Stay Updated: Magento 2.4.7 Release Notes
Magento 2.4.7 was released last week, on April 8, 2024.
In the ever-evolving landscape of e-commerce platforms, Magento stands tall as a beacon of innovation and flexibility. With each new version, it continues to empower merchants with cutting-edge features and enhancements.
The latest version, Magento 2.4.7 is now available and promises further to elevate the ecommerce experience for businesses and customers alike. This latest version of Magento includes a comprehensive overview of the new features, hundreds of bug fixes, and security enhancements.
Let's dig into the details and look at what’s new and exciting in the latest 2.4.7 version. Read on to find out more about this exciting release!
Magento 2.4.7 Release Highlights
(Adobe Commerce) Magento 2.4.7 release is now a hot topic. This brings so many exciting changes, upgrades, fixes and features, improved functionalities, performance, shipping and payment methods, plenty of bug fixes, scalability and security enhancements, Page Builder, GraphQL improvements, and PWA Studio improvements. But what is that?
If you are curious about the latest Magento release, 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 2.4.7 version.
Below are some major highlights of the latest released Adobe Commerce/Magento 2.4.7 version:
- PHP 8.3 support
- Hundreds of quality fixes and enhancements
- Security Issue Fixes & Platform Security Improvements
- Plenty of improvements and enhancements in GraphQL Performance, Caching Capabilities, & Increased Coverage
- Inventory Management
- Dependencies on Composer 2.2x remain the same and Composer 2.7.x support has been appended.
- Third-party libraries and Core Composer dependencies have been updated to the latest versions in this new update.
- Smooth Shipping Services
- Extension Metapackage
What’s New About Magento 2.4.7 Release?
The Magento Open Source 2.4.7 release notes highlight all the improvements and include hundreds of quality fixes and enhancements.
Platform Enhancements (Technology Compatibility)
Adobe has upgraded the latest Magento version with a few platform enhancements for Magento developers.
- Fully Compatible with PHP 8.3 and PHP 8.2 will remain supported until the latter’s EOS in December 2025.
- Support Composer 2.7.x (Composer 2.2.x remains compatible)
- Support Varnish cache 7.4 (6.0.x & 7.2.x versions remain compatible)
- Compatible with Elasticsearch 8.11
- OpenSearch 2.12 and 1.3 support
- Redis 7.2
- PWA Studio v14.0
- Support RabbitMQ 3.13
- JSlibraries have been upgraded to replace the outdated versions
- extjs library has been replaced with the latest version of jsTree.
- jquery/fileUpload library has been removed.
- JavaScript libraries and NPM dependencies have been updated to the latest available versions.
- All Laminas library dependencies have been updated to the latest version that is compatible with PHP 8.3.
Security Enhancements
Security is paramount in the world of e-commerce, and Magento 2.4.7 takes it to the next level with enhanced security features.
Some major security enhancements include:
- Fixes security issues and platform security improvement
- Introduces a cache key behavior change
- Native rate limiting for payment information transmitted through REST and GraphQL APIs.
- Limits Auto-Generated Coupon Codes with a default maximum of 250,000 codes
- To increase security, default Admin URLs are now more randomized.
- Full Cache Configuration means now you can control API requests to mitigate risks associated with dynamically loaded content fragments.
Performance & Scalability Enhancements
The enhancements in the Magento 2.4.7 release significantly boost performance and scalability across various aspects of Adobe Commerce.
- Firstly, enterprise merchants can now efficiently manage up to 1 million active, coupon-based cart price rules without experiencing significant performance drawbacks during cart and checkout operations.
- Additionally, the introduction of the enhanced indexer management feature provides admin users with dynamic control over indexer status, facilitating efficient management of system performance, particularly during resource-intensive bulk operations like product imports or updates.
- Furthermore, improvements in load times for product listing pages with complex products and over 100 options ensure a smoother browsing experience for customers. The support for JSON format in the REST Import API allows merchants to import large volumes of data more efficiently, with speeds of up to 100,000 records per minute.
- Moreover, optimizations in sales rule performance benefit enterprise deployments with a high number of active sales rules, ensuring no degradation in performance during checkout operations.
- Lastly, the implementation of the Async Config module and pre-warming of the config cache streamline store-level configuration save operations and reduce downtime for generating the config cache, resulting in faster and more efficient configuration management for deployments with many stores.
Adobe Commerce Extension metapackage
Highlights of the Adobe Commerce Extension metapackage are:
- Introduces the Magento Open Source Extension metapackage v1.0.0 / Adobe Commerce Extension metapackage v2.0.0 which automatically bundles Payment Services/select Adobe Commerce extensions with this core release.
- The versions of these extensions that are included in this metapackage are installed when the composer update is run, simplifying the process of upgrading these extensions when upgrading to the latest core release.
- These extensions maintain independent release schedules
- The extensions included in Adobe Commerce Extension metapackage are:
GraphQL
Some improvements in GraphQL performance in this Magento 2.4.7 release:
- Commerce 2.4.7 introduces several enhancements to GraphQL capabilities, including improved caching abilities, support for custom attributes in the GraphQL schema, and headless order cancellation functionality.
- Additionally, cart management becomes more flexible with the introduction of the clearCart mutation, simplifying the process of clearing cart contents. The createGuestCart mutation replaces the deprecated createEmptyCart mutation, providing more clarity on whether the cart is for a guest or a logged-in customer.
- Orders now include product images, enhancing the visual representation of ordered items and improving loading efficiency.
- Furthermore, expanded resolver caching support optimizes performance for specific GraphQL query resolvers, while the cancelOrder mutation empowers customers to cancel orders seamlessly.
- Enhanced support for custom attributes enriches API data and extends to various areas such as customer attributes, customer address objects, and products, with added caching capabilities.
- Lastly, improvements in GraphQL caching and parser performance contribute to faster page load times and overall efficiency in handling GraphQL requests.
B2B
The latest Magento 2.4.7 version is compatible with B2B 1.4.2, but Adobe suggests waiting for the B2B 1.5.0 GA release before upgrading. B2B 1.5.0 will include support for PHP 8.3. For further details, refer to the B2B release notes.
Braintree
The Magento 2.4.7 release introduces various enhancements to payment options and checkout experiences.
- It includes features such as Vaulted PayPal and Pay Later Changes, which offer more flexibility to logged-in customers during payment, and 3DS support for Google Pay.
- Additionally, the ability to vault/store Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, and ACH payments reduces checkout steps, while Express Payment buttons at the top of checkout streamline the process further.
- Integration with Braintree release notes and support links directly in the Admin Configuration facilitates merchant access to Braintree resources.
- Furthermore, GraphQL support for Braintree payment methods (except Venmo) enhances configurations for headless applications.
- The introduction of frictionless transactions minimizes customer clicks and steps during credit/debit card transactions, potentially reducing cart abandonment and increasing conversion rates.
- Lastly, the inclusion of dispute webhooks enables better management of transaction disputes within Commerce, enhancing transparency and resolution processes.
PWA Studio & Page Builder
- PWA Studio v.14.0 is compatible with the Magento 2.4.7 release to enhance content accessibility.
- Page Builder v.1.7.4 is compatible with the Commerce 2.4.7 version.
Issues Fixed in Magento 2.4.7 Release
Adobe has fixed a hundred major issues in the Magento 2.4.7 release, including core code. It includes issues related to upgrades, installation, and deployment, Admin UI, Analytics, B2B, bundle, and configurable products, Cart & Checkout, Cache, Catalog, Cart Price Rule, Coupons, Email, Framework, General fixes, Google Tag Manager, Index Issues, Image, Import/Export, Infrastructure, Inventory Management, Order, Logs, Page Builder, Payment, Performance, Reports, RMA, Search, Shipping & tax issues, UI, URL rewrites, Visual Merchandiser, and Web API Framework issues and many more.
Magento 2.4.7 Release – Official Notes
Magento developers and Magento Merchants can easily download Magento 2.4.7 release notes from the official Magento website. The direct link is provided below:
Adobe Commerce 2.4.7 Release Notes
Magento Open Source 2.x4.7 Release Notes
Magento 2.4.7 is officially released with massive updates, enhancements, and improvements in terms of scalability, security, platform, and performance for the Magento peeps.
If you are running a Magento 2 store, you should update to Magento 2.4.7 as soon as possible. This latest update contains many important enhancements and bug fixes that will improve your store’s performance and make it more efficient. Upgrade your store now for new features and security of the latest Adobe Commerce/Magento 2.4.7. For more updates about Magento, stay connected with MageAnts.
