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

Digital sovereignty does not begin with replacing software. It begins with knowing which services an organisation depends on, who controls them, and what it would cost to leave.

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Drupal 12 Tightens Filename Handling as New Recipe, Workflow and Hosting Tools Arrive

Release state changes the response: some Drupal changes are ready to use, some warrant a targeted update, and others belong in testing rather than production.

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Drupal 12 Moves Core Development to Node.js 24 as Nightwatch Fixes Reach Drupal 11

Policy & Governance

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NASCIO State IT Tensions Highlight Governance Questions for Shared Drupal Platforms

Security

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Drupal Security Team Publishes 36 Contributed-Project Advisories, Including Critical Webform RCE

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Drupal 12 Beta Release Week Ends Without 12.0.0-beta1

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Drupal AI 1.4.7 and 1.3.12 Fix Agent Memory and Automator Defects

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Drupal Code Query Adds MCP Server for Core and Contrib Analysis

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Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Cheppers Pairs Custom Drupal Design Systems with AI Page Generation

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Drupal CMS Strategy 2.0 Prioritises Agencies and Professional Developers

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Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

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Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

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

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“AI Governance Moves to the Open Stage.” “amazee.io and amazee.ai bring shadow AI. data sovereignty and model control into focus.” DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 graphic features portraits of Katy Walsh and Thomas Schröpfer with the amazee.io and amazee.ai logos.

amazee.io and amazee.ai Bring Shadow AI and Sovereign Infrastructure to DrupalCon Rotterdam

“Pantheon to Demo Outside-In Drupal AI at DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026.” “Josh Koenig will show a Drupal agent using Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Drupal MCP tooling.” Event graphic features a portrait labeled “Josh Koenig. co-founder. Pantheon.” alongside the Pantheon and DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 logos.

Pantheon to Demonstrate Outside-In Drupal Agent With Gemini Enterprise in Rotterdam

DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 hero graphic featuring Shibin Devadas Kakanat, Niels Aers, Ulla Koho, Tomi Mikola, Wouter De Bruycker, Ruturaj Chaubey, David Pacassi Torrico, and Nikita Aswani, with the headline “Beyond the Demo: Can Drupal Systems Prove They Work?” and a focus on AI reliability, trusted answers, maintainable architecture, and community sustainability.

DrupalCon Rotterdam Speakers Test Proof, Trust, and Maintainability Beyond the Demo

DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 cover graphic featuring Raffaele Chiocca, Vijaya Chandran Mani, Anthony Bojocan, Len Swaneveld, Mikaela Kindstedt, Sanna Kramsi, Wolfgang Ziegler, Ulka Neil, and Anubhav Gupta, with the headline “From Legacy Migrations to AI-Written Code” and a focus on content models, governance, team health, and metrics in Drupal work.

DrupalCon Rotterdam Speakers Trace the Structure Behind AI, Personalisation, and Scale

DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 hero graphic featuring Ajit Shinde, Adam Nagy, Daniel Angelov, John Jameson, Christopher Torgalson, Junaid Masoodi, and Antonella Picarella, with the headline “Drupal Automation, With Humans Still in Control” and a focus on Workspaces, agentic workflows, accessibility checks, and AI-assisted publishing.

DrupalCon Rotterdam Speakers Put AI, Workflows, and Accessibility Into Practice

"When Workspace Becomes the Publishing Desk. A new agent driven workflow connects familiar content tools with Drupal publishing. PANTHEON. DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026. Josh Koenig." Josh Koenig appears on the right against a purple background beside the event and Pantheon branding.

Pantheon to Demo “Outside-In” Drupal AI With Gemini Enterprise in Rotterdam

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The AI Guy from QED42: Alphons Jaimon in Talks with TDT

The AI Guy from QED42: Alphons Jaimon in Talks with TDT

Interview graphic titled “Open Source Needs Budgets, Not Just Values” with text reading “Matthew Saunders on funding, Drupal AI governance, and inclusive contribution.” A portrait of Matthew Saunders appears on the left, with byline text reading “By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor TheDropTimes.”

Matthew Saunders Calls for Open-Source Funding to Move From Values to Budgets

Interview graphic titled “Accessibility Must Move Upstream” with subtitle “On Open Source, Government, and Digital Public Infrastructure.” A black and white portrait labeled “Mike Gifford” appears beside the byline “By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor, TheDropTimes,” with The Drop Times website, Drupal Slack hashtag “#thedroptimes,” and social icons along the bottom.

Mike Gifford: Accessibility Must Move Upstream in Public-Sector Open Source

Benji Fisher on Drupal Security, Usability, and Focusing on the Basics

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Landscape TDT interview cover featuring Randy Kolenko. Title: “Drupal’s Automation Tools Need a Common Handoff.” Deck: “Randy Kolenko explains how Maestro can share data and execution context without giving up durable state.”

Randy Kolenko on Maestro and Drupal’s Emerging Orchestration Work

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Zoocha Puts Contribution at Centre of DrupalCon Rotterdam Plans

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What should an agency return to the open-source ecosystem it relies on? Zoocha’s answer connects community investment with harder questions about AI accountability and Drupal’s ability to explain its value beyond familiar audiences. ...more

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Drupal 11 as the Governance Layer for an Open Health Platform

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A complex public healthcare platform can put Drupal at the centre of governance without making it responsible for identity, workflows, messaging, observability or the frontend. ...more

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TDT September Townhall Discusses Drupal Jobs, AI Visibility and Community Participation

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Useful Drupal work does not reach wider audiences automatically. The September Townhall explores where community participation can help. ...more

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OpenSSF Commitment Backs Enterprise Funding for Public Package Registries

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Public registries face rising operational and security demands while many still rely on small teams and donated infrastructure. The new commitment puts enterprise customers on record as willing participants in funding experiments. ...more

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Dev AI Summit at DrupalCon Rotterdam Focuses on Production AI Workflows

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As AI moves into everyday Drupal work, the practical question becomes where automated decisions end and explicit controls begin. ...more

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Shared Public-Sector Platforms Shape Big Blue Door’s DrupalCon Rotterdam Focus

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Big Blue Door’s Rotterdam responses point to a question already being tested in councils and healthcare: how far can shared Drupal platforms be reused across organisations with different services, editorial practices, and governance requirements? ...more

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Drupal Security Team Warns of Critical Contributed Module Security Release on 23 September

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The affected project remains unnamed, and the first advisory may not be the last one published that evening. The practical question is what operators can prepare before the module itself is disclosed. ...more

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DrupalCamp Spain 2026 Extends Call for Papers Deadline to 27 September

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Prospective speakers have more time to submit, but the camp’s guidance also sets clear expectations for fitting a Drupal session into the room, the clock, and the screen. ...more

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