This release improves the overall performance of Spree applications and brings many bug fixes we backported from Vendo. Major highlights are:

💻 new API endpoints for handling Wishlists and Variants in Storefront API 👨‍💻 improved Webhooks 💸 improved Store Credits 🐛 Sentry error reporting integration for API

Alongside this release, we've also launched a completely new Spree website and highlighted massive new features coming in Spree 5 🚀

How to upgrade

Please follow Spree 4.9 upgrade guide

Spree Core

• Fix destroying carts with addresses assigned to other complete orders by @mad-eel in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12055
• Nicer name for default stock location by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12056
• Added handy methods to the Wishlist model by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12057
• Added a bunch of handy methods by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12058
• Shipping Rate fixes by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12059
• Improve TaxRate#label to display it right by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12060
• Added StockLocation#address method and ability to add encryption by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12061
• added soft delete to StockLocation by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12062
• Added a bunch of helper utility methods by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12063
• Extended Shipment model with helper methods by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12064
• Add apply_only_on_full_priced_items preference to FlatRate, `Flex… by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12068
• Replace decorator usage in spree_emails with plain ruby modules by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12069
• Added universal webhook interfaces to avoid using decorators by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12070
• added missing ShippingMethod and ShippingCategory serializers for Sto… by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12072
• Fixed: do not allow to create line items when there's no price in the… by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12073
• Make Store Credits more flexible by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12074
• Ability to configure/override Spree::Address validation to make it … by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12076
• Add some scopes to payments and store credits by @mad-eel in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12077
• Fix coupon codes with some chars can't be removed from cart by @zavan in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12075
• Fixed: LineItem#product to also return soft-deleted products by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12078
• Fixed: Store#current - removed deprecation, use dependencies by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12080
• Set doorkeeper tokens expiration date to 1 month by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12081
• Update Spree::OrderMerger and add Spree::Seeds::PaymentMethods by @mad-eel in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12082
• Use RequestStore to store whether webhooks are disabled by @Vegann in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12083
• Allow Spree classes to specify which relationships should be included in webhook by @Vegann in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12084
• Fixed: Spree::Money correctly parses and displays Danish Krone by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12085
• Use Spree::Taxon.for_store scope when resolving taxons in Products finder by @mbajur in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12087
• Fix Store Credit and Refund serializers by @mad-eel in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12088
• Performance: use loaded associations in Quantifier to speeds things up by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12092
• Added ShippingMethod display_on based scopes by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12093
• Improve performance of Zone/Countries seeds by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12094
• Use admin_user_class for RoleUser association by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12095
• Expire variants cache when changing position of master variant images by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12096
• fix free shipping promotion by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12097
• Ability to pass email to FirstOrder promotion rule by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12098
• Add weight and item total preferences to the Spree::Calculator::Shipping::FlatRate calculator by @mad-eel in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12099
• Added order_includes to ControllerHelpers::Order by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12100
• Improve performance of LineItems::FindByVariant finder by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12101
• Fixed: raise an error when trying to add a variant without price in s… by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12103
• Fix Spree::ShippingMethod.available scope by @mad-eel in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12102
• Auto-Remove items from cart when not available in new currency by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12104
• Improve & simpluft collection caching in API by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12106
• Improve error rendering in OrderConcern#render_order when request f… by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12107
• Move ActiveStorage code into Spree::Asset by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12115
• Use admin_user_class in AuthorizationHelpers by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12116
• Improve flexibility and extensibility of webhooks matchers by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12118

Spree API

• Added 2 new Wishlists API endpoints: add_items and remove_items f… by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12105
• Added Storefront Variants API endpoint by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12065
• Fixed API error reporting to actually use the Error reporter for all … by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12067
• Fixed: Storefront Products API now works with old slugs as well by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12066
• Use Runtime configuration for API config by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12071
• Fixed: Webhooks: don't log as error messages a success by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12091
• Added WebhookSubscriber#latest_event_at by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12090
• Fixed setting SSL for webhooks based on the URL and not the environment by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12089
• Fixed rake test_app for API gem by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12117
• Automatically detect Sentry and report API errors by @damianlegawiec in https://github.com/spree/spree/pull/12108

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spree/spree/compare/v4.8.3...v4.9.0