As a leading provider of e-commerce solutions, we understand the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest advancements in the industry. Magento, one of the most widely used e-commerce platforms, constantly evolves to meet the changing needs of businesses and consumers. In this post, we will discuss some of the most recent updates and enhancements made to the Magento platform, which can help companies to improve their online presence and provide a better user experience for their customers. Whether you’re an existing Magento user or considering switching to the platform, this post will provide valuable insights into the latest features and improvements that can benefit your e-commerce business. So, before we dive in…
What’s new in Magento 2.4.6 version?
Magento 2.4.6 adds support for PHP 8.2 and significant performance and scalability improvements.
It also includes over 300 quality improvements and fixes related to updated Core Composer dependencies and third-party libraries. The Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 & Magento 2.4.6 release updates will enhance your online selling experience.
Let us look at what Adobe Commerce & Magento 2.4.6 release update offers, and we can deliver to your store! Let’s take a closer look now at all of the benefits.
Security Fixes and Enhancements
Magento 2.4.6 release contains 8 security fixes and platform security improvements. Specific security improvements for this release work great with the latest security best practices, including:
Gaps in Admin action logs have been addressed with more specific auditing of actions within mass actions, grid views, and exports.
reCAPTCHA validation no longer fails during checkout when unexpected errors occur during payment processing.
Platform enhancements
Magento 2.4.6 has introduced several platform enhancements to improve users’ overall experience.
PHP 8.2 support has been introduced, and PHP 8.1 is still supported.
Support for PHP 7.4 is removed—Magento 2.4.6 will not run on PHP 7.4
Composer 2.2.x and ElasticSearch 8.x are supported
Redis 7.0.x is supported—Redis 6.2 remains compatible but will reach the end of service in April 2024
OpenSearch becomes the default search engine for Adobe Commerce on-premise and cloud installations
Support for MariaDB (LTS version) remains, but upgrading to MariaDB 10.6 is recommended
The DHL scheme is migrated from v6.2 to v10.0
Outdated JavaScript libraries are updated to the latest versions, and outdated dependencies are removed—they remain backward compatible
Performance and scalability enhancements
The latest Magento/Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 release version is fully future-oriented! It is more efficient, scalable, and tuned to support your ever-increasing business requirements. But concretely:
New configuration is improving performance. It is offered for merchants who must execute operations with over a hundred customer segments.
Improved order processing performance through the load balancing feature.
Customers with a high volume of 1,000 orders per minute can now balance their loads across multiple nodes. It will help improve their order processing performance for their online stores.
A new REST API endpoint offers the same ability to import as the admin import feature. However, this time it is up to 100,000 records faster per minute.
Many issues were fixed in the Magento 2.4.6 version
Adobe fixed hundreds of problems. You can find some significant fixed bugs below:
Optimize installation, upgrade, and deployment
Update bundle product via API
No longer flush full-page cache except when the ordered item is out of stock.
Eliminate COD payment methods if they’re excluded for the country stated in the shipping and billing addresses.
Add drag and drop feature to product custom options
Allow shoppers to add items to their wish list after they log in
FedEx, USPS, and UPS shipping rates are now calculated correctly even if the Free Shipping Cart rule is enabled to only a subset of cart items
Enhance the performance of strings searches when the Minimum Terms to Match configuration is enabled.
Braintree Payment Method
The latest Magento release version comes with the following Braintree enhancements:
Enabled the Braintree Pay Later button & messages for Italy and Spain.
Enabled the PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault.
The Braintree payment method now comes with Fraud Protection and ACH webhooks.
GraphQL Performance Enhancements
GraphQL is a query language used for the Magento 2 APIs. Adobe is introducing many improvements in the latest release to improve the Magento GraphQL performance.
Improved response time of some Magento 2 APIs related to querying products in categories with category permissions enabled.
The category tree rendering performance in GraphQL has been improved.
The response time of the bulk cart operations through GraphQL has been improved.
Page Builder & PWA Studio Compatibility
Adobe Commerce/Magento 2.4.6 now supports Page Builder v.1.7.3 & PWA Studio v.13.0.x.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the latest Magento version brings exciting features and improvements that will benefit merchants, customers, and developers. It is a powerful platform for building successful online businesses with enhanced security, a streamlined checkout process, and improved performance. We highly recommend upgrading to Magento’s 2.4.6 version to take advantage of these new features and provide customers with an exceptional shopping experience.
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