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Drupal Developer Explains DevDeck's Design as Windows Beta Arrives

A tool that tracks every pull request, pipeline and local site can quickly become another source of noise. DevDeck's developer decided the answer lies in how loudly it speaks, not what it hides.

Security

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

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

Organization News

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LocalGov Drupal Recognised as a Digital Public Good

Accessibility

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Accessibility Climbs State CIO Agenda as Operational Gaps Persist

Policy & Governance

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European Digital Sovereignty Push Faces Open-Source Governance Gaps

Policy & Governance

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EU Cyber Resilience Act: What Drupal Suppliers Must Assess

Artificial Intelligence: News & Updates

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 Code Query Adds MCP Server for Core and Contrib Analysis

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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PHP 8.6 RC3 Released as Drupal Compatibility Work Continues

Discover Drupal graphic titled "When the Details Change How a Page Renders" featuring layered webpage layouts. The Drupal Digest highlights unexpected display behaviour caused by Views rows, component slots and field groups.

Drupal Site-Building Updates Cover Drupal 12 Support and Rendering Fixes

A Discover Drupal poster titled "The First Screen Looks Different on Every Device" showing a website across desktop, tablet and mobile screens. It explains how two new Drupal modules prioritize essential CSS and defer other styles to improve initial page loading across devices.

Two Drupal Modules Split Critical and Deferred CSS Delivery

Akismet and Drupal logos appear beside a security shield and checklist. The headline reads "Akismet Strengthens Its Drupal Security Controls" with details about improved webhook protection and migration safeguards.

Akismet 1.1.0 Tightens Webhook Security and Secret Storage

DruBOM Beta2 Adds Dependency Mapping to Drupal Security Inventory

DruBOM Beta2 Adds Dependency Mapping to Drupal Security Inventory

Event graphic titled "Labelling AI Content Is the Easy Part" featuring two Drupal contributors speaking at AI Week UK. The discussion focuses on governance, transparency and how readers can verify AI generated answers.

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

Interviews

Shouldn’t Let Imposter Syndrome Keep You from Trying: John Jameson | DrupalCamp NJ

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

Hero graphic for The DropTimes interview, featuring a smiling interview subject beside the headline “Govern the Context, Not the Outcome” and a summary about controlling AI context without controlling model output.

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

Interview with Oskar Calvo

Exploring the Drupal Universe: A Conversation with Oskar Calvo

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

Maya Schaeffer: Bringing Visibility and Structure to Non-Code Contributions and Cross-Functional Community Growth

Meet Maya Schaeffer — Candidate for the 2025 Drupal Association Board Election

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

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Mautic 7.2.1 Fixes Campaign Timing, Forms and Plugin Compatibility

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Drupal Security Team Confirms Four Full-Member Promotions

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22 September 2026

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Two Guides Address Drupal Security and Decoupled CMS Reliability

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One guide focuses directly on Drupal security, while the other examines where decoupled CMS deployments fail in production. Together, they point to different parts of the operational work behind modern Drupal sites. ...more

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Policy & Governance

Bowman Cyber Remarks Raise Web Estate Governance Questions for Drupal Teams

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Cyber hygiene starts with knowing what an organisation owns and who maintains it. That makes fragmented public web estates a governance problem, not only a patching problem. ...more

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Event

Drupal Events of the Week: (October 5 – October 11 2026)

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Drupal communities in Edinburgh, the Eastern Time Zone and Germany gather this week for social meetups, lightning talks and technical discussions. ...more

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PHP

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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Event

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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Security

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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