Magento v0.74.0-beta8 Release Notes

    • 🐎 Performance Toolkit improvements
      • Added order generator
      • Added indexer mode switcher via profile config
    • 💻 UI Improvements
      • Added hide/show columns for CMS pages/blocks grid on backend
      • Updated the multi-select functionality & UI for CMS pages/blocks grid on backend
      • Added the new look & feel for Edit Order Page (view/edit order)
    • Framework Improvements
      • Updated API framework to support different integration object ACLs
      • Updated unit and integration tests config files to include tests from the Updater Application
      • Exceptions caught and logged before reaching Phrase::__toString() method
    • MTF Improvements
      • Replaced end-to-end One-page Checkout test with online shipment methods with scenario test
      • Replaced end-to-end Layered Navigation test with injectable test
      • Replaced end-to-end Shopping Cart price rule test with injectable test
      • Replaced end-to-end Switch Currency test with injectable test
      • Fixed the filling condition element
      • Updated a set of functional tests
    • Various
      • Eliminated functional logic in constructors
      • Updated public API definitions
      • Added information for Downloadable Products to Catalog Product Data Object
      • Added information for Catalog Inventory data to Catalog Product Data Object
      • Added information for Grouped Products to Catalog Product Data Object
      • Added information for Configurable Products to Catalog Product Data Object
      • Cleaned Tax API data interfaces
      • Removed OptionTypesListInterface and type field in OptionInterface
    • 🛠 Fixed bugs
      • Fixed an issue with focus state appearing on click event in Admin Menu logo.
      • Fixed an issue where order was placed via Payflow link without providing credit card data
      • Fixed an issue where titles were displayed for backend navigation menu group when it only contained a single section
      • Fixed an issue where REST URL paths were not case-sensitive
      • Implement transparent redirect API
      • Fixed an issue in cron.php with checking for functions which are disabled in php.ini
      • Front-end development workflow settings scope changed to Global
      • Fixed an issue with widget title escape
      • Fixed the filename filtering
      • Fixed an issue with universal fatal error in the profiler option #2
      • Fixed an issue when shipping address in backend could not be changed when creating order
      • Fixed the performance issue with tax rules creation
      • The extended attributes became optional
      • Fixed an issue where final price did not recalculate when option was selected
      • Fixed an issue with price currency symbols
      • Fixed an issue when low_stock_date showed incorrect data
      • Fixed an issue with random integration test failure
    • GitHub issues
      • #526 -- Area Sessions: Magento 2 Should not Allow "area-less" Sessions During an Area Aware Request
      • #1212 -- Magento 2 0.74.0-beta5 unable to open home page after successful installation
      • #1213 -- Magento 2 0.74.0-beta6 unable to open home page right after successful installation
      • #1157 -- Something went wrong with the subscription
      • #1228 -- PDOException during attempt to export products: Unknown column 'entity_value.entity_type_id' in 'on clause’