-- HikaShop version -- : 6.5.0
-- Joomla version -- : 6.1.1
-- PHP version -- : 8.4
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome - 149.0.7827.104
I encountered a behaviour with an item having two variants - both variants unpublished - but notice it can be added to cart as a free item.
If Variant 1 is unpublished and not set to Default - AND - item 2 is set to unpublished BUT is set to Default. The item remains "is" shown in the shop and available for customer to purchase for Free. (See attached screenshots)
This surprised me when I was doing some work in my pre-production site:blink: 
Is their a way to warn the operator - or black the save operation so that a person doesn't arrive at this scenario of thinking they have turned an item off from selling - when it remains available and potentially now added to a cart as a free item
Many thanks