Adobe Commerce 2.4.5: Quality, GraphQL Speed

Adobe Commerce 2.4.5 (9 August 2022) built confidently on the 2.4.4 foundation with a release that balanced security, quality and meaningful performance improvements for headless builds. For many merchants it was a low-risk, high-value uplift.

Security and quality: Adobe bundled a substantial number of fixes (290+ for Magento Open Source and over 400 for Adobe Commerce) and backported security improvements to older lines. reCAPTCHA coverage was extended to frequently targeted forms (including Wish List Sharing, New Account and Gift Card) to reduce automated abuse. Accessibility fixes continued to roll in across key flows.

Platform updates: Composer 2.2, TinyMCE 5.10.2 and jQuery UI 1.13.1 kept core dependencies current and supported. These may seem minor, but keeping front-end and build dependencies modern reduces conflicts and keeps developer experience smooth.

Payments: A standout commercial enhancement was Apple Pay availability through Adobe Payment Services, giving merchants a fast path to a modern, high-conversion payment option without bespoke integration. PayPal Pay Later expanded to Italy and Spain, widening support for instalment-based purchasing and offering an immediate lever for conversion rate uplift in those markets.

GraphQL performance: The team addressed long-standing pain points for composable storefronts. Schema rebuilds were sped up, and, crucially, a setting to disable session cookies for GraphQL allowed API responses to be cached far more effectively at the edge (Fastly/Varnish). For headless implementations, this translates into real improvements in time-to-first-byte and perceived speed on PLP/PDP.

PWA Studio: Compatibility with PWA Studio 12.5 introduced an eventing framework for shopper behaviour analytics on the storefront, a welcome addition for teams building decoupled experiences that still want strong analytics coverage.

What to do next:

• Benchmark GraphQL flows before and after upgrade; validate edge caching works as intended with sessionless requests.
• Rebuild front-end bundles to ensure dependency updates are reflected in production.
• Test checkout thoroughly, including Apple Pay via Payment Services and any 3rd-party payment modules.
• Review reCAPTCHA coverage and rate-limiting on vulnerable forms.

2.4.5 is the kind of release that makes modernisation feel tangible: better performance, smoother payments and fewer sharp edges for developers. If you're already on 2.4.4, the upgrade is straightforward and well worth the effort.