On March 14, 2023, Adobe released Magento 2.4.6, featuring significant bug fixes, improved security, and better performance for merchants and developers. With every update, Magento delivers new features and essential security enhancements. The latest version, Magento 2.4.6, includes several new features and improvements to help your online store perform better. Here are some highlights of the newest release:
- Security Enhancements: The new release has eight security fixes and several security improvements. Notable updates include more specific auditing of admin actions, a spot for reCAPTCHA validation failure, and a new setting system configuration for email confirmation whenever an admin user changes their email.
- Platform Enhancements: The platform now supports PHP 8.2, Composer 2.2.x, and ElasticSearch 8. x. It also features support for Redis 7.0.x, OpenSearch as the default search engine for Adobe Commerce, and an upgrade of the DHL scheme from v6.2 to v10.0.
- Performance and Scalability Enhancements: Magento 2.4.6 has significantly improved speed and performance. Merchants can now perform bulk operations in just minutes, thanks to enhancements such as Category Children Tree Processing and Bulk Cart Operation Response Time. Additionally, store owners can limit the number of products displayed in the product grid, enhance order processing, and improve product import performance.
- Accessibility Updates: The new release prioritizes an improved retail experience on Venia (PWA) that is more accessible, functional, understandable, and resilient. The improvements include better accessibility, usability, and descriptive captions for search filters and storefront buttons.
- GraphQL Performance Enhancements: The latest Magento release comes with several performance enhancements aimed at improving the performance of Magento 2 GraphQL, such as faster response times when querying products, optimized GraphQL resolver operation, and optimized product permissions.
- Braintree Payment Features Upgrade: The Adobe Commerce/Magento 2.4.6 release includes several enhancements to the Braintree payment system; we enabled the Pay Later buttons and banners for Italy and Spain and added Fraud Protection and ACH webhooks.
