Release Notes – Unveiling the Exciting Updates and Enhancements
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 is a significant update that brings performance enhancements, security fixes, and support for PHP 8.2. With over 300 quality fixes and enhancements, this release offers an improved experience for merchants and developers alike. In this blog post, we’ll dive into the key highlights and features introduced in Adobe Commerce 2.4.6.
1. Security Enhancements
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 includes eight security fixes and platform security improvements. Although no confirmed attacks related to these issues have occurred, it’s essential to protect your Admin by implementing measures such as IP allowlisting, two-factor authentication, and good password hygiene. The release also introduces additional security best practices, like gaps in Admin action logs, improved reCAPTCHA validation during checkout, and a new system configuration for requiring email confirmation when an admin user changes their email.
2. Platform Enhancements
With support for PHP 8.2 and the removal of PHP 7.4 support, Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 also supports Composer 2.2.x, Redis 7.0.x, and OpenSearch as the default search engine. Furthermore, this release is compatible with Elasticsearch 8.x and MariaDB 10.6.
3. Upgrades and Replacements
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 features numerous upgrades and replacements, such as migrating the DHL schema to v10.0, updating JavaScript libraries and dependencies, removing PHP 7.4 compatibility, and upgrading Symfony and Laminas dependencies to support PHP 8.2.
4. Performance and Scalability Enhancements
This release focuses on improving performance for operations affecting many customer segments, limiting the number of products displayed in the product grid, enhancing import performance, and providing better high-throughput order processing through load balancing.
5. Adobe Commerce Extension Metapackage
The Adobe Commerce Extension meta package v1.1.0 is introduced in this release, which automatically bundles select Adobe Commerce extensions, such as Bolt Quick Checkout and Adobe I/O Events for Adobe Commerce, simplifying the upgrade process for these extensions.
6. Accessibility Updates
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 focuses on creating a more perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust storefront experience on Venia (PWA). Enhancements include improved accessible names for buttons, descriptive labels for the Has Video checkboxes in search filters, and better keyboard-only user access to all page functionalities.
7. B2B Enhancements
The Purchase Orders for Companies feature is now fully exposed by the GraphQL API, with two new schemas for Purchase Order Management and Purchase Order Rule functionalities.
8. Braintree Updates
The release enables Pay Later button and banners for Italy and Spain, PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault, and adds Fraud Protection and ACH webhooks, along with an LPM (Local Payment Methods) webhook.
9. GraphQL Performance Enhancements
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 optimizes GraphQL operations by improving response times when querying categories with category permissions enabled, optimizing performance of category tree rendering, and reducing bulk cart operations query response times.
10. Page Builder and PWA Studio Compatibility
Page Builder v1.7.3 and PWA Studio v13.0.x are compatible with Adobe Commerce 2.4.6, offering multiple enhancements to improve accessibility.
11. Known Issues and Fixed Issues
A known issue in this release is the incompatibility between New Relic and PHP 8.2. The workaround is to run Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 on PHP 8.1 until a new version of New Relic is released that supports PHP 8.2, expected in Summer 2023. Hundreds of issues in the Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 core code have been fixed, enhancing the overall performance and security of the platform.
Conclusion
Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 is a significant release that brings numerous enhancements and improvements to the platform. With better performance, scalability, security, and accessibility, this update ensures that merchants and developers can make the most of the Adobe Commerce platform. Upgrade to Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 to leverage these new features and improvements for your e-commerce business.
Adobe official release notes link : Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 Release notes
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