What’s New In Magento 2.2.4?

Installation, setup, and deployment

• Links to Magento installation documentation are corrected.
• Helper object is provided to facilitate access to styling objects in the Symfony console.
• Be able to set API access to integrations for Admin roles.
• Be able to enable/ disable the Magento Profiler from the command line.
• Be able to define a custom version for deployed static files.
• Be able to deploy static content on demand in production mode.

General

• A customer can log out and then log back in instantly.
• The tracking link will not return a 404 error in the Admin.
• Removed HTML tags have from attribute names in the Catalog Product drop-down menu.
• Orders associated with customer accounts are shown on the Orders page.
• The credit card form is available when making an order from the Admin, even when there is a single payment method.
• CAPTCHA labels include both symbols, letters, and image.

Performance

• Each cache type is followed by a separate cache storage.
• 11% performance improvement for simple product views.
• Search results are cached for faster response time on popular searches.

Catalog

• The same number of products are displayed regardless of how products are sorted by price in the Catalog Product list.
• Products are not duplicated within a category, and random products are removed.
• No more error when re-saving a product attribute under a new name.
• Be able to save emojis in custom product options.
• No more extraneous new product when saving an existing product with altered SKU.
• Be able to save a product with customizable options.
• Website scope is included in Visual Merchandiser when displaying the correct prices and availability of configurable products.
• Catalog product list widget can work with multiple SKUs.
• All out-of-stock products now are listed on the low stock report.

Cart and checkout

• Custom Checkout and Shipping steps are separated when the checkout page is loading.
• Be able to change currency for an order before completing the order.
• There is an empty state field in the check out with multi-address when a customer changes their address.

Tax

• The default selector on the backend’s tax rule edit page now selects only the correct container based on the Tax Rate multiselect.
• The Not yet calculated text string next to the string Tax on the checkout page is translated.

Payment

• CyberSource payment is supported in multi-shipping checkout on Magento Commerce.
• The users who logged out can’t see their saved credit cards.
• Third-party developers are allowed to customize the payment error messages for payment integrations due to Magento Payment Provider Gateway.
• Be able to access details of the order created with a custom offline payment method.
• Place Order button of Brain Tree is disabled.
• Improved Payment Methods section appearance of the checkout page on mobile devices.
• Credit memo total is automatically updated when the admin issues a refund.

Shipping

• The handling fee for shipping methods is 0.
• Magento Shipping is applied to offer a wide range of shipping options, set up fulfillment automation rules and handle returns,… from the backend.

Products

Bundle products

• Easily duplicate a bundle product without stripping the original bundle product of its options.

Configurable products

• Be able to apply custom price symbols when you assign prices to configurable prices.
• Show a warning when creating new config product without entering a valid SKU.

Customer accounts

• Easily import customer addresses from multi-websites with country restrictions.
• Prefix or suffix fields are optional in customer account configuration.

Dashboard

• The scrollable scrollbar on the Admin store switcher on machines running OSX.

Directory

• Customers are forced to select State/Province when shipping orders to India.
• Be able to disable the State is Required for field.

EAV attributes

• Be able to use only one query to get attribute groups from different attribute sets.
• The product attribute repository save method won’t reset the source model to null during the creation of a new product attribute through code.
• Be able to update products in a batch with over 60 attributes.

Email

• Order confirmation emails from the Admin in multistore environments are sent from the store the customers used instead of the primary one.
• No more misleading feedback when sending tracking information email.

Frameworks

• Be able to switch product mode to default one.
• Be able to subscribe to events containing a number in their name.
• The report processor returns an HTTP 500 status code.

App framework

• Customers with an empty D.o.B field are allowed to be saved no matter what the field is marked or not.

Session framework

• When adding an item to wishlist after logging out, the user will be redirected to the Wishlist page.
• No more PHP sessions triggered by anonymous calls using REST.

Web API framework

• A user without permissions for negotiable quote editing still can create customer addresses.
• Be able to set attribute values to empty strings by using REST.

Import/export

• Easily import product & label images from CSV files.
• Be able to import/export a certain store view with custom options.
• There is a test for adding values in the system variable collection unit test.
• Be able to add custom CSS to a CMS page by using layout update XML field.

Newsletters

• Indexes are applied to retrieve info of subscribers when creating the email to subscribers.

Orders

• Invoice ID is saved when creating a credit memo from the invoice in the backend.
• Be able to place orders using PayPal when Payment Action = Order.
• The amount of stock to be returned to inventory can be calculated accurately when an order is canceled.
• Invoices can display the exact quantity of a product ordered.

Quote

• Be able to set Catalog Input Type for Store Owner equal to Fixed Product Tax in a multi-store environment when implementing product attribute.
• When a customer tries to reorder or step back in the checkout process, it will show the relevant shipping methods.

Sales Rule

• Accurate catalog rule price for bundle products with custom options.
• Exact label value is given in the backend when creating cart price rule.
• Coupon codes applied to a subsequently canceled order can be reused.

Search

• Grid filtration now can handle MySQL special characters.
• No more error when submitting the search form in the header with an empty value.

Sitemap

• If there is an exception when creating a sitemap, you will get the errors through email as configured in the sitemap configuration XML.

Swatches

• Be able to import visual swatch attribute options using REST.
• Visual swatches having an assigned color now show that color in the swatch box.

Testing

• Integration tests are offered for product URL rewrite generation.

Themes

• After the customer is logged in, there is a welcome message showing that customer name.
• It’s optional to enable/disable the fullscreen gallery on mobile devices.
• Be able to close full-screen zoomed product images displayed on iPhone (4s, 5s, 6, or 6s) with the Safari browser.

User interface

• Be able to configure a form field with validation range words.
• Promo code input box is disabled after promo code is applied.

Wishlist

• Product’s special price is displayed when that item is added to wish list.
• Be able to remove product description in wishlist.

Translations and locale

• Inline translations and custom translators can work for Knockout templates.
• There is a new locale for Swedish (Finland).
• Current locale is utilized to translate the time zone label.

Reports

• Be able to export the Ordered Products report to a CSV file.