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European Digital Sovereignty Push Faces Open-Source Governance Gaps

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

Policy & Governance

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EU Cyber Resilience Act: What Drupal Suppliers Must Assess

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

interview

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

Drupal Community

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Drupal Security Team Confirms Four Full-Member Promotions

Security

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CVE-2026-59944 Affects Composer Versions Still Compatible With Drupal 11

Discover Drupal

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Drupal 11.5 Deprecates '.module' Files Before Drupal 13 Removal

Artificial Intelligence: News & Updates

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

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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 Code Query Adds MCP Server for Core and Contrib Analysis

01 September 2026
AI Metering 1.0 Adds Cost Tracking and Quota Controls to Drupal AI

31 August 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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A Discover Drupal poster from The Drop Times titled "Compatibility Needs More Than a Version Check." The illustration shows a website content panel pulled away from a larger system, exposing connected wires and internal components that represent dependencies beneath the visible interface. The poster highlights the need to test editing existing content and review code that stores database query objects before upgrading to Drupal 12, rather than relying on version compatibility alone.

Paragraphs Bundles 2.0.1 Fixes Legacy Sections as Drupal 12 Drops Query Serialisation

Security graphic titled "Prepare Before the Details Arrive" highlights PSA 2026 10 12 and the need for a fast Drupal core update. Layered folders and a protective shield illustrate preparation before vulnerability details are disclosed.

Drupal Security Team Sets Critical Core Release for 14 October

Drupal 11.4.9 Fixes Sidebar Layout Shift and Updates CKEditor

Drupal 11.4.9 Fixes Sidebar Layout Shift and Updates CKEditor

Security graphic showing six banks connected around a blue shield and verified code files. Text reads "Securing Open Source Through Shared Responsibility" and "Six major banks back OSERA to fund, verify and deliver security fixes for widely used open-source software."

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

Tracing Slow Drupal Requests With OpenTelemetry and Valkey

A horizontal Events This Week graphic from The Drop Times presenting five Drupal community events taking place from October 12 to 18, 2026. A timeline of blue circular date markers highlights Drupal Meetup Lake Constance on October 12. Drupal and the AI Initiative on October 13. Women in Drupal on October 14. Code of Conduct Incident Response Workshop on October 15. And PNW Drupal Summit starting October 17. A subtle world map in the background reinforces the international scope of the Drupal community even

Drupal Events of the Week: October 12–18, 2026

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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

Archive interview hero for Jacob Rockowitz on Schema.org Blueprints and Drupal content models at NEDCamp 2022.

Jacob Rockowitz on Schema.org Blueprints and Drupal Content Models

Jay Callicot on DrupalX, Decoupled Architectures, and the Future of Drupal Development

Jay Callicot on DrupalX, Decoupled Architectures, and the Future of Drupal Development

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

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Kristen Pol Explains How Drupal’s Context Control Center Governs AI Context

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Steering Drupal’s Potential in Academia: Janna Malikova

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Paragraphs Bundles 2.0.1 Fixes Legacy Sections as Drupal 12 Drops Query Serialisation

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13 October 2026
Drupal 11.4.9 Fixes Sidebar Layout Shift and Updates CKEditor

13 October 2026
Six Banks Fund OSERA's Shared Open-Source Security Fixes

12 October 2026
Drupal Events of the Week: October 12–18, 2026

12 October 2026
Symfony 8.2 to Add Compiled Event Dispatcher and Deprecate Runtime Listener Changes

12 October 2026

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Tag1 Guide Explains Human-Controlled AI Code Reviews

13 October 2026
Dixon Headless Drupal Rebuild Leads Americaneagle.com to Expand Multidev Workflow

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

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Paragraphs Bundles 2.0.1 Fixes Legacy Sections as Drupal 12 Drops Query Serialisation

13 October 2026
Drupal 11.4.9 Fixes Sidebar Layout Shift and Updates CKEditor

13 October 2026
Tracing Slow Drupal Requests With OpenTelemetry and Valkey

12 October 2026
Cloudflare Purge 3.1.4 Adds Drupal 12 Support and Fixes API Error Handling

09 October 2026

Organization News

Mautic 7.2.1 Fixes Campaign Timing, Forms and Plugin Compatibility

07 October 2026
Acquia Cuts DrupalCon Booth Spend to Donate $50,000 to Drupal

29 September 2026
Werkzaak Rivierenland Opens Tender for Successor to Drupal Website

18 September 2026
Oomph and Adapt USA Become Pare & Co After 2025 Acquisition

15 September 2026

Drupal Community

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
Drupal Association Seeks Input for First Global Ecosystem Retrospective

15 September 2026

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Apache Iggy 0.9.0 Brings VSR Clustering to Standard Server

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Iggy’s experimental clustering path has become part of the standard server, but existing deployments face a breaking upgrade with incompatible storage and wire formats. ...more

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Splash Awards 2026 Name Winning Drupal Projects in Rotterdam

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The winning projects span AI, public services, publishing, education, healthcare, commerce and other areas of Drupal implementation. ...more

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2026 Women in Drupal Award Winners Announced at DrupalCon Rotterdam

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A DrupalCon Rotterdam ceremony added three recipients to the five-year programme recognising women across the Drupal ecosystem. ...more

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Joomla Fixes 16 Security Issues as 5.4.9 Breaks API PATCH Requests

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Sites relying on Joomla's Web Services API have an extra check to make after applying the latest security update. ...more

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Training

Drupal AI Initiative Names DrupalEasy's AIDE Official Training Program

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The Drupal AI Initiative has designated DrupalEasy's 18-hour AIDE course as its official training program, covering human-reviewed workflows, agents, retrieval and local models. ...more

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DriesNote Targets Drupal's Reputation Gap With Advocacy Credits and Rosetta Sprint Proposal

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Technical progress only solves part of Drupal's problem if outside perceptions remain fixed on older versions. Rotterdam shifts attention to who can reach today's capabilities and who hears about them. ...more

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Symfony 8.2 to Add Transactional Outbox and Claim Check to Messenger

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Database commits, broker delivery, and payload limits can fail at different points in an asynchronous workflow. Symfony's new Messenger options are designed to narrow two of those gaps. ...more

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PHP 8.2–8.5 Security Releases Fix 11 CVEs Across Drupal-Compatible Runtimes

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PHP branches used by supported Drupal 10 and 11 environments received security fixes, but determining exposure requires more than checking a version number. ...more

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