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What's Changed

The first beta for version 3.14.0 of the Magento Algolia extension delivers a new way of handling events data and conversions.

Key changes include:

• New PHP API client (v4) under the hood for communicating with Algolia
• Authenticated user tokens now utilized for backend and frontend events to track entire customer journey
• Revenue data now sent with all events including application of Magento specific discounts such as catalog price rules and customer group pricing
• Support for event subtypes allowing the capture of conversion data for both "Add to cart" and "Place order" events
• Bug fixes for the Algolia extension and how it handles end user consent for allowing cookies
• Increased protection of PII in the event data
• Improved handling of user tokens across insights events and corresponding queries

For more information on this release please see our preview documentation at:

• Click and conversion analytics (including revenue analytics)
• Personalization (including customer journeys)

[!IMPORTANT] Please note that starting with version 3.14 the Magento Algolia extension will require PHP 8.

Updates

• Feature/mage 827 - PHP connector v4 by @cammonro in https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1494
• Feature/mage 780 - Revenue analytics by @cammonro in https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1498
• MAGE-863 Add extension version notice by @cammonro in https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1497
• MAGE-832 Bump version by @cammonro in https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1504

Bug fixes

• Feature/mage 876 to beta by @cammonro in https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1502
• Feature/mage 877 to beta by @cammonro in https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1503

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.13.2...3.14.0-beta.1

What's Changed

Updates

• Updated code to refactor the deprecated usage of the registry in the extension https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1467
• Updated the code to prevent the creation of indexer for websites excluded in customer groups https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1307
• Removed the unused polyfill script from the extension https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1474

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with the special price range for configurable products https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1340
• Fixed issue with tier price issues https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1417
• Fixed issue causing duplicate replica errors to occur when saving the configuration https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1453

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.13.1...3.13.2

What's Changed

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue with PHP8.2 compatibility for recommendations on the cart page https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1473

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.13.0...3.13.1

What's Changed

Updates

• Updated instantSearch library version from 4.41.0 to 4.63.0 https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1464
• Updated disclaimer for advanced algolia indices settings in the magento admin https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1470

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.12.1...3.13.0

What's Changed

Updates

• Updated insights library version from 2.6.0 to 2.11.0 https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1404
• Updated all click events to add authenticatedUserToken for login customer https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1404
• Update View Events for authenticated userToken https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1404
• Added German translations in plugin https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1461
• Updated code to provide a way for customers to modify Analytics helper region https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1459
• Updated code to provide a way for customers to modify timeout values for Algolia PHP Client https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1463

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue with InstantSearch filters with quotations https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1446
• Fixed the issue with recommendations for grouped products in cart page https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1448

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.12.0...3.12.1

What's Changed

Updates

• Updated code to consider user’s cookie consent to send events to Algolia by using ‘useCookie’ parameter https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1445
• Updated references to [email protected] to new ticket link https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1427
• Updated code to refactor the deprecated registry for categories https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1433
• Updated code to ensure compatibility with NeuralSearch https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1404
• Updated AlgoliaBundle by eliminating the unnecessary jQuery library https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1398
• Included the promotion class in autocomplete menu when a product has any promotions https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1428

Bug Fixes

• Fixed formatting issue in product object related to CategoryPageId attribute https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1436
• Fixed issue with Clear Refinements button in InstantSearch page https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1437
• Fixed issue with custom banner functionality via merchandising dashboard in admin https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1438
• Fixed issue with hierarchicalMenu widget when utilizing transformItems when the number of categories exceeded the limit https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1426
• Fixed issue with indexing text field attributes with a value of 0 https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1441
• Fixed issue with user cookies not clearing upon customer logout https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1442
• Fixed back button issue with pagination in instant search page and category pages https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1426
• Fixed issue with redirect on add to cart from PLP https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1454

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.11.0...3.12.0

What's Changed

Updates

• Fixes related to NeuralSearch compatibility https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1404
• Removed the redundant jquery library from AlgoliaBundle https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1398

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.11.0...3.11.1-beta

What's Changed

Updates

• Added support for Merchandising Studio and Visual Merchandiser by indexing flattened categoryID attribute to product index https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1351
• Upgraded the Algolia insights to version 2.6.0 https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1362
• Upgraded the Algolia PHP client to version 3.3.2 https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1373
• Added ability to preserve facets selection after adding an item to the cart from the PLP https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1370
• Added ability to hide Pagination when results have only one page in InstantSearch page https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1401
• Increased the character limit of class field in algoliasearch_queue, algoliasearch_queue_archive table https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1396
• Added ability to debounce and control the query length in autocomplete https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1405
• Added ability to turn off suggestions https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1407 and pages https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1408 indexing

Bug Fixes

• Fixed vulnerability in query (htmlspecialcharacters) while searching using special characters https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1392
• Fixed issues related to overlooked special characters in autocomplete search queries https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1397
• Fixed Bundle Product Price indexing issue for Dynamic and Static Product Types https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1399
• Fixed error message 'cannot apply the deleteOndex operation on a replica index' in admin https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/pull/1395

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.10.6...3.11.0

What's Changed

Bug Fixes

• Replaced referenceBlock by referenceContainer following Magento best practices.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.10.5...3.10.6

What's Changed

Updates

• Support for Merch Studio and the Visual Merchandiser.
• Upgraded the Algolia PHP client to version 3.3.2
• Upgraded the Algolia insight 2.6.0
• Preserve facet selections after adding an item to the cart from the PLP
• Fixes related to NeuralSearch compatibility

Full Changelog: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2/compare/3.10.5...3.11.0-beta