{"id":7730,"date":"2023-02-15T16:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2024-05-22T15:54:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:24:02","slug":"magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Commerce (Magento 2.4.6) is Finally Released: Here\u2019s All You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Whats_New_Magento_246_Release_has_to_offer\" title=\"What\u2019s New Magento 2.4.6 Release has to offer?\">What\u2019s New Magento 2.4.6 Release has to offer?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Lets_see_what_enhancements_Magento_246_brings_this_time\" title=\"Let\u2019s see what enhancements Magento 2.4.6 brings this time!\">Let\u2019s see what enhancements Magento 2.4.6 brings this time!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Platform_Enhancements\" title=\"Platform Enhancements\">Platform Enhancements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Other_Upgrades_Improvements\" title=\"Other Upgrades &amp; Improvements\">Other Upgrades &amp; Improvements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Performance_Scalability_Enhancements\" title=\"Performance &amp; Scalability Enhancements\">Performance &amp; Scalability Enhancements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Security_Enhancements\" title=\"Security Enhancements\">Security Enhancements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#GraphQL_Performance_Enhancements\" title=\"GraphQL Performance Enhancements\">GraphQL Performance Enhancements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Braintree_Payment_Enhancements\" title=\"Braintree Payment Enhancements\">Braintree Payment Enhancements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Page_Builder_Enhancements\" title=\"Page Builder Enhancements\">Page Builder Enhancements<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Magento_Version_Comparison_245_vs_246\" title=\"Magento Version Comparison: 2.4.5 vs 2.4.6\">Magento Version Comparison: 2.4.5 vs 2.4.6<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Problems_You_Might_Face_Due_to_Upgrade\" title=\"Problems You Might Face Due to Upgrade\">Problems You Might Face Due to Upgrade<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-6-is-releasing-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/#Some_Concluding_Thoughts\" title=\"Some Concluding Thoughts\">Some Concluding Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0As 2023 has arrived, Adobe has released the latest Magento version, which is the biggest performance update for store owners. Are you excited for this major Magento release update? If so, you\u2019ve visited the right place to gain insights about the same!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<strong>Magento 2.4.6<\/strong>\u00a0released on 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March, 2023. However, it\u2019s pre-released version was available on 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February, 2023 that was two weeks before the general availability. Much like every version, it offers several performance and stability enhancements. To truly tap into its potential to the fullest, you must know about its key highlights and features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So, without any further delay, let\u2019s get started!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_New_Magento_246_Release_has_to_offer\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>What\u2019s New Magento 2.4.6 Release has to offer?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 introduces support for PHP 8.2 with GraphQL operations for bulk cart operations and category tree rendering response have been optimized. It has more than 300 quality fixes and enhancements along with an upgrade in Core Composer dependencies and third-party libraries that are fully compatible with PHP 8.2.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_see_what_enhancements_Magento_246_brings_this_time\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Let\u2019s see what enhancements Magento 2.4.6 brings this time!<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Platform_Enhancements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Platform Enhancements<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"\/magento-development\/\">Magento<\/a> platform is getting more advanced and better with every new release. As mentioned earlier, Magento 2.4.6 supports the latest PHP 8.2 while it will continue to support PHP 8.1 too.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Composer 2.2.x<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Redis 7.0.x<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">OpenSearch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">ElasticSearch 8.x<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">MariaDB 10.6 (LTS version)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Upgrades_Improvements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Other Upgrades &amp; Improvements<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Outdated JavaScript libraries updated to their latest versions along with removal of outdated dependencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Removal of PHP 7.4 compatibility from the Commerce codebase.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Upgrade of Symfony dependencies to the new LTS version.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Performance_Scalability_Enhancements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Performance &amp; Scalability Enhancements<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 offers great scalability and efficiency that can help store owners to meet the rising business requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enabling new configuration setting for improving operational performance involving over 100 customer segments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enhanced product grid performance by limiting the products count showcased in product grid.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Higher import data performance (up to 100, 000 records per minute).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Improvement in throughput order processing performance through load balancing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Security_Enhancements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Security Enhancements<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 will come with a superior level of protection along with security fixes and enhancements that are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">8 security fixes to match up the latest security practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Fixed gaps in Admin action logs with specific auditing of admin actions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">No failure of reCAPTCHA validation during checkout.