{"id":1570,"date":"2021-01-26T19:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T19:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-2-release\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:33:33","slug":"magento-2-4-2-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-2-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Magento 2.4.2 Release &#8211; Everything you Need to Know [February 09, 2021]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Magento 2.4.2<\/strong><\/em> released on February 09, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest Magento 2.4.2 version focusses not only on performance and security enhancement but also on platform improvements! <a title=\"Download Magento 2.4.2 With Sample Data\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/download-magento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the latest version<\/a> today to get the most out of Magento 2.4.2!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The store owners can offer a better shopping experience to their customers by <a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/magento-upgrade-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upgrading to the latest Magento 2 version<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magento 2.4.2 version release aims at offering more opportunities to E-commerce store owners to make their store a better place for online shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release of Magento 2.4.2 on February 09, 2021, includes more than 280 fixes to core code, 290 Github issues resolution, more than 30 security enhancements, and improved GraphQL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2024-06-13-121818.png\" alt=\"Latest #Magento 2.4.2 version released tweet by Meetanshi\" class=\"wp-image-46658\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Highlights of Magento 2.4.2 Release:<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support for <a title=\"How To Get Magento 2 Store Ready For SameSite Cookie Update\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/get-magento-2-store-ready-for-samesite-cookie-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SameSite attributes for cookies<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elasticsearch 7.9.x and Redis 6.x<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitates using the web-optimized images in the content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adobe Stock Integration v2.1.1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhanced <a title=\"Magento PWA Studio \u2013 The Whys &amp; Wows of Magento PWA [2021]\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/magento-pwa-studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PWA Studio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#security-only-patch-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magento Security-only Patch 2.4.0.12<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Option to install a time-sensitive security fix without applying hundreds of functional fixes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The security-only patch 2.4.0.12 (Composer package 2.4.1-p1) to fix the vulnerabilities identified in the previous quarterly release, <a title=\"Magento 2.4.1 \u2013 Improvements in Performance &amp; Security\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-release\/\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/magento-2-4-1-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magento 2.4.1<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Includes the hotfixes applied to Magento 2.4.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is expected from the latest Magento 2.4.2 Release:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#substantial-security-enhancements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Substantial security enhancements<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 35 security fixes to close remote code execution (RCE) and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All core cookies support the SameSite attribute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prevent malicious uploads as the file system operations across Magento components have been standardized and hardened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fixed the core content security policy violations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#infrastructure-improvements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><b>Infrastructure improvements<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improved quality of framework and areas like:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Customer Account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catalog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OMS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Import\/Export<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promotions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Targeting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cart and Checkout<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staging and Preview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#platform-enhancements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Platform Enhancements<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supports <a title=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/install-elasticsearch-on-google-cloud\/\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/install-elasticsearch-on-google-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elasticsearch<\/a> 7.9.x<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compatible with Varnish 6.4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports Redix 6.x<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compatible with Composer 2.x<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#performance-enhancements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Performance Enhancements<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boosted API performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved admin response time for deployments with large catalogs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natively supports the complex catalogs up to 20x larger than Magento 2.4.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#graphql\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GraphQL<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Honors catalog permissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updates to support remote purchasing assistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for localization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimized product data retrieval for configurable products with many variants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#pwa-studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PWA Studio<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Internationalization and localization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple store support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better extensibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google lighthouse for improved client-side performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My Account for Venia is now available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#media-gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Media Gallery<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Role Resources for Media Gallery&nbsp;offers the merchants the ability to limit administrator access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merchants can control these actions:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Insert media assets into content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload assets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit assets details<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delete assets from the Media Gallery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manage folder structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facility to use the web-optimized image rendition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aws-s3-support-enhancements\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview#aws-s3-support-enhancements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AWS S3 support enhancements<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supports Object storage and future extensibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storing media files on AWS S3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from these improvements, the Magento 2.4.2 also fixed issues related to advanced reporting, payments using Apple Pay, price sorting for the out of stock bundled products, currency in multi-site deployments, and many more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Magento Commerce 2.4.2 release includes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduced B2B v1.3.1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete the purchase orders using the online payment methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved Page Builder content migration and Page Builder CSS customization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Magento 2.4.2 Release Notes:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magento Open Source 2.4.2 Release Notes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experienceleague.adobe.com\/en\/docs\/commerce-operations\/release\/notes\/adobe-commerce\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magento Commerce 2.4.2 Release Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that you have the idea of the latest Magento 2 version highlights, act instantly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"How to Upgrade Magento 2 to Latest Version\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/how-to-upgrade-magento-2-to-latest-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upgrade your store to the latest Magento 2 version<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magento 2.4.2 released on February 09, 2021. 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