Magento 2.4.4 Beta Upcoming Release

Adobe is working on the Magento 2.4.4 update, which will be available soon when the beta testing phase is completed. Magento store owners will be able to download the Magento 2.4.4 release from this page in the near future. The highlights of the Magento 2.4.4 release may be found here.

According to the most recent updates, with the exception of Braintree, all vendor-bundled extensions will be deleted from Magento 2.4.4.

I. The Highlights of Magento 2.4.4 Release

• Magento project libraries and dependencies compatible for PHP 8.1.
• Support for TinyMCE 5
• Removal of all Vendor-bundled extensions (except Braintree)
• Retrieve category information using GraphQL query for a scheduled category update
• Support for user’s timezone in the timestamp of the export filename.
• Optimized page builder table fonts and positioning.
• Improved module list load execution time.
• Fixed price sorting issues for products prices equal to or close to zero.
• Admin can test and verify custom date attribute format for storefront and admin.
• Display related products, up-sell products and cross-sell products according to their position in the admin.

II. Everything You Need to Know About Magento 2.4.4 Release:

Magento 2.4.4 will come with some of the major bug fixes and performance enhancements. Here are some of the points you need to know about the Magento 2.4.4 release.

Platform Enhancements

• Upgraded Adobe Composer dependencies.
• RequireJS library upgraded to the latest version.
• PHPUnit upgraded to 9.5.x.
• Support for TinyMCE 5.

Performance Enhancements

• Improved cart operations.
• Order validation process improvements.
• Sales optimization during checkout.
• Latest ElasticSearch version (7.16.1) and OpenSearch 1.1.

GraphQL

• Improved storage performance.
• Improved configuration settings for “storeconfig” query.
• Support for setting the payment method on a negotiable quote.

Vendor-Bundled Extensions

• Removed all Vendor-Bundled extensions except Braintree.
• Official alternatives to VBEs will be available shortly.

Bundle Products

• Support to add bundle products with fixed product tax.
• Fixed cron to clear product category cache for bundle products.
• Optimized cache cleaning algorithm for bundle products.

Cart and Checkout

• Minimum advertised price – link issue fixed.
• Support for the guest shopper to checkout with several types of customer address attributes.
• Improved free shipping threshold for table rates.

Catalog

• Improved mass attributed update action for product grid having “datetime” attribute.
• Support to retrieve information about scheduled updates using GraphQL queries.

Page Builder

• Improved positioning of Insert/Edit Image and Insert/Edit Link pop-up windows.
• Fixed issues regarding Text Editor for a banner in Page Builder.
• Adobe Commerce will no longer convert all dynamic blocks to one language during the upgrade.

V. Magento 2.4.4 Release – Official Notes

Magento store owners and developers may get the Magento 2.4.4 release notes from the official website. The following are direct links to the relevant pages:

Magento 2.4.4 Release Notes (Commerce)
Magento 2.4.4 Release Notes (Open Source)

Magento 2.4.4 will be available soon. With this version, the year 2022 will be filled with fantastic Magento 2 features.

Magento 2 shop owners should prepare for the next major Magento upgrade.

They will soon be able to upgrade their Magento 2 shop from the previous Magento 2.4.3 version to the current Magento 2.4.4 release in order to equip their store with cutting-edge Magento features till the next Magento 2.4.5 release.