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Notes from the workbench

Release notes, deep dives into Magento performance and caching, and the reasoning behind each module.

Latest12 October 20263 min read

Introducing OpenLabel 1.1: product labels everywhere a shopper looks

OpenLabel 1.1 adds labels to the cart, mini cart, wish list, compare page and order emails, new positions around the image, tooltips, variant labels, a live countdown and a REST API. Still free, still MIT.

10 October 2026 4 min read

Why product labels break under full page cache, and how OpenLabel avoids it

Wrong labels for logged-in customers, flicker after page load, slow category pages. Most label bugs on Magento come from one design choice. Here is what goes …

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