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"GraphQL_Performance_Enhancements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>GraphQL Performance Enhancements<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 offers following GraphQL enhancements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Better response time while querying categories with category permissions enabled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Improved category tree rendering performance in GraphQL.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Improvement in the response time of the bulk cart operations through GraphQL.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Braintree_Payment_Enhancements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Braintree Payment Enhancements<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 will come with the following Braintree enhancements<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enabling of Braintree Pay Later button for Italy &amp; Spain<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enabling of PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enhanced Fraud Protection &amp; ACH web hooks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Page_Builder_Enhancements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Page Builder Enhancements<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 is fully compatible with Page Builder v.1.7.3 &amp; PWA Studio v.13.0.x.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Magento_Version_Comparison_245_vs_246\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Magento Version Comparison: 2.4.5 vs 2.4.6<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"solid\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>Magento Version<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>2.4.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>2.4.6<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>ElasticSearch<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>7.17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>8.0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Security Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Supports Google reCAPTCHA for wish list sharing and gift card forms.<\/p>\n<p>ACL Resources addition to the inventory.<\/p>\n<p>Upgraded MaliciousCode to HTMLPurifier.<\/p>\n<p>Improved inventory template security.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>This release offers 8 security fixes and platform improvements.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Performance &amp; Scalability Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Optimized performance of primary index by reducing its number from 3 to 1.<\/p>\n<p>This improvement has decreased the count of records created in the price index.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Deletion of outdated data by price indexer after changing records during partial re-indexing of big catalogs.<\/p>\n<p>Upgraded command has become better.<\/p>\n<p>Indexers didn\u2019t respond to the scheduled mode and stays in save mode.<\/p>\n<p>Faster execution of tier prices updated by API.<\/p>\n<p>Improved page load performance while loading the catalog widget product.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>Page Builder<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>V.1.7.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>V.1.7.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Payments<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Apple Pay availability to merchants with enabled Payment Services.<\/p>\n<p>Merchants in Spain and Italy can provide PayPal Pay Later to buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Braintree discontinued integration of KOUNT fraud protection.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Vault payment details is not displayed in the Payment section of the Admin order creation workflow. (if the buyer forgets to save the token)<\/p>\n<p>The COD payment option is not get rendered anymore on the store checkout workflow if COD is exempted for country specified in the shipping &amp; billing address.<\/p>\n<p>Owing to the cart price rule, the custom prices will not be doubled after applying the discount.<\/p>\n<p>New order pending status is now shown as expected once the order gets placed by utilizing the Zero Subtotal Checkout payment mode.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Problems_You_Might_Face_Due_to_Upgrade\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Problems You Might Face Due to Upgrade<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you\u2019re planning for <strong><a href=\"\/magento-migration-and-integration\/\">Magento migration<\/a>,<\/strong> the first thing you should if your required extensions are updated to support the latest release. This new version comes with many dependency changes with few of them are backward incompatible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 has several backward incompatible changes in the libraries and third-party components it deploys. It is the result of the end of support of the following components:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Zend_Filter\u00a0changed to laminas-filter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Zend_HTTP\u00a0changed to laminas-http<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Zend_Validate\u00a0changed to laminas-validator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This replacement of libraries impacts lots of Magento modules in the long run. For instance, Magento_Framework, Magento_Payment, Magento_Backend, Magento_Search, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Not just this, the third-party extensions that utilize depend on the affected Magento modules or depend on the replaced libraries needs to be updated.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_Concluding_Thoughts\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Some Concluding Thoughts<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Magento 2.4.6 comes with lots of platform, performance, and security enhancements. 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