Every year, Magento peeps eagerly wait to witness the next major version of the popular Magento eCommerce platform is going to bring.

This year, Magento comes with new tech upgrades. Adobe will soon roll out the (new) Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 version and Magento 2.4.6 release updates. The release date of the new version is 14 March 2023, while the pre-release is set to go live on 28 February 2023.

Last year, Magento introduced the Magento 2.4.5 version and exactly after four months Adobe Commerce is planning to release the next massive Magento release updates.

Let's dig into the details and have a look at what’s new and exciting in the latest Magento 2.4.6 version.

Magento 2.4.6 Release Highlights

Magento Open Source 2.4.6 release is now a hot topic. This brings so many exciting changes, fixes and features, upgrades, new improved functionalities, plenty of bug fixes, performance, scalability, and security enhancements, GraphQL improvements, Page Builder, and PWA Studio improvements. But what is that?

If you are curious to know everything about the latest Magento release then, this article is for you. We've got you covered! In this article, we have listed all those interesting and must-know facts about the new Magento 2.4.6 version.

Below are some major highlights of the latest released Magento/Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 version:

• Highly supportive of the latest version of PHP 8.2.
• 300 quality fixes and enhancements
• Eight Security Issue Fixes & Platform Security Improvements
• Plenty of improvements and enhancements in GraphQL Performance & Reduced Response Time
• Outdated JavaScript Libraries Upgraded to Their Latest Versions
• Dependencies on 3rd Parties like Elasticsearch 8.x, Composer 2.2.x, Redis 7.0.x, MariaDB 10.6, and OpenSearch v2.x.
• This new update is totally compatible with Page Builder v.1.7.3 & PWA Studio v.13.0.x
• Adobe has fixed hundreds of known bugs and issues in the Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 core code for better performance.

What’s New About Magento 2.4.6 Release?

The Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 release notes highlight all the improvements and include almost 300 quality fixes and enhancements.

Platform Enhancements

Adobe has upgraded the latest Magento version with a few platform enhancements for Magento developers.

• Project libraries and dependencies are now compatible with PHP 8.2 and PHP 8.1 remains fully supported.
• Support Elasticsearch 8.x and OpenSearch v2.x.
• jQuery library has been upgraded to v10.32
• Upgraded the Chart-js library to v3.9.1
• Updated the Laminas & Symphony dependencies to support PHP 8.2.
• Support Composer 2.2.x, Redis 7.0.x, MariaDB 10.6, and OpenSearch v2.x.
• Migrated to v10.0 DHL schema from v6.2
• Upgraded to the latest version of PHPUnit in this Magento release, i.e. 9.5.x.
• RequireJS library has been upgraded to v2.3.6.
• Adobe has also removed the Zend framework, jQuery - migrate, and PHP 7.4 compatibility from the commerce codebase.

Security Enhancements

Some major security enhancements include:

• Fixes eight security issues and platform security improvement
• To address gaps in admin logs with more specific auditing, activities are inspected across grid views, mass actions, and exports.
• reCAPTCHA support has been solved, so with this release there will be no longer fails in reCAPTCHA validation during the checkout process if any unexpected errors occur during payment processing.

Performance & Scalability Enhancements

• Stores with large customer segments will now work faster, as this version improves the performance of store operations with more than 100 customer segments.
• Faster import as this new update has improved the import performances by 100,000 records per minute.
• Faster order processing because of improved order processing speed. This speed has been improved through database load balancing.
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• Improve the product grid performance by limiting the number of products displayed in the grid with a new limit of 20,000.

Improved Accessibility

Highlights of the accessibility improvements are:

• The Sign-in button text label now matches the accessible name
• Storefront buttons have a unique, accessible, and descriptive purpose to improve their accessibility
• Verbal descriptive names & accessible labels have been added to search filters' "Has Video" checkboxes.
• Keyboard-only users can easily access all page functionality now on the storefront.

GraphQL

Some improvements in GraphQL performance in this Magento 2.4.6 release:

• Response time of some Magento 2 APIs has been improved that are related to querying products in categories with their permissions enabled.
• Provide improvements in the performance of the category tree rendering in GraphQL.
• The performance of the GraphQL bulk cart operations has been improved with reduced response time.

Braintree Payment Enhancements

Braintree Payment Enhancements include

• Braintree Pay Later button/banners have been enabled for Italy and Spain.
• Support PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault.
• Added LPM (Local Payment Methods) webhooks
• Added Fraud Protection and ACH webhooks

PWA Studio

PWA Studio v.13.0.x is compatible with Adobe Commerce's 2.4.6 version to enhance content accessibility.

Page Builder

• Page Builder v.13.3 is compatible with Commerce 2.4.6 version.Issues Fixed in Magento 2.4.6 Release

Adobe has fixed a hundred major issues in the Magento 2.4.6 version release, including core code. It includes issues related to upgrades, installation, and deployment, screen readers, Accessibility Errors, B2B, bundle, and configurable products, Cart & Checkout, Cache, Catalog, Cart Price Rule, Coupons, Currency, Email, Framework, General fixes, approximately Google reCAPTCHA, Index Issues, Image, Import/Export, Infrastructure, Inventory Management, Order, Logs, Page Builder, Payment, Performance, Reports, RMA, Search, Shipping & tax issues, Translations & locales, UI, URL rewrites, and Web API Framework issues and many more.

Magento 2.4.6 Release – Official Notes

Magento developers and Magento Merchants can easily download Magento 2.4.6 release notes from the official Magento website. The direct link is provided below:

Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 Release Notes

Magento 2.4.6 official release will be on 14th March 2023 with massive updates, enhancements, and improvements in terms of scalability, security, platform, and performance for the Magento peeps.

It’s the best time for Magento 2 Merchants to upgrade their Magento store to the latest adobe commerce 2.4.6 release from the previous Magento version to gear up with cutting-edge newly added features & functionalities. For more updates about Magento, stay connected with MageAnts.