The release of Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 and Magento Open Source 2.4.6 took place on March 14, 2023.
As promised every new version of Magento brings in new functionalities, feature enhancements, security enhancements, and much more.
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 and Magento Open Source 2.4.6 have both been recently released, and there are exciting new updates to share. Let’s take a closer look at the new features and improvements introduced in Magento 2.4.6.
What does Magento 2.4.6 bring in?
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 has introduced support for PHP 8.2. Although PHP 7.4 support has been discontinued, PHP 8.1 will continue to receive support. Core Composer dependencies and third-party libraries have been upgraded to be compatible with PHP 8.2.
Magento 2.4.6 contains 300 quality fixes and enhancements, including significant performance and scalability improvements.
The Beta Release Notes of Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 has stated the following highlights.
Platform Enhancements
The latest release now includes compatibility for PHP 8.2, while support for PHP 8.1 has been marked as deprecated.
Include support for Composer 2.2.x.
Removed outdated dependencies.
Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source 2.4.6 also support OpenSearch 2.x on both Cloud and on-premises.
Involves support for Redis 7.0.x.
Supports ElasticSearch 8.x.
DHL schema migrated from v6.2 to v10.0.
Incorporated support for MariaDB 10.6.
Updated JavaScript libraries to the latest versions.
Security Enhancements
Magento’s upcoming version 2.4.6 will feature 8 security fixes.
The reCAPTCHA validation will no longer fail in cases of unexpected errors during payment processing at checkout.
Performance and Scalability Improvements
Configuration settings that can enhance the performance of operations that impact customer segments
To optimize the product grid’s performance, you can reduce the number of products that are visible within it by implementing a limit on the amount displayed.
Up to 100,000 records per minute can now be imported by merchants.
Load balancing has been implemented to enhance the performance of order processing.
Braintree
Italy and Spain can now take advantage of the Pay Later button and banners, as they have been enabled in the latest release.
Enabled PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault.
Web hooks for Fraud Protection, ACH, and LPM (Local Payment Methods), have been integrated to improve their capabilities.
Accessibility Updates
With the latest release, the Venia storefront (PWA) has been enhanced to offer a more intuitive, feature-rich, and user-friendly experience to customers.
GraphQL Response Time Enhanced
Querying categories with enabled permissions will result in an improvement in response time.
Abhinav Kamal Saxena is an E-Commerce enthusiast and an aspiring Adobe Expert-Magento Commerce Business Practitioner yet to certified. Being a Software Engineer he loves responding to all kinds of Customer Queries. When he isn’t working, you’ll find Abhinav Reading Books or Traveling.
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