Adobe Commerce is 2.4.6 was released on March 14, 2023, It includes a number of new features and enhancements as below.
Support for PHP 8.2 :: Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 support for PHP 8.2. PHP 8.1 remains fully supported. PHP 7.4 support has been removed from this release. You cannot run Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 on PHP 7.4.
Improved performance and scalability:: Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 is significantly faster than previous versions, thanks to a number of performance improvements. This can lead to a better customer experience, as pages load more quickly and checkout times are reduced.
Increased scalability:: Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 is also more scalable than previous versions, meaning that it can handle more traffic and more data. This is important for businesses that are growing or that expect to experience spikes in traffic.
New B2B features:: Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 includes a number of new features that are designed to make it easier for businesses to sell to businesses (B2B). These features include the ability to create custom pricing rules, manage customer quotes, and track orders.
IMS Modules Separated From Adobe Commerce 2.4.6:: Adobe IMS modules have been decoupled from the Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 core code and are now packaged as a separate metapackage:
adobe-ims
adobe-ims-api
admin-adobe-ims
Enhanced security:: Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 includes a number of security enhancements that help to protect your store from hackers and other malicious actors. These enhancements include improved password hashing, support for two-factor authentication, and the ability to scan your store for known security vulnerabilities.
Braintree Enhancement :: The Pay Later button and banners (messages) for Italy and Spain have been enabled for Braintree.
- The Pay Later button and banners (messages) for Italy and Spain have been enabled for Braintree.
- Added Fraud Protection and ACH web hooks. The Fraud Protection web hook is triggered when a risk decision has been made in Braintree. The ACH web hook is triggered when the status of an ACH payment is updated to settled or settlement decline.
- PayLater messaging with PayPal Vault has been enabled.
- Added LPM (Local Payment Methods) web hook.
Page Builder:: Page Builder v.1.7.3 is compatible with Adobe Commerce 2.4.6.
PWA Studio:: PWA Studio v.13.0.x is compatible with Adobe Commerce 2.4.6. It includes multiple enhancements to improve accessibility.
Google ReCAPTCHA ERROR: Can not resolve reCAPTCHA parameter. {“exception”:”[object] has been resolved:: A reCAPTCHA error in the var/log/exception.log file for the Google V3 reCAPTCHA Admin login has been resolved, and no error messages are logged. Previously, the following error was thrown every few seconds when an admin user configured their Configuration > Security > Google reCAPTCHA Admin Panel settings
Duplicate Email Issue has been resolved once order created by Admin::
Adobe Commerce no longer sends a customer duplicate emails after an order is created from the Admin.
Admin order emails are no longer sent when the Email order confirmation setting is disabled.
GraphQL Performance Enhancements:: Improved response time when querying categories with category permissions enabled. Response times have improved when querying products in categories for which category permissions are enabled and that contain many customer groups or shared catalogs. Code changes that support this performance improvement following below things:
- GraphQL resolver operation has been optimized.
- The data provider no longer re-sets runtime-cached data for every new product being processed, which has improved performance.
- Product permission processing has been optimized in the GraphQL resolver. Product permissions are now applied to product collections instead now on a per-product basis.
- Optimized permissions read in shared catalogs in the addProductsToCart mutation.
- Product permissions have been optimized with product inline fragments.