Drupal.org Updates Release Labels and Design to Reflect Semantic Versioning

Neil Drumm announced on Drupal.org, an important UI and policy update to the Releases section on project pages across Drupal.org, including modules like Webform. The long-standing “recommended by the project’s maintainer” label has been retired. This label previously influenced the green/yellow color coding of releases. As part of the redesign, stable releases now feature a blue background, while alpha, beta, and release candidates are marked in grey. This change aligns the visual cues more closely with a project’s actual release stability.

The shift reflects Drupal’s continued adoption of semantic versioning and deeper integration with Composer. The composer has never recognized the “recommended” status. Similarly, Drupal began phasing it out during the Drupal 8.1 release cycle, when support for semantically-versioned modules and themes was introduced. Under this model, maintainers indicate a preferred release simply by marking it as stable. The update also incorporates elements of Drupal.org’s evolving brand identity. Further technical and implementation details are available in the Drupal.org issue queue under #3509485.