Magento’s quarterly update is here as it releases the latest version – Magento 2.4.2.
The pre-release notes are already out and the update will be available for general use from February 9, 2021. The latest release has many significant changes to the core update that includes platform performance enhancements, security patch upgrades, B2B improvements, and many such code enhancements. To be precise, the release comes with over 280 new fixes to core code, and over 30 security enhancements. These community contributions range from tiny clean-up of core code to significant enhancements in GraphQL. Also, the identified issues in the previous update, i.e., Magento 2.4.1 have been addressed to further improve the overall performance.
Now let’s dwell separately on the parts that got enhancements via Magento 2.4.2 release:
1. Security-only patch code
Magento Merchants will now be able to install time-sensitive security fixes without having to apply numerous functional fixes that a full quarterly release provides. These security-only patches include security bug fixes and not the additional security enhancements that come with the full patch. Head over to Magento security-patch code installation DevBlog to have a clear idea.
Additionally, over 35 other security enhancements that help close remote code execution (RCE) and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities are released. These include cookie support to SameSite attribute, message display for the potential threat, standardized file operations across Magento components, and fixing of the Core Content Security Policy (CSP) violations.
2. Platform Enhancements
- Elasticsearch 7.9.x is now supported. The guidelines recommend running Elasticsearch 7.9.x
- Magento 2.4.2 has been tested with Varnish 6.4. But the Magento 2.4.x versions remain compatible with Varnish 6.x.
- Redis 6.x is now supported with Magento 2.4.2. Other Magento 2.4.x remains compatible with Redis 5.x.
- The latest version is now compatible with Composer 2.x, and Magento highly recommends that merchants migrate to Composer 2.x.
3. Upgrades in GraphQL
- GraphQL now honors catalog permissions.
- Support to the remote purchasing assistance has been granted.
- Localization support across stores is added to support multi-languages, currencies, and carts.
- GraphQL schema is enhanced to optimize product data retrieval.
- Staging attribute is added to ProductInterface and CategoryInterface to determine if a product is staged and to view its associated campaign information.
- Multiple wish list support has been added.
- Added support for returned merchandise authorizations.
4. B2B Commerce enhancements
Magento 2.4.2 introduces B2B v1.3.1. This includes support for online payments for purchase orders and multiple bug fixes for the B2B eCommerce merchants.
- Purchase orders can now be completed using online payment methods.
- Existing payment method templates override during initial checkout to maintain PCI compliance.
- Notifications are sent to buyers by email when they need to add payment details to an approved order.
- Customization of emails from the Admin with branding templates to allow merchants in being consistent.
- An Approved/Pending Payment state for purchase orders to clearly show when an action is required.
- Prevents discount codes from being added or removed at the final payment step.
- Buyers can now change the payment method during the final payment step to maintain flexibility and increase conversion.
- You can add company administrators, users, roles, and teams.
5. Changes in PWA Studio
The localization and internationalization are given prime importance in this entire 2.4.2 release. With that, Venia now provides support for multiple languages and currencies.
Other upgrades include:
- Multiple store support
- Extensibility enhancement
- Client-side performance enhancement with Google Lighthouse support
- ‘My Account’ for Venia includes features like order history (details), address book, and saved payments.
6. Page Builder customizations
Page Builder content migration and Page Builder CSS customization have been enhanced with the new 2.4.2 release.
- Magento developers can now style content type output differently per viewport.
- Content migrated to Page Builder is no longer padded with default inline styling.
- Page Builder no longer requires all content types to be placed within a row. The Page Builder stage is now initially blank and supports adding the following content types directly to the stage.
The types are,
Rows, Columns, Tabs, HTML Code, Blocks, and Dynamic Blocks. - Predefined margins and paddings are no longer required.
- The new mobile viewport switcher and viewport scope for form field values lets users and developers View content on different viewports when authoring and optimize minimum height field parameter on different content types for each viewport.
General improvement in Infrastructure
Magento 2.4.2 release has included Adobe Stock Integration v2.1.1, framework and functional improvements in the areas of Customer Account, Catalog, Staging and Preview, Import/Export, Promotions and Targeting, Cart and Checkout, CMS, OMS, and B2B. Other than that, there are significant upgrades for the AWS framework and Media Gallery. You can get detailed information about this release from the 2.4.2 notes available on the DevBlog community.
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