Official statement
It is possible to change the canonical tag of a canonicalized product variation to another variation when the canonical version is out of stock. There will be latency since Google prefers to maintain the stability of canonicals.
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What happens to out-of-stock product pages according to Google?
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TL;DR
Google allows changes to the canonical tag if a canonical version is out of stock. However, delays may occur. Stabilizing canonicals remains crucial for Google.
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