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Critical unauthenticated RCE in the Magento template engine, CVSS 10 and actively exploited. Install both patches below right now, then check your store for compromise.
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https://github.com/TonyMerlin/m2-module-asynchronous-operations-fix
Adds an around plugin to make bulk acknowledgement idempotent using insertOnDuplicate, preventing duplicate-key errors when dismissing completed asynchronous operation notifications in Admin. Includes installation and verification steps.
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Quality-tested catalog of open-source modules with real compatibility checks beyond Composer constraints, vendor trust signals, and editor picks. Filter by compatibility and freshness, and share narrowed views via the address bar.
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https://mariadb.org/trying-duckdb-for-magento-analytics-an-experiment-with-one-million-orders/
Uses the MariaDB DuckDB storage engine to run a full Orders Report against 1M orders/2M items, showing runtime dropping from 18.5s on InnoDB to 0.29s when both tables are DuckDB (63× faster). Covers Docker Compose setup, creating read-only DuckDB snapshots, the exact SQL used, validation, limitations, and next steps for syncing writes.
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https://github.com/mekkumar/module-content-diff
Automatically versions CMS Pages and Blocks, shows field-level diffs between versions, and lets you restore snapshots from the admin with configurable retention.
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https://github.com/elgentos/magento2-mcp
Node.js MCP server that lets Claude query and update products, customers, orders, inventory, promotions and CMS, with optional B2B company tools. Includes setup for Claude Desktop plus a full tool list, parameters and examples for revenue, category and sales analysis.
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https://github.com/bemeir/magento2-rotate-encryption-keys
Standalone PHP script to perform complete encryption key rotation: inventories encrypted values across all tables (including JSON/serialized and nested), re-encrypts them to the latest key, verifies, and safely retires old keys. Includes scan/explain/re-encrypt/verify/retire-keys and code-scan commands with dry-run, dump, and rollback support plus a step-by-step runbook.
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https://github.com/magendooro/magento2-product-labels
Adds configurable “Sale”/“New” badges to category/search listings and product pages, with an admin UI, manual assignments or indexed rules, and a GraphQL field to fetch active labels.
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https://github.com/DeployEcommerce/module-order-status-transition
Detects order status changes (including implicit and column-level writes) and emits one canonical event with from/to state, timestamps, and actor details for consumers. Includes an example observer, configuration options, and what transitions are caught vs. missed.
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https://github.com/justbetter/magento2-optimizeflattable
Scans varchar product attributes used in flat tables and sets column lengths based on actual data instead of 255, preventing MySQL 1118 indexing failures.
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https://github.com/opengento/magento2-application
Enables reusing the bootstrap and resetting state between requests, making it compatible with loop HTTP servers like FrankenPHP, Swoole, and ReactPHP (or Fiber). Includes Composer install and setup commands.
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