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

Drupal 12.0.0 is scheduled for the week of 7 December 2026, the same week Drupal 10 reaches end of life, and requires PHP 8.5 and at least Drupal 11.3.

Event

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

Behind some of Drupal's most demanding projects are difficult decisions about scale, security and legacy systems. Six speakers reveal what they have learnt, what surprised them and what they will bring to the stage in Bologna.

interview

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On the Limits of Drupal Orchestration and Shared Infrastructure

Organization News

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Pantheon P1 Brings AI Agents to Web Building Without Replacing Drupal

Event

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PNW Drupal Summit Speakers Take on Live Chat, Accessibility and HTMX

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Drupal Developer Explains DevDeck's Design as Windows Beta Arrives

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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Drupal Issues 34 Contrib Security Advisories, Including Highly Critical RCE

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GitHub Makes AI Scan Generally Available for PHP Pull Requests

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Independent Audit Verifies Three Accessibility Fixes in Convivial for GovCMS

Interviews

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

Beyond Code: A Decadal Odyssey with Drupal

Owen Lansbury Talks to TDT About DrupalSouth 2023

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

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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Drupal Issues 34 Contrib Security Advisories, Including Highly Critical RCE

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GitHub Makes AI Scan Generally Available for PHP Pull Requests

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Mercury Editor 3 Reaches Stable Release With Autosave, Undo and Component Navigation

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

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19 October 2026
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14 October 2026
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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
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05 October 2026
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22 September 2026

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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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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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Event

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

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This week’s calendar pairs local Drupal discussions with online community sessions. A regional summit rounds out the programme in Vancouver. ...more

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

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Some event listeners belong to one task, while others serve every request. That distinction matters when reducing setup work. ...more

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