Magento (Adobe Commerce) 2.4.6 was released on March 2023. The latest updates are going to bring many benefits for store owners, developers, and average users.
Together with you, we will discuss the main improvements in today’s post. You will see the release features that make sites run more efficiently. In addition, it is now high time for using Magento 2 modules and themes upgraded to 2.4.6. Let’s begin.
We start with enhancements for your customers - everyone without exception.
Accessibility improvements
The latest release made storefront functionality accessible to keyboard-only store visitors. The updates are nice for customers who use mobile devices with non-standard screen sizes and require a specially designed UI/UX for running a website seamlessly. So, you can see:
- Smooth keyboard input at Checkout, Review order, and Place order steps.
- Verbal descriptive labels are available for the search filter ‘Has video checkboxes’.
- Better page navigation with a focus on buttons.
- Accessible names with descriptions on frontend buttons.
Bug fixes
As we have said, Magento (Adobe Commerce) 2.4.6 brings good news for developers. Here we mean over 300 quality fixes including 8 security fixes. That will definitely save developers time in the future.
A moment has come for describing general updates for the platform.
Platform enhancements added in 2.4.6
- PHP 8.2 support. Please note that Magento 2.4.6 will not run on PHP 7.4 anymore.
- Composer 2.2.x support. Please note that Magento 2.4.6 removed support for Composer 1.x.
- ElasticSearch 8.x support
- Redis 7.0.x support. Redis 6.2 is still maintained, too.
- MariaDB 10.6 support. Support for MariaDB (LTS version) is still available.
- Using OpenSearch as the default search engine for Adobe on both Cloud and on-premises.
- DHL schema v6.2 to v10.0 migration.
- Deletion of outdated dependencies.
- Upgrades to the latest JS versions.
After covering improvements in platform quality, let us talk about features added to Magento (Adobe Commerce) 2.4.6.
Key features
- Added support for Page Builder v.1.7.3 and PWA Studio v.13.0.x.
- Added a new B2B feature - the Purchase Order for Companies feature is now available via the GraphQL API.
- The Pay Later button and banners were enabled for merchants in Italy and Spain.
- Added PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault.
- Added Fraud Protection, ACH, and Added LPM (Local Payment Methods) webhooks.
Please note that the last three updates are about improving the Braintree Payment method.
It is time to have a look at performance and scalability updates.
Performance and scalability improvements
- Reduced processing time when performing operations involving >100 customer segments. The update is available when you disable a Real-time Check if Customer is Matched by Segment setting.
- Improved import performance is improved. Now it allows for importing up to 100,000 records per minute.
- Improved order processing performance with the help of load balancing.
- Improved Product grid performance when you enable the Limit Number of Products in the Grid configuration setting.
- Improved performance for operations that affect customer segments
Time to see what’s new in GraphQL caching performance.
GraphQL performance improvements
- Improved response time for querying categories in case you enable the permissions.
- Optimized the category tree rendering in GraphQL. The update is great for merchants with a large number of categories.
- Reduced query response time for bulk cart operations.
- Support order sorting for customer queries.
Well, and where without the security updates, the Magento is famous for.
Security updates
- Fixed the problem with reCAPTCHA validation. It no longer fails when unexpected errors occur during payment processing at the checkout step.
- Added fraud protection and ACH webhooks when it comes to Braintree payment enhancements.
- Added system configuration functionality for email confirmation when an admin user changes his email.
To see the full list of enhancements, you may visit the following pages:
It's just amazing how many things can fit in only one release. Magento has always been good. The latest Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 and Magento Open Source 2.4.6 versions do bring value to your Magento 2 website. Still, you have to upgrade your store to leverage the newly introduced features.
At SwissUpLabs we prepared the new releases for Magento 2 modules and themes.
In case you are using our fastest Magento 2 theme
Review the latest Argento 1.37.0 release. You'll see multiple updates for Argento designs and extensions. The template is fully compatible with Magento 2.4.6 and PHP 8.2.
In case you are using our Magento 2 checkout module
In the Firecheckout 1.31.0 extension, we implemented all possible benefits of Magento 2.4.6 and PHP 8.2. All bundled modules are compatible.
Sure we prepared updates for Magento 2 modules according to Magento 2.4.6 requirements. See the list of improvements on module pages or in our monthly report with updates made in March 2023.
We encourage everyone to use the benefits of upgrading their store to the latest release. With updated modules and themes, you may stay confident that all extensions installed in your store would work perfectly.
Upgrade your store to Magento 2.4.6 with SwissUpLabs!
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