When it comes to disabling pages ( [product will not be published and can not be ordered while disabled)])
There is a problem. Unless the item is new, the previously published product page will still be present in the sense that search engines search for it and report a website error since it does not come up on the website, but is still technically present.
The main issue is that the copy is misleading. I found that to disable the page, not only do you have to check the box, but you have to be sure that the product is not assigned to any pages.
Otherwise, you get search errors on Google and company.IT would be nice if this problem did not come up.