Vortex 1.41.0 Lumen Reworks Drupal Project Tooling

Version 1.41.0 of the Drupal project template Vortex, codenamed Lumen, was released on 31 August 2026. In a release article last updated 1 September 2026, DrevOps said the update replaces several mechanisms maintained inside the template with Drupal core or maintained ecosystem alternatives. The release also changes database imports, automated-test mail handling, continuous integration, provisioning, and the template update process.

For existing Vortex projects, the main consequence is a shift in defaults plus several manual migration steps. The administration interface now uses Drupal core's Navigation module with Navigation Extra Tools instead of Admin Toolbar, while the front-end workflow moves from Yarn 1 to npm and JavaScript linting moves to ESLint 9 using rules based on Drupal core's configuration. Existing sites must uninstall admin_toolbar before deployment, and project teams must replace Yarn lock files with npm lock files and move any custom ESLint rules to flat configuration.

Security scanning with Gitleaks and composer audit now runs in a standalone security-audit workflow, separating those results from the main build and allowing both audit checks to complete even when one fails. In continuous integration, Drupal core's test mail collector stores messages instead of sending them, while the mail transport points to a closed port as a second safeguard. Vortex also expands its Behat step integration, centralises parallel test-runner roles, adds search indexing after provisioning, and temporarily disables Solr during migrations.

Database changes correct the path used for the shipped MySQL configuration, raise the InnoDB redo-log capacity to 1 GB, omit cache-table rows from exported dumps, and raise the default Drush memory limit to 1G. The installer can now remove unmodified template-owned files that the template no longer ships, but it cannot change database state, CI-provider settings, lock files, or project-specific code. DrevOps lists nine manual upgrade checks, including the Admin Toolbar uninstall, npm lock-file regeneration, ESLint migration, CI variable changes, ignore-file review, and Behat compatibility checks. The DrevOps article provides the detailed migration guidance, while the Vortex 1.41.0 release notes list the complete change set.