Magento 2.3.3 : Worth the wait? Full Features and Improvements.

Magento 2.3.3 is expected among many after the presence of 2.3.2 latter 2019. So what makes this version notable? What is done by Adobe in both editions Commerce and Open Source Magento ?

After considering Magento 2.3.3 release notes, this version gives us improvements and additional changes in platform, security and payment methods. It is believed that more than 170 functional fixes is made to the core platform and in terms of security there are 75 enhancements. Also, 200 contributions made possible by the community are approved and implemented to this particular version. Minor core code fixes and noteworthy refinements to Inventory Management and GraphQL are included in these contributions by the contributors.

When will Magento 2.3.3 release ?

This version was out on October 8^th (08/10/2019) with full information posted. This release has been on front burner within the whole community and quickly became a story to be discussed by many experts in the area.

Take notes, Fellas !

Just before diving into what makes this 2.3.3 version so particular, it is recommended that you check if you upgraded to the pre-release version 2.3.2-p1. If the answer is yes, then you MUST upgrade to 2.3.2-p2 right now. If you choose to ignore this, upgrading to 2.3.3 will result in some serious troubles as this patch did not come with critical security fixes. Magento DevBlog is the place to be since you must read the post “Introducing the New Security0only Patch Release” for more info.

Other updates, those in Page Builder, Inventory Management, Progressive Web Application included are perceived independent ones, so it’s possible that these updates and bug fixes will not be out at the same time.

Magento 2.3.3 attributes and updates

Security enhancements is checked

3 notable enhancements:

• Core payment methods are made compliable with PSD2
• As said, 75 primary security fixes
• Noteworthy enhancements to secure platforms with XSS protection (cross-site scripting) being boosted.

First Enhancement : PSD2 regulations compliance

Having claimed that the Payment Services Directive (so called PSD) regulations are applied in the EU, of course Magento has got to make moves towards core payment methods. To be more specific, the majority of payment processes involved credit cards or bank transfers that are influenced these regulations have to be compliant with PSD2.

The Braintree method is complied with PSD2: Transactions are now approved by native Braintree 3D Secure 2.0 Authorize.net can be verified by 3D Secure through CardholderAuthentication requested by a third-party service company as CardinalCommerce The PSD2 compliance to the Cybersource and eWay methods, nevertheless, is postponed in this release. You may have to find extensions to help you with 3D Secure verifications.

Second Enhancement: Security and core code

75 security enhancements are made, related to XSS (cross-site scripting) and RCE (remote code execution) exposures.

Core Platform Upgrades.

These are focused on improving platform security and aiding to comply with PCI:

• PHP 7.3.x and PHP 7.2.x supported
• Varnish 6.2.0 supported
• Zend Framework 2 Components are upgraded to Active/LTS versions.

Performance-wise

Admins now have the ability to turn off auto URL rewrite generations occurred by default when saving category. Increase loading speed by moving unnecessary CSS to the bottom of the page. However, this is not default enabled, if you wish to have it working, go to Stores > Configuration > Advanced > Developer > CSS Settings, click CSS critical path.

The jQuery/ui library has been refactored into widgets, so only in necessary circumstances needed core modules will be loaded. Text is displayed in readable system fonts to make it faster loading page.

Infrastructural Improvements

Magento 2.3.3 includes improvements to core platforms and modules like Catalog, Sales, Checkout, UrlRewrite, Customer and Ui. There are some more core improvements : The WYSIWG editor is now upgraded to TinyMCE v 4.9.5.

Merchant tool

To be able to help satisfy Admin users, after users get their Magento 2.3.3 version, they will be asked to Allow admin usage data collection. If the user choose to do so, the data collected from Admin activities will be sent straight to Adobe Analytics for further studies. Usually events are page views, save actions, and Magento mode changes.

Inventory Management

Bugs are fixes.

v1.1.3

• Better intergration with Magento Commerce and Magento Commerce for B2B features

v1.1.2

• Added source_code to the response for the GET /V1/shipments REST endpoint
• Solved Issue to clear reservations and update product quantities after issuing a credit memo for an unshipped order.  When you chose to.
• Solved issue to save quantity for configurable product children when entering quantities during product creation

v1.1.0

• Added suppport for Elasticsearch for single and multi sources modes.
• Resolve performance issues with Default Stock to drastically improve performance with operations
• Resolve issues with Out of Stock status and bulk Inventory Transfer to Stock or configurable and grouped products

For more informations, take a look here.

GraphQL      

GraphQL and enhanced coverage for PayPal assimilations, gift card functions and store credits. Besides, mutations and queries are implemented to aid:

• Payments methods through PayPal Express, Payflow Pro, Link Express Checkout and other ways like Authorize.net and Braintree.
• Enable logged-in customers to exchange gift cards for store credits.
• Enable guest users to use or to remove gift cards and also see their gift card balance on shopping carts.
• Enable configurable products to be added to carts.

PWA Studio

PWA Studio 4.0.0 has new hooks in Peregrine.

This release introduces the following new hooks in Peregrine:

• Toast hooks and ToastContainer - Provide logic for managing toast messages and a container for displaying these messages.
• useWindowSize() - A hook that provides window size data and lets you respond to window resizing events.
• useRestApi() and useRestResponse() - Hooks that expose the API for sending REST calls and handling the response.
• useScrollLock() - Hook that gives the ability to lock the document element.
• usePagination() - A hook that provides pagination logic for components that need to navigate through paged data.
• useEventListener() - A hook that gives the ability to add a callback function when an event is triggered on an element.
• useCarousel() - A hook for interacting with the state for a carousel of images.

Click here to see in more details.

Google Shopping ads Channel

It is now available as a bundle extension.

Merchants can use Google Shopping ads Channel to merge with their Google Merchant Center (GMC) and Google Ads accounts to advertise and sell Magento products. Google Shopping ads Channel is at one’s disposal for Magento versions 2.2.4+ and 2.3+ ofd Magento Open Source, Magento Commerce and Magento Commerce Cloud.

This article has all the info of features changes for Magento 2.3.x

Magento Shipment

• Batch-order process, carrier integration, previews and checkout enhancements.
• Support bundled products and pre-packages options.

More info here

Vendor-developed extensions improvements.

This version of Magento has enhancements developed by third-party vendors included. Users will be introduced to a new vendor-supplied extension – Yotpo.

Amazon Pay

Amazon Pay is now made complied with the directive PSD2 for the UK and Germany. See more.

Dotdigital

• Enhancements for product catalog sync for bundled and custom products.
• Improvements have been made to communications for cart abandonment.

Klarna

• Customer data can be stopped sending to Store Admins
• New options B2B transactions is now available in selective markets
• PayBright supported

Vertex

• Vertex Flexible Fiels supported, store admins are allowed to transfer more data to the tax device.
• Additional attributes are pre-selected
• Enable to add custom fields to Vertex connector.

Yotpo

Yotpo user-generated content management platform integrate with Magento admin. For more.

What fixes does Magento 2.3.3 provide?

Nearly 200 bug fixes are made, mostly cart & checkout focused, payment methods, UI, some general fixes and clean code, performance boost.

To have more informations. Come here.

What if I want to see the fully described Magento 2.3.3 release notes and support ?

Here’s what you can find:

• Open Source Magento 2.3.3 release notes
• Commerce Magento 2.3.3 release notes

How to get Magento 2.3.3

See the full instruction here.

Magento 2.3.4

We are as Magento geeks always excited for upcoming versions? In the meantime, let’s talk to us about your thoughts on how new versions would be in the comment box down below.