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Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp 2026 Tackles AI Trust and Drupal 12 Readiness

How much should developers trust AI, and what changes will Drupal 12 demand of maintainers? Nine speakers share practical lessons on development, accessibility, infrastructure and governance ahead of Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp.

Discover Drupal

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Bringing Drupal Learning Closer to Home: Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp 2026

Major Drupal conferences can be difficult to attend for people with limited budgets or family commitments. Megan McDermott explains why regional events matter and how local sponsorship helps bring learning opportunities within reach.

Tutorials

7 min read

Drupal 12 Upgrade Guide: Release Date, Requirements and Removed Modules

Event

8 min read

DrupalCamp Italy 2026 Speakers Preview AI Migrations, Civic Platforms and Enterprise Security

interview

14 min read

On the Limits of Drupal Orchestration and Shared Infrastructure

Organization News

14 min read

Pantheon P1 Brings AI Agents to Web Building Without Replacing Drupal

Artificial Intelligence: News & Updates

Drupal AI 1.5.0 Moves Five Submodules Into Standalone Projects

16 October 2026
Two Drupal Contributors to Speak on AI Governance and Provenance at AI Week 2026

14 October 2026
Drupal AI Release Digest: Gemini Embeddings, Mautic Tools and Views Agent Fixes

30 September 2026
Drupal.org Blog Links Content Governance to AI Agent Readiness

03 September 2026
Drupal-Code-Query Adds Tools for Patch-Heavy Drupal Upgrades

03 September 2026
Drupal AI 1.4.7 and 1.3.12 Fix Agent Memory and Automator Defects

01 September 2026

Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Cheppers Pairs Custom Drupal Design Systems with AI Page Generation

18 August 2026
Drupal CMS Strategy 2.0 Prioritises Agencies and Professional Developers

17 July 2026
Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

10 July 2026
Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

09 June 2026
Dries Buytaert Highlights Drupal CMS as a Shift in Drupal’s Usability Strategy

25 May 2026
Dominique De Cooman Proposes Athena Milestone for Drupal AI Initiative

13 May 2026

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Carlos Ospina Releases Agent Skills to Set Up Drupal Backends for Next.js

Discover Drupal graphic titled "When Disclosure Leaves the Page" about the EU AI Act. A video player and filmstrip illustrate how Drupal tools can label both video players and files to preserve AI disclosure when content is shared.

Drupal AI Disclosure Beta Adds Spoken Audio Notices and Video Labels

FlowDrop 2.7 Adds In-Editor Workflow Testing and Execution Fixes

Drupal Association Audits Drupal.org After PHP2Shell Fixes

Drupal Security Digest graphic titled "When Site Permissions Become Security Risks" featuring connected browser windows illustrating vulnerabilities involving image uploads, authentication tokens and file access.

Drupal Issues 34 Contrib Security Advisories, Including Highly Critical RCE

Jürgen Haas Proposes Charter-First Approach to Drupal Federation

Interviews

DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 interview graphic featuring Gina Plat and Teun van der Vorm, focused on digital sovereignty, dependency mapping, procurement and open source in government.

Gina Plat and Teun van der Vorm: Map Dependencies Before Pursuing Digital Sovereignty

I Made Accessibility Fixes—and Never Looked Back: Kat Shaw

I Made Accessibility Fixes—and Never Looked Back: Kat Shaw

Bridging Worlds: Aidan F. Dean Dunn on Reporting, Learning, and Connecting at DrupalCon

Bridging Worlds: Aidan F. Dean Dunn on Reporting, Learning, and Connecting at DrupalCon

Interview graphic featuring Henadzi Koltun smiling in a blue blazer alongside a small portrait of author Kazima Abbas. Text reads "Building Drupal for the Long Term" and "The real test of sustainable growth is knowing what must never be sacrificed for short-term success."

“Drupal Isn’t About Quick Wins”: Henadzi Koltun on Sustainable Growth

Group photo from DrupalCamp Asheville 2022

Creating a Relaxed Learning Environment | DC Asheville 23

The Drop Times interview hero featuring Paulo Maia Carvalho, creator of DrupalClaw, beside the headline “How Much Drupal Work Should an AI Agent Do?” with a deck about safe delegation, version context, approval gates, and developer review. The image also credits interviewer Kazima Abbas, Sub-Editor at TheDropTimes.

Paulo Maia Carvalho on DrupalClaw and the Boundaries of Agent-First Drupal Development

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Latest Drupal Tutorials

Two Guides Address Drupal Security and Decoupled CMS Reliability

08 October 2026
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29 September 2026
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14 August 2026
Jadu Migration Extends Migrate Plus for LocalGov Drupal

14 August 2026
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06 August 2026
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06 August 2026

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Carlos Ospina Releases Agent Skills to Set Up Drupal Backends for Next.js

23 October 2026
Drupal AI Disclosure Beta Adds Spoken Audio Notices and Video Labels

23 October 2026
FlowDrop 2.7 Adds In-Editor Workflow Testing and Execution Fixes

23 October 2026
Drupal Association Audits Drupal.org After PHP2Shell Fixes

23 October 2026
Drupal Issues 34 Contrib Security Advisories, Including Highly Critical RCE

22 October 2026
Jürgen Haas Proposes Charter-First Approach to Drupal Federation

22 October 2026

Blog Syndication

Tag1 Guide Explains Human-Controlled AI Code Reviews

13 October 2026
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30 September 2026
Compass Tracing Identifies Components Behind Uncacheable Drupal Pages

21 September 2026
Jürgen Haas Proposes One UI for Drupal Orchestration

18 September 2026
Drupal Rebuild Separates Data Objects From Editorial Pages

18 September 2026
Reusable Tender Clauses Address Council Collaboration in Procurement

18 September 2026

Discover Drupal

Carlos Ospina Releases Agent Skills to Set Up Drupal Backends for Next.js

23 October 2026
Drupal AI Disclosure Beta Adds Spoken Audio Notices and Video Labels

23 October 2026
FlowDrop 2.7 Adds In-Editor Workflow Testing and Execution Fixes

23 October 2026
Drupal CMS Speeds Up Prototyping, but Delivery Still Depends on More

22 October 2026

Organization News

Acquia DAM 1.1.19 Adds Standalone Asset Picker and Site Studio Asset-Usage Detector

19 October 2026
CKEditor 5 v49.0.0 Adds Shadow DOM and Trusted Types Support

19 October 2026
LocalGov Drupal Recognised as a Digital Public Good

14 October 2026
Mautic 7.2.1 Fixes Campaign Timing, Forms and Plugin Compatibility

07 October 2026

Drupal Community

Drupal Security Team Confirms Four Full-Member Promotions

09 October 2026
Drupal Advocacy Program Brings Public Outreach Into Contribution Credit

07 October 2026
DrupalCon Rotterdam Jobs Board Pairs Vacancies With Community Recommendations

05 October 2026
Fifteen of 28 Drupal Core Maintainer Vacancies From 2025 Remain Unassigned

22 September 2026

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PHP 8.6 RC3 Released as Drupal Compatibility Work Continues

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Drupal’s PHP 8.6 testing has exposed upstream library deprecations. What remains before the next PHP version reaches production? ...more

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Security

Drupal Fixes Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws and Three XSS Vulnerabilities

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Updating Drupal core is only part of the response. Two contributed projects also require separate security fixes. ...more

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Security

DruBOM Beta2 Adds Dependency Mapping to Drupal Security Inventory

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A vulnerable package may be easy to spot but harder to trace. DruBOM beta2 adds a way to examine where a dependency came from. ...more

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Accessibility

Accessibility Climbs State CIO Agenda as Operational Gaps Persist

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An accessible platform can still pick up new barriers with the next content edit. State data shows why everyday publishing now matters as much as remediation. ...more

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Security

Drupal Security Team Sets Critical Core Release for 14 October

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The vulnerability remains undisclosed ahead of Wednesday’s fix. A previous core release showed how quickly working exploits can follow. ...more

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Policy & Governance

European Digital Sovereignty Push Faces Open-Source Governance Gaps

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Open-source adoption offers an alternative to vendor dependence, but maintaining control requires more. New European research identifies the organisational challenges behind that ambition. ...more

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EU Cyber Resilience Act: What Drupal Suppliers Must Assess

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Shared code creates shared security needs. European product rules raise a more specific question: who must act? ...more

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Security

Six Banks Fund OSERA's Shared Open-Source Security Fixes

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Banks often commission fixes for the same open-source libraries. OSERA is testing a shared way to fund and verify that work. ...more

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