The newest Magento 2.4.6 is here

... and it's been eagerly awaited by the whole community not only for its benefits in improving the functionality and security of the software, but also for reaffirming Adobe’s commitment to support the core Magento code, along with their main paid product, Adobe Commerce.

??Security

Eight security fixes and platform security improvements have been provided to improve compliance with the latest security best practices, such as addressing gaps in Admin action logs, reCAPTCHA validation (which no longer fails during checkout when unexpected errors occur during payment processing), and a new system configuration for requiring email confirmation when an admin user changes their email.

??Platform enhancements

??PHP 8.1 remains fully supported, but support for PHP 7.4 has been removed in this release, so if you are still running Magento OS on PHP 7.4, you will need to upgrade the PHP version.

??Removal of support for Composer 1.x. The release now supports Composer 2.2.x

??OpenSearch is now supported as the default search engine for both on-prem and cloud deployments, and as an independent search engine for Magento OS.

??The release is still compatible with the old MariaDB 10.4 version, but upgrading to the latest 10.6 version is highly recommended.

??Accessibility and functionality

??Many works have been done to create a more seamless experience on Venia PWA, like visual text labels for the Sign in button, descriptions added to buttons and ‘Has video’ checkboxes, plus many other enhancements to make it more operable.

??Page Builder was updated

??Braintree payment has received some updates: The Pay Later button is now enabled for Italy and Spain. Additionally, PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault has been enabled. The update has added web hooks for Fraud Protection, ACH payments, and Local Payment Methods.?

??GraphQL has been improved and it provides a better response time for querying categories with category permissions enabled.

??The categoryList query has been optimized to support customers with a large number of categories. As a result, with this query, merchants who search more than 1500 categories with up to five levels of nested subcategories will notice an improved performance.

?? Many issues from previous versions have been fixed

??????Magento engineers fixed hundreds of issues related to installation and deployment, accessibility, bundle products, cart and checkout, price rules and coupons, and many more. The full list can be viewed?here…

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