Target all the time without any issues. I was wondering if maybe its a session timeout thing, but it happens even if I generate a fresh link and she clicks it five seconds later.

If anyone has a workaround or knows if Im just missing a toggle in the settings somewhere, let me know. I really dont want to have to screenshot thirty items just to get her approval on the grocery list before Saturday...