From 8aea8ca5c5250c15e3b2379c66ac492f44737c69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Shust <mark@shust.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:20:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Create ability to set is_visible_on_front to order status
 history comment

---
 app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php
index 85443ee7f4f11..4693e0dd74df4 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ public function addStatusToHistory($status, $comment = '', $isCustomerNotified =
      * @param bool|string $status
      * @return OrderStatusHistoryInterface
      */
-    public function addStatusHistoryComment($comment, $status = false)
+    public function addStatusHistoryComment($comment, $status = false, $isVisibleOnFront = false)
     {
         if (false === $status) {
             $status = $this->getStatus();
@@ -1024,6 +1024,8 @@ public function addStatusHistoryComment($comment, $status = false)
             $comment
         )->setEntityName(
             $this->entityType
+        )->setIsVisibleOnFront(
+            $isVisibleOnFront
         );
         $this->addStatusHistory($history);
         return $history;

From 594203c52e82ac26fa86c09d5f3f9ab36ec20492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stanislav Idolov <sidolov@magento.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:56:46 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fixed according to Backward compatible development guide

---
 app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php
index 4693e0dd74df4..6de0fe4459fa6 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order.php
@@ -1008,8 +1008,24 @@ public function addStatusToHistory($status, $comment = '', $isCustomerNotified =
      * @param string $comment
      * @param bool|string $status
      * @return OrderStatusHistoryInterface
+     * @deprecated
+     * @see addCommentToStatusHistory
      */
-    public function addStatusHistoryComment($comment, $status = false, $isVisibleOnFront = false)
+    public function addStatusHistoryComment($comment, $status = false)
+    {
+        return $this->addCommentToStatusHistory($comment, $status, false);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Add a comment to order status history
+     * Different or default status may be specified
+     *
+     * @param string $comment
+     * @param bool|string $status
+     * @param bool $isVisibleOnFront
+     * @return OrderStatusHistoryInterface
+     */
+    public function addCommentToStatusHistory($comment, $status = false, $isVisibleOnFront = false)
     {
         if (false === $status) {
             $status = $this->getStatus